Scott Wachholz is entering his third year at the helm of the Green Bay Phoenix softball team for the 2018-19 season. He was the sixth head coach in program history after joining the staff in the 2016-17 season, and comes to Green Bay following head coaching stints at UW-Parkside and Williston State College. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his Master’s degree from Southwest Minnesota State University.
Wachholz joined the UW-Parkside Rangers staff in July 2014, after spending the prior season as the head coach at Williston State College in North Dakota. While at the junior college, the Tetons finished 30-17 overall while boasting a 12-2 mark in Mon-Dak Conference play. Williston State claimed the NJCAA Region XIII Championship before securing a runner-up finish at the district tournament. Wachholz was named the Region XIII Coach of the Year in 2014 while seven student-athletes claimed All-Region XIII accolades in addition to one earning NFCA All-American distinction. The 2014 Tetons shattered 15 single season school records while ranking first nationally in batting average, slugging percentage and triples while ranking second in on-base percentage. In addition to coaching duties, Wachholz served as the department's strength and conditioning coach while also serving as the institution's lead admissions recruiter.
Prior to Williston, Wachholz spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach and assistant strength & conditioning coordinator at a pair of NCAA Division II institutions. He served in that capacity at Southwest Minnesota State University during the 2013 season after a one-year stint in Georgia with Columbus State University in 2012. As an assistant at CSU, Wachholz helped the Cougars post a 40-20 overall record, winning the Peach Belt Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Tournament.
Wachholz was a student assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin from 2005-2009 and served as an assistant coach at Sun Prairie High School from 2009-2011.
Wachholz graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor’s degree in exercise science and psychology before earning a master's degree in sports leadership at Southwest Minnesota State University.
