Stefni Lotief, who has won 601 games in 12 seasons as head coach of the Ragin' Cajuns softball program, has elected to step aside as co-head coach in order to spend more time with her family.
Lotief will remain with the program as a volunteer assistant coach.
Michael Lotief, who has served as co-head coach since 2003, will take over as head coach and a search for a full-time assistant coach will begin immediately.
"After much thought and prayer and after weighing what is in the best interest of my family and just coming to terms with where I am in this stage of my life, I have decided to take a step back from coaching in order to spend more time with my children," Stefni Lotief said.
"Coaching the softball team has always been a joint venture between Michael and I. Our roles and responsibilities have changed, evolved and shifted over the years, but we have always done things together. Our titles and roles will change, but our commitment to this community, our university and our student-athetes will not."