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Doug Chance (245-86) now enters his 7th year as head coach at Butler Community College. With three Jayhawk West titles, two Region VI titles, two top 10 finishes in the NJCAA World Series, and five consecutive years of national rankings in the top 15, Chance has thrust Butler softball into the forefront of the national scene.
Chance’s commitment to the players and their future, however, is his greatest accomplishment. Doug utilizes his experience and contacts with major softball programs to give players every opportunity to play at the next level – evidenced by 16 NCAA Division 1 and 13 Division 2 placements. Since coming to Butler, Doug has had more players sign Division I than all of the other 20 Kansas community college programs combined.
In the last six years, Doug has led the Grizzlies to set school records for conference wins in a season at 15 (2007 and 2008), overall wins in a season at 49 (2007 and 2008), team batting average .398 (2008), highest national ranking at #4 (2006), home runs in a season 89 (2007) which also still stands as a Region VI record, and lowest team ERA 1.43 (2010). In addition, the Grizzlies led the nation in home runs 3 consecutive years 2005 - 2007. In the classroom, the Grizzlies led the Jayhawk Conference in GPA two years (2008 & 2009).
A native of Wichita, Kan., Chance comes to Butler from Wichita East High School where he served as head coach of the Aces in 2004. Prior to coaching at East High, Chance served as assistant coach at Wichita State University in 2002, and as assistant coach at Friends University from 1998-2001. He also coached six years of summer softball which includes one State Championship (2002) and two USSSA World Series Championships (2002 & 2004).
Doug played men's fast pitch softball from 1986 to 2003, and played in two district tournaments, twelve state tournaments, and three regional tournaments during that time.
From 1991-1998 Chance coached six semi-pro baseball teams to berths in the National Baseball Congress World Series. He helped the Wichita Sluggers record a third place finish in the NBC World Series in 1996. He also played in six MSBL World Series.
Chance earned a Bachelor's of Ministry from Christian Leadership University. Doug and his wife Suzanne are parents of a son and two daughters.
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Zack Sigler begins his sixth year as the assistant softball coach.
Sigler graduated from Chase County High School in 2002, and then joined
the softball coaching staff as the student assistant coach in the fall
of 2003. Sigler coached the Kansas Best Mad Dawgs during the summer of’03. During that summer he coached them to a 44-4 record with two
state championships (ASA and USSSA) as well as a second place finish at
the USSSA World Series. In the summer of ’04 Sigler coached the team
to another USSSA state championship, and finished third at the ASA
state championship. Sigler is working on his Elementary Education
degree through Emporia State.
