Tim Speakman

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Head coach Tim Speakman, a Minerva, Ohio native, has been coaching at the high school and collegiate levels for 22 years.

Speakman brings eight years of softball head coaching experience to Ave Maria. From 1994-1998, he served as the head softball coach at Port Charlotte High School, and from 2000-2003 he was the head coach at Naples Gulf Coast High School. He spent two years as an assistant softball coach at Gulf Coast from 1998-1999.

In 2003, Speakman brought his impressive coaching resume to Appalachian State University where he was an assistant football coach from 2003-2005. In the spring of 2005, he returned to Naples to accept the football head coaching position at Palmetto Ridge High School. He served as the head football coach at Palmetto Ridge from June of 2005 to 2009. During 2008 and 2009, Speakman also helped the Palmetto Ridge softball team as an assistant coach.

Coach Speakman graduated from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and is married to his wife Jennifer. They have two children; Taylor Marie, 5 years old and Tyler James, 2 years old.