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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2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Casey Brockman
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Alfeldt
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Alexa Becker
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2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Ivan Roe
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