Gerice Olson

Biography

Gerice Olson enters her 10th season with the NDSU Softball coaching staff in 2026 and her seventh season as the associate head coach, after being elevated to the position in July 2019. She spent the previous three seasons an assistant. Olson has been a player (1997-2000), student assistant (2001) and assistant coach (2016-24) for the Bison. During her time with the Bison, Olson has helped coach NDSU to two Summit League Regular Season Championships and three Summit League Conference Tournament Championships. The Bison have made three appearances in the NCAA Regional Tournament. Prior to returning to her alma mater, Olson spent the previous four years at Buffalo (Minn.) High School. She was an assistant coach for the Buffalo softball team that finished runner-up in the state tournament in the spring of 2016. The Bison qualified for the state tournament for the first time in program history in 2015. Prior to heading back to her hometown of Buffalo, Minn., Olson spent two seasons at UCF in Orlando, Fla., where the Knights compiled 61-51 record including a 26-22 ledger in Conference USA. The 2011 UCF team went 39-19 and advanced to the NCAA regional. Olson spent five years (2006-10) as the head coach at NCAA Division II University of Mary, where she posted an overall record of 133-132 and led the Marauders to two Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference postseason tournaments. She registered a winning record in four of the five seasons and a pair of student-athletes earned NFCA Al