Ashley Chastain is an American, former collegiate softball pitcher and current head coach at South Carolina.
[1] Chastain played college softball at South Carolina for three seasons and finished eleventh in career relief appearances for the Gamecocks.
[5] After leading the team to a 14-13 record in 2020 before the season was cut short due to COVID-19, the 49ers went 31-19 in 2021 (their highest win total since 2016) and won their first-ever Conference USA East Division title.
Ahead of the 2022 season, Charlotte for the first time was picked as preseason favorites to win the Conference USA regular-season title.
On June 11, 2024, Chastain was named the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks softball program.