Season Marla Looper returns to Texas for her second season as an assistant coach after helping the Longhorns to their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in 2000.
Looper works primarily with the outfielders.
In 1999, the Kansas squad went 31-30 overall and advanced to the Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinals before receiving a No. 2 regional seed at the NCAA Tournament. Big 12 teams to earn a 1999 NCAA tourney berth. Looper possesses an extensive coaching background and has been a collegiate assistant coach for five years. Prior to her stint at Kansas, she spent the 1995-96 academic year at Iowa State as assistant coach. Playing at FSU as a junior and senior, Looper earned All-America honors as a junior in 1993 and led Florida State to two NCAA Tournament showings in 1993 and 1994, including a berth in the 1993 NCAA Women's College World Series.