Jill Karwoski enters her first year as an assistant coach for the Wesleyan softball program in 2024-25. Karwoski brings with her invaluable experience, having served as a head coach with multiple years of experience at four NCAA Division I programs, to Middletown as the Cardinals head into the 2025 campaign.
Karwoski most-recently spent five years as head coach of the Providence College softball program (2018-23). Prior to her arrival at Providence, she spent the previous five years (2013-18) as the head coach of the softball team at Quinnipiac University.
In addition to her experience at Quinnipiac, Karwoski also served as a head coach at Merrimack College (2011-12) and Morehead State (2004-07). At Morehead, Karwoski's teams featured 10 All-Ohio Valley Conference selections, one OVC Pitcher of the Year, while individual student-athletes broke a combined 11 school batting records. In addition, as a team, Morehead broke several program records. In the classroom, MSU was ranked above the national average in the NCAA Academic Progress Report while posting a 3.30 grade-point average during her time as the program's head coach.
Prior to serving as the head coach at Merrimack, she was the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Boston College from 2007-11. While at Boston College, Karwoski helped recruit three All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) players and Boston College's first ACC Freshman of the Year in program history. In addition, the Eagles posted all-time program high's in home runs, slugging percentage, runs scored and total bases.
Karwoski graduated from Lewis University, in Romeoville, Ill., in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in sport management and a minor in coaching. As a four-year letterwinner at Lewis, Karwoski was named to the 2001 NFCA All-Region Team while also earning All-Tournament honors. In addition, she was a two-time team Most Valuable Player and a four-time NFCA Academic All American. In 2001, she was named Lewis' Sport Management Senior of the Year. She also played for the women's basketball team for two seasons. Karwoski earned a master's degree in sports and recreation administration from Morehead State in 2002.
