Ed began his illustrious 41 year coaching career in Ida Grove, Iowa in 1973. Greenway High School selected him as their head softball coach in 1979 and he served in that position until retirement in 2018. His teams have won a total of 873 games while losing just 290 for a winning percentage of 75%, were region champions an amazing 18 times, state runners-up in 1996 and 2009 and state champions in 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, and 2008. Ed has been named State Coach of the Year six times and Region Coach of the Year eight times. During his tenure at Greenway, he coached five players that became Arizona Player of the Year and 56 of his players went on to play at 36 different Division I or other four year colleges or universities. He is most proud that three of his players went on to coach softball at the Division I level and one of them will be a member of the 2022 Olympic staff. Ed has served as head coach of the Arizona Softball All-Star team on two separate occasions and as a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s Softball Advisory Committee from 2014 through 2018.