Laura Heberling

Biography

Head Coach Jennifer McFalls announced the addition of Laura Heberling as the pitching coach for the Kansas Softball team in December, 2023. A 20-year coaching veteran with various experiences, Heberling was promoted to Associate Head Coach for the Jayhawks, July, 2025. Heberling came to KU from Maryland, where she served as pitching coach in 2023. Throughout her coaching career, Heberling has served as a head coach, associate head coach, assistant coach and student assistant. As the pitching coach at Maryland in 2023, Heberling helped lead the Terps to their best season since 2011 as they posted a 38-19 record. The pitching staff posted a 3.15 ERA and totaled 312 strikeouts. At Maryland, Heberling coached freshman Keira Bucher, who led the nation in saves and holds the Big Ten single-season record with 12 saves. Two seniors on the team were named to All-Big Ten teams and received NFCA Midwest All-Region honors. Before Maryland, Heberling served as the associate head coach at Utah State from 2020-22. In 2022, the Utah State pitching staff posted a 4.38 ERA, led by Kapri Toone. Toone earned Second-Team All-Mountain West Honors. That season, the Aggies finished with their second-highest conference record in program history. Heberling also spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Utah State before being promoted to associate head coach in 2020. Prior to Utah State, Heberling was promoted to head coach at USC-Beaufort after serving as an assistant coach for two seasons. She was