Kahley Armstrong is in her second season as head coach of the Montverde Academy softball team.
In her first season, Armstrong led the softball team to its first Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) state championship, and was named the Florida Dairy Farmer's Class 3A Softball Coach of the Year.
Prior to her time with the Eagles, Armstrong had a wealth of success in softball as both a coach and a player. Her most recent coaching position was head softball coach at South Lake High School in nearby Groveland for the past four seasons. In her four years there, she led the team to 58 wins, including a district and regional championship in 2022 and an appearance in the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) state championship game that season.
Her experience also includes serving as tournament director for USSSA Fastpitch and a personal softball trainer for ProSwings from 2016 to 2019.
A 2016 graduate of UCF, Armstrong's experience also includes one season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Knights during the 2017 season.
Prior to her coaching career, Armstrong was a student-athlete at the collegiate level and was a four-year member of the softball team at UCF. During her time with the Knights, she compiled a .311 career batting average (216-for-695) and is the program's current record holder for most stolen bases in a career (125) and is the record co-holder for most in one season (43).
As a collegiate student-athlete, Armstrong won numerous awards, including being named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region team in 2014 and 2015 as well as earning All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) First Team honors in 2015. She also was named to the Conference USA's All-Freshman team in 2012. Additionally, she was drafted sixteenth overall by the Dallas Charge of the National Fastpitch League.
