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Head Coach Charlie Dobbins enters his twelfth season as head women's softball coach here at Peace College. Dobbins inherited a first-year program at Peace in the spring of 1999 (2-22). Since that time his teams continued to improve and established itself as a leader in both the USA South Athletic Conference and NCAA Atlantic Region.
He led the young 2010 squad to a nearly .500 finish (20-22) winning 11 of 18 games at home and taking seventh place in USA South regular season standings.
The 2008 season culminated in the program's longest conference
tournament run thus far with a 2-2 finish and 27 wins overall. The
Pacers earned their first all-tournament spot as well.
Dobbins was the driving force behind the successful bid that
awarded Peace College and the City of Raleigh the NCAA DIII
National Softball Championships in 2005 and 2006.
His blueprint for success stretches 35 years in the sport of
fastpitch softball. As a player and coach, he has led teams to
sixteen National Championships. As a professional, he toured with
the World famous King and His Court and King of Diamonds fast-pitch
teams and continues his unique role with the Court.
Dobbins has served on many softball related committees. Most
recently, he was the NCAA Atlantic Region representative on the
NFCA/USA Today Division III Top 25 Committee. Dobbins currently
represents the NCAA Atlantic Region as a member of the NFCA
Division III All-America and Coaching Staff of the Year
Committee.
Dobbins is a 1981 graduate of Roger Williams University (Division
III) in Bristol Rhode Island where he played varsity baseball and
football. Dobbins represented the United States at the 2006 Spanish
Cup in Barcelona, Spain as the Head Coach of a USA Athletes
International Softball Team.
Charlie Biddlecome continues his service to Peace College in his
seventh season as Assistant Softball Coach. Coach Biddlecome began
coaching fastpitch in 1985 when his oldest daughter took an
interest in the game. Since then he has coached players of all
skill levels and ages. For 15 years he coached tournament travel
ball for several Philadelphia-area teams prior to relocating to
North Carolina. He has become a student of the game, always seeking
the latest and best techniques and tools to give his players an
edge for success.
A graduate of Somerville High School in Somerville, NJ, Biddlecome
served in the United States Army from 1961 to 1964. He earned a
Bachelor of Science in 1973 from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and worked in the pharmaceutical industry for
over 30 years. Biddlecome retired in 1998 from the industry.
He and his wife Sandy have been married 35 years. They have two children and two grandchildren.
