Jackie Klahold '15 MS begins her seventh season as head softball coach at Wilkes in 2026 following her hiring in September 2019. Klahold has served as the Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) for the Wilkes athletic department since midway through the 2021-22 academic year and named the Associate Athletic Director for Game Operations in October 2025.
Wilkes made the Landmark Conference tournament for the first time in 2025, falling to top-seeded Moravian in the first round after defeating Drew University in the play-in game. The team finished with a 17-15 overall record, seeing four players named All-Landmark Conference. Utility player Mia Butka was also named to the NFCA All-Region V Second Team, Klahold's third All-Region selection.
The Colonels finished their first season of Landmark Conference play in 2024 with a 21-15 record, the most under her leadership. Pitcher Lauren DeMarco became Klahold's second player to earn all-region honors at Wilkes being named to the NFCA Second Team. DeMarco was also selected as the Landmark Pitcher of the Year, headlining a class of five all-conference selections across all three teams.
Wilkes went 18-18 overall in 2023, with Nicole Howell and Hannah Boyd named All-MAC Freedom Honorable Mentions. Howell became Klahold's first player at Wilkes to earn All-Region recognition as she was selected Third Team All-Region IV by the NFCA as an outfielder.
The 2022 season saw the Colonels finish with a 14-16 record with Pritchard earning First Team All-MAC Freedom honors and 12 student-athletes were named as 2021-22 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes.
Klahold's first season in 2020 was cut short by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Colonels were 8-5 overall. In 2021 the Colonels won five MAC Freedom games in an abbreviated season and were the seventh seed in a MAC Freedom Quarterfinal series with a new postseason format. Erin Cabry (First Team) and Rachel Pritchard (Honorable Mention) were selected to the All-MAC Freedom Team and 11 players were named National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athletes.
Klahold also serves on the NCAA Division III Softball committee, a position she began in April 2025.
Prior to Wilkes Klahold spent five seasons as head coach of Penn College in Williamsport, Pa. where she also held the titles of Senior Women’s Administrator, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Advisor, Title IX Investigator, and Interim Fitness Center Coordinator.
Penn College reached its first-ever NEAC Championship game in 2019 and the team finished with a 24-15 record. She was named the Penn College Athletic Department Coach of the Year for her efforts. The Wildcats reached the NEAC Final Four for the first time in program history in 2018. In 2017, Klahold led her team to a 21-13 mark and the program’s first-ever trip to the NEAC playoffs. Four players earned All-NEAC honors and three were named All-American Scholar-Athletes. Klahold coached the Wildcats to a 17-21 mark in her first year, which included five players earning All-NEAC honors and a trip to the USCAA postseason in 2016.
Over her five seasons at the helm, Klahold coached 17 All-NEAC players and 14 NEAC Scholar-Athletes. She was named the NEAC North Division Coach of the Year in 2017.
Klahold came to Williamsport after three years as head coach at SUNY Canton where she averaged double-digit wins from 2013-2015. She coached three United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) First Team All-Americans, four Second Team All-Americans and four USCAA All-Academic players.
Prior to coaching SUNY Canton, Klahold was an assistant coach at Susquehanna University in 2012, helping the Crusaders win the Landmark Conference regular season and being a member of a staff that was named Conference Coaching Staff of the Year. She spent the 2011 season as an assistant coach at Division I Iona College, helping the Gaels to a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship and a berth in the NCAA Regionals. Klahold also served as Director of Softball Operations at Frozen Ropes in Plains Pa. in 2009 and 2010 and was the head coach at Crestwood High School during the 2008 through 2010 seasons as Klahold led the team to the PIAA District 2 Class 3A Quarterfinals all three years.
Klahold earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Florida Atlantic University in 2000, where she was a four-year starter for the Division I softball team. She helped the Owls win four Atlantic Sun Conference titles and to two NCAA Tournament Regional appearances. She was twice named to the All-Atlantic Sun Conference Team and the all-tournament team. Klahold ranks in the top six in 10 major statistical categories at Florida Atlantic.
Klahold earned a second Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education (2009) and a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership (2015) from Wilkes University. She has been a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) since 2008, the Women Leaders in College Sports since 2017 and the Alliance of Women’s Coaches since 2019.
Klahold’s husband Keith serves as Wilkes’ Strength and Conditioning Coach/Fitness Coordinator.
