Yucaipa (Calif.) softball coach, David Kivett. (Photo: Courtney Kivett)
Coach David Kivett of Yucaipa, Calif., has been selected as the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Softball Coach of the Year.
The selection was made by Brentt Eads of FloSoftball.com.
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COACH PROFILE:
Name: David Kivett
School: Yucaipa (Calif.)
Highlights:
Kivett was born and raised in Yucaipa, Calif. and attended the high school where he has coached the last 11 years. This season he led the Thunderbirds to a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division I title, beating then-No. 1 team in the Super 25, Mission Viejo.
Kivett has been a teacher for 27 years and been an assistant football coach for all of them. He began coaching softball 17 years ago and since taking over at his alma mater, his teams have gone 198-88.
This year’s squad went 31-3 with two of the defeats being one-run losses to Mission Viejo in the championship of the Bullhead City (Ariz.) tournament and the semifinals of the Carew Classic (Calif.).