Steve Virgen
COSTA MESA - Jim Bollinger, the Orange Coast College softball coach
for the past two seasons, will no longer coach the Pirates, so that he
can totally focus on his travel softball program, OCC Athletic Director
Fred Hokanson said Tuesday.
Bollinger actually stopped coaching the Pirates with three Orange
Empire Conference games remaining (beginning from April 17). His
assistants, Thalia Marinos and J.C. Vasquez, worked as the co-coaches,
while Barbara Bond, who also coaches badminton and women's soccer in the
fall, served as the team administrator, Hokanson said.
Hokanson also mentioned OCC will open the adjunct coaching softball
job effective today.
"He's a travel ball coach and he didn't realize all the time it takes
to do a travel ball program and coach a (community college) softball
team," Hokanson said. "He had some frustrating times. He's a good coach.
(A drop off in talent) really got to him. He was frustrated."
