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Assistant Coach Mike Doran

Mike Doran

Assistant Softball Coach

Mike Doran joins the staff of the Alma College softball program in 2007 after two years coaching football for the Maroon and Cream. Prior to joining Alma College, Doran coached 31 very successful seasons at the high school level at Ithaca (Mich.) and East Lee Co. (Fla.) as a defensive coordinator and offensive line coach. In 2002, he was named the assistant coach of the year in Michigan and was inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2003. A long-time mathematics teacher at Ithaca High School, Doran retired in 2005. He and his wife Kathy reside in Ithaca. They have two daughters, Bethany ’05 and Allison, currently an Alma College Scot.

 

The memory and spiritual ideals of the late Bishop Thomas Makarios remain alive in a figurative sculpture that was dedicated in May 2009 near the center of campus. The Bishop, professor of religious studies at Alma for 25 years, was founder of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India and the first Metropolitan Bishop of Canada, United Kingdom and Europe, and South Africa.

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Coach Profile

Dennis Griffin

Dennis Griffin

Denny Griffin is heading into his 27th year at Alma College and his 20th at the helm of the Scots softball program. He moved into the head softball coaching position in 1989 after two years as assistant coach. His teams have never fallen lower than third place in conference standings and 12 of his last 14 teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

In addition to his softball duties, Griffin is the program director for the Athletic Training Education Program. He teaches first aid/CPR and sports medicine classes in the Exercise and Health Science Department.

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