WATCH: Ashley Chastain introduced as USC head softball coach

On Wednesday, Ashley Chastain was formally introduced as South Carolina’s 11th head softball head coach.

ABC Columbia Sports Anchor Chaz Frazier went one-on-one with Ashley Chastain on Wednesday.

Chastain returns to South Carolina after serving as head coach for the Charlotte 49ers for the last five seasons, where she led her teams to a 154-96 overall record (61.6 percent), a 65-32 conference mark (67.0 percent) and two NCAA post-season berths.

“Ashley Chastain is the right choice to take our softball program to the next level,” said Tanner. “She has had success in every stop of her coaching career. It is exciting to bring back a South Carolina alum to lead our softball program.”

A three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll as a Gamecock student-athlete, Chastain finished her degree in history in May 2011 and earned her master’s degree in secondary education from Carolina in 2012.

Chastain is the first USC alumnus to be named a Gamecock head coach since Boo Major, a 1981 graduate, was named equestrian head coach in 1998.