The Concord University Athletic Department has announced the return of Alisa Tasler, the most successful coach in program history, to the CU dugout in the summer of 2025. 

Tasler previously guided the Concord softball program from 2012-21 where she won 52 percent of her games (247-228). She led the Mountain Lions to five 30-win seasons, including four straight from 2014-17. Additionally, Tasler is the only CU softball coach to manage the Mountain Lions in the NCAA Tournament as Concord made the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in 2015 and then again in 2019.

In her return to Athens, Tasler led CU to a 27-26 record in 2026 which was the first winning season for the Maroon and Gray since the 2019 campaign. Early in the 2026 season, Tasler went over 250 career wins at CU and stands at 274 in 11 seasons at Concord--in addition to the games she won in her three seasons at Radford (2022-24). 

During her 10-year tenure at Concord, the Newcastle, Oklahoma native coached 19 players to all-conference honors that included seven all-region selections. And Tasler has also coached the only two All-Americans in program history: Morris (2015) and Jenna Witt (2018).

Under Tasler’s watch, Witt was the Mountain East Conference Player of the Year in 2019 while Laura Thompson was the MEC Freshman of the Year.

In the Concord record books, the first eight players on the all-time hits list played for Tasler while Concord’s strikeout queen, Cartney Schoolcraft (284), and the program’s win leader, Allie Reid (41), were in the circle during Tasler’s time in the dugout at CU.

Tasler inherited a program at Concord in 2012 that was just three years removed from a 1-32 season. By her third year in the third base coaches’ box, the Mountain Lions were a 30-win team (31-23), and in 2015 Concord won a then-program record 34 games and tallied the program’s first NCAA Tournament win, a 3-1 victory over West Chester. Morris smashed 15 home runs and hit .393 while 2025 Concord Hall of Fame inductee Lauren Lewis hit 12 home runs. Reid and Lacey McDougall won a combined 25 games in the circle as both sported an ERA of 2.1 or lower.

The 2019 squad, perhaps Tasler’s best team, set the program record for wins (38). Witt, Thompson and Kylie Kent led the offense as all three hit at least .370. Witt had 27 extra-base hits and batted .409. Schoolcraft won 18 games and struck out 165 batters in 151 innings. The 2019 Mountain Lions came within one game of winning the program’s first MEC Tournament.

Prior to her first stint in Athens, Tasler spent six seasons as head coach at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas.  The Panthers won 54 percent of their games in the demanding Jayhawk Conference in Tasler’s final two seasons, even with a 2011 squad that featured 14 freshmen.

On the field, numerous Panthers players earned all-conference and all-region recognition.  More importantly, Tasler’s players excelled in the classroom, with several receiving Academic All-America honors.  Tasler’s last two teams posted the highest team grade point average in NCCC’s athletic department.

Tasler began her coaching career as an assistant at Pittsburg State University.  In her three seasons on the PSU staff, the Gorillas’ win total rose from 18, to 28, to 44.  PSU ranked second in the nation in team grade point average.

Tasler played softball and basketball at Northern Oklahoma College.  She set several school pitching records while helping the NOC basketball team win back-to-back conference championships.
 

Alisa Tasler's Concord Coaching Career
Team	Year	W	L	T	PCT.	Conference Record / Finish
Concord	2012	20	29	-	.408	9-16 / 9th
Concord	2013	20	31	-	.392	8-18 / 13th
Concord	2014	31	23	-	.574	13-15 / 8th
Concord	2015	34	19	-	.641	19-7 / 2nd South
Concord	2016	31	23	-	.574	18-14/3rd South
Concord	2017	30	28	-	.517	17-13/4th South
Concord	2018	18	27	-	.400	14-18/4th South
Concord	2019	38	21	-	.644	22-10 / 2nd South
Concord	2020	8	6	1	.567	-
Concord	2021	17	21	-	.447	17-13
Concord	2026	27	26		.509	15-15
Total	10 Seasons	274	254	1	.519	152-139