Murray State University Athletics
Staff Directory
Kara Amundson
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- (270) 809-3748
At Murray State
Before MSU
As a Player
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- Enters fourteenth season as head coach for the 2026 season
- Became school's second head coach in July of 2012
- Led the Racers to their first ever regular season and tournament championships in 2022
- Led the Racers to their first NCAA appearance at Tuscaloosa in 2022
- Recorded her 300th career win against Indiana State (4/22/23)
- Has led the Racers to OVC tournaments in six of a possible eight seasons as head coach
- Led MSU to first-ever postseason berth in 2017 with a NISC bid
- Is program's all-time winningest coach
- Coached Jessica Twaddle to OVC Player of the Year Awards in 2015 & 2017
- Helped Twaddle win program's first All-American Accolade in 2017
- Coached Hannah James to a 2019 OVC Freshman of the Year award
- Players have won 17Â All-OVCÂ honors and nine All-Newcomer honors
- Has coached two two-time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
- Led Racers to program record 38 overall wins and 20 OVC in 2015
- 2015 and 2019 Racers finished a program-best third in the OVC standingsÂ
- Recorded her 200th win on February 9th, 2020 against Drake
- Academically, her program has produced 119 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll recipients, 79 NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes, and 22 OVC Medal of Honor winners since becoming head coach in 2012
- Team has twice earned NFCA Top 10 All-Academic recognition, including a third-place finish in 2013
- Served as an assistant for the Racers in 2010 and 2011 and as the head coach of the women's tennis team in 2012
Before MSU
- Served as an assistant at Northern Illinois for two seasons
- Coached two All-MAC and academic all-conference selections
As a Player
- Played four seasons for NFCA Hall of Famer Eugene Lenti at DePaul
- Went to the WCWS in 2005 and 2007
- As catcher, helped lead Blue Demons to a 20-0 mark in the Big East in 2007
- Was a three-time academic honoree at the conference level Â
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- Graduated from DePaul in 2007 with a degree in sociology and a an emphasis in juvenile justice
- Is a native of Coon Rapids, Minnesota
| Kara Amundson Career Record | |||||||||||
| Overall | Conference | Postseason | |||||||||
| Season | School | W | L | T | % | W | L | % | W | L | % |
| 2013 | Murray St. | 25 | 28 | - | .472 | 14 | 10 | .483 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| 2014 | Murray St. | 32 | 23 | - | .582 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| 2015 | Murray St. | 38 | 19 | - | .667 | 20 | 7 | .741 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| 2016 | Murray St. | 24 | 31 | - | .436 | 12 | 14 | .462 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| 2017 | Murray St. | 36 | 20 | - | .643 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | 4 | .200 |
| 2018 | Murray St. | 16 | 36 | - | .308 | 6 | 16 | .273 | - | - | - |
| 2019  | Murray St.  | 26 | 27 | - | .491 | 16 | 6 | .727 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| 2020Â Â | Murray St. | 12 | 10 | - | .545 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | Murray St. | 22 | 29 | - | .559 | 19 | 15 | .559 | - | - | - |
| 2022 | Murray St. | 40 | 18 | 1 | .686 | 21 | 7 | .750 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| 2023 | Murray St. | 33 | 21 | - | .611 | 15 | 10 | .630 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| 2024 | Murray St. | 24 | 30 | - | .444 | 10 | 16 | .385 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| 2025 | Murray St. | 21 | 28 | - | .429 | 11Â | 16 | .407 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 13 Seasons | 349 | 320 | 1 | .522 | 171 | 133 | .563 | 12 | 19 | .387 |
| Extra Inn. | 28 | 31 | 1 | .467 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
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