Softball Staff

Head Softball Coach: Scott Long
Office Phone: 336-399-7455
Email: scott.long@salem.edu

Scott Long was recently hired as the new head softball coach for the Spirit Athletic Department. Long will takeover the position of Head Softball Coach immediately. Long will focus heavily on recruiting this year in preparations for softball’s first season in the Great South in the 2011-2012 academic year.

Long comes to Salem after spending the past three seasons as the varsity softball head coach at Calvary Baptist High School in Winston-Salem. Long led Calvary to a 46-22 record over those four years, and was selected as the 2008 Triangle Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.

He spent three years between 2003 and 2005 as the junior varsity and varsity softball coach at William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh. Long has also spent time as a football assistant at Enloe and Bishop McGuinness High School, coaching baseball at Enloe and Calvary, and as a basketball coach at East Forsyth Middle School in Kernersville. He is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Long recently completed his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education at Winston-Salem State University, and he also holds a Radio and Television Diploma from Central Carolina Community College in Sanford, NC. Since his move to Winston-Salem in 2005, he has spent time working with ISP Sports, WSJS/WMFR, and the Career Center High School.

Assistant Softball Coach: Ken Hunt
336-669-3881
khunt1@triad.rr.com

The Salem College softball team has hired Ken Hunt as an assistant coach according to Head Coach Scott Long. Hunt comes to Salem after a successful coaching career at High Point Christian Academy (HPCA), where he was the head coach from 2005-2009. Hunt also has spent the past twenty-five years traveling the world with his adult men's fast pitch teams.
Hunt graduated from North Carolina State University. He compiled a 55-26 record at HPCA, and also initiated a junior varsity program. Hunt has played against teams from Mexico, Canada, and Venezuela with his softball teams. He is also a member the National Softball Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Assistant Softball Coach: Jenny Gustin
Jenny Gustin was added to the Salem College softball program as an assistant coach, and Gustin will also be in charge of all camps and clinics. Gustin is currently a 6th and 7th grade Exceptional Children teacher at Walkertown Middle School. She has a Masters of Education from Marymount University, a Master of Arts from UNC-Pembroke, and a Bachelor of Science from Elon University.

Gustin has a wide range of coaching experience. She was a graduate assistant at UNC-Pembroke, an interim head coach and assistant coach at Lander University, and an assistant coach at Westfield High School in Virginia. She was a four-year starter at Elon as a utility player, and a two-time team most valuable player.