Chad Buchmann has been coaching both college softball or high school for the past 20 years. Back In 2016 he coached in this 500th softball game and has 225 combined college wins from both Lakeland College in Wisconsin and at Jamestown University in North Dakota.

During the 2011-12 season he became Lakeland College’s programs most winningest head softball coach. While at Jamestown Jimmies, in 2002 he led the program to a school record 41 games won, in his first season.

During his tenure at Lakeland College, every season his teams reached the post season, posting six straight Northern Athletics Conference Tournament appearances and two Lake Michigan Conference Tournament appearances. He served as the college’s head strength and conditioning coach, the director of events and served as a lecture in the college’s Exercise Science program.

In 2007, Buchmann’s Muskies posted a 23-game win streak, breaking the program’s record of 15 set in 1994. Talent wise, he coached a NAC player of the conference, a NAC conference homerun champion , 2 batting champions and in 2009 and 2010 he had players rank in the top 2 in the nation for triples hit in season. In the conference, his teams have led in multiple offensive hitting categories.

In 2009, Coach Buchmann led the Muskies to a 30-win season and mixed in two 27-win seasons (2007, 2010).  His pitchers we recognized by the conference and they hold a vast majority of the programs All-Time records.

In 2012, Coach Buchmann was named the head Varsity softball coach at Rochester Century High School (MN). In just their first season, they improved on the previous season’s record of 2-18 by winning 7 games and defeating the #4 seed and #2 seed in the Section tournament.

In 2015, the Panthers were one win shy of tying the schools softball wins in a season (15) of 16.   Each year the program has had numerous all conference players, pitchers and most recently two Panther athletes have signed DIV II scholarships to play college softball.  2019 was Coach Buchmann’s final season as the head coach for the Panthers.

In 2020, Coach Buchmann spearhead the development of the Rochester Inferno Pitching Academy.  As director and coach of the Academy, he specializes in individual and group pitching instruction and hitting lessons.  The Inferno Academy has now developed into year round pitching service that has at times worked with roughly over 40 pitching students throughout the year.

Softball Coaching Years

2022-Current National Coach for MN Bombers 12U Team

2020-Current Director of Inferno Pitching Academy

2012- 2019  Rochester Century HS (MN) Head Coach

2004-2012  Lakeland College (WI) Head Coach

2002-2004 Jamestown University (ND) Head Coach

1999-2002  Dover – Eyota HS (MN) Head Coach

1997-1998  Lakeland College (WI) Asst. Softball Coach