Sharonda McDonald-Kelley

Biography

Sharonda McDonald-Kelley was named the head coach at Michigan State in June of 2022 and the 2026 season will be her fourth as the mentor for the Spartan softball program. Under McDonald-Kelley’s guidance, the Spartans have produced 23 different top-10 single-game offensive or pitching performances, and another four single-season top-15 efforts in her three seasons. In addition, 31 athletes have earned Academic All-Big Ten kudos, and 10 have captured Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors. In the last two years, three athletes have earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region honors: both Hannah Hawley (First Team) and Britain Beshears (Second Team) in 2024, and Kaelin Cash (Second Team) in 2025. The Spartans have produced a 50-89 overall record over the last three seasons, and she owns a seven-year head coaching record of 152-172. McDonald-Kelley guided Campbell to a 101-81 record over her four seasons, winning Big South tournament titles with the Camels in 2021 and 2022. McDonald-Kelley’s teams went 50-19 in Big South play and advanced to NCAA Regionals in each of her final last two campaigns, marking two of the five times a Campbell team reached the NCAA Tournament since 1986. In 2021, McDonald-Kelley was named Big South Coach of the Year after her team won both the Big South regular season and tournament titles. In four seasons at Campbell, McDonald-Kelley coached 15 All-Big South honorees, including s