On July 14, 2008, Matt Meuchel became the fourth head coach in the history of the University of Nevada softball program and the second since the program was reinstated in 2003. With that hire, the Wolf Pack gained a young, energetic coach with a penchant for hard work, solid recruiting and building a family-style program. And Nevada knew exactly what it was getting because Meuchel had been an integral part of the building of the softball program in Reno after the sport was reinstated with the start of the 2003 season.

In his first season, Meuchel took a program that he had helped shape and he put his own stamp on it in 2009. The Wolf Pack set a number of hitting and pitching records as Meuchel delivered the program’s second-straight Western Athletic Conference championship as Nevada tied for the crown with Fresno State. Nevada also advanced to the NCAA Regional in Palo Alto, Calif., where Meuchel captured his first-ever and the program’s third NCAA victory with a win over Cal Poly in the first round of the Regional.