PJ Anadio will take over as the head coach for womens softball this season. He has served as the assistant baseball coach since 2007 for Herkimer County Community College. In his first season as assistant coach, Coach PJ helped lead Herkimer to a 35-8 record and a third place finish in the World Series. Along with on the field responsibilities, Coach PJ acts as a recruiting coordinator for the program.

Anadio played high school baseball at Gloversville High School, where he was a three-year starter for the varsity team. Anadio transferred to HCCC from Hartwick College and was named a two-year captain for the baseball team under coach Hank Testa. As a freshman, he batted .389 for the Generals and was selected to the All-Mountain Valley Conference Team (2000). Anadio played with current head coach Jason Rathbun that season, when Herkimer qualified for the Region III playoffs for the first time in ten years. Anadio was a very successful student in the classroom where he received numerous honors. He earned Academic All-American, was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society and was named to Who's Who Among American Junior College Students.

Anadio is employed as a technical assistant in the College's Fitness Center. He previously worked at Fulton Montgomery Community College where he assisted well-respected coach Mike Mulligan for three seasons. He resides in Herkimer with his fiance Jamie and his son Evan.

Amy Dommer will take over as an assistant coach for softball starting this season.  She served as Head Coach for Herkimer County Community College's women's softball team from 2003-2009. Dommer transformed the HCCC softball program back into a regional contender. In 2006, the team competed in the Region III tournament and was the Mountain Valley Conference co-championship team finishing the season with a 24-5 record. In 2005, Brelinsky was selected Mountain Valley Coach of the Year.

Dommer is a native of Newport, NY and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Canisius College where she competed in softball and soccer at the NCAA Division I level. In addition to coaching, she is an instructor of physical education at HCCC.

Shawn Noël was appointed assistant director of athletics in October 2007. Noël has a very diverse background in athletics.  Prior to his arrival at Herkimer County Community College, Noël was a state program examiner for the Office of the State Comptroller in Albany.  He also served as assistant baseball coach at Hudson Valley Community College where he helped lead the Vikings baseball team (21-5) to the Mountain Valley Conference championship and the Region III Final Four during the 2007 season.  

A graduate of Guilderland High School in 1994, Noël was a varsity letterman in both baseball and volleyball. Noël continued his baseball career at Springfield College in 1995 for one year and transferred to SUC at Oswego starting in the spring of 1996.  Prior to his graduation from Oswego in 1999, Noël landed an internship with the 26-time world champion New York Yankees during the 1998 season. He served as stadium operations assistant working primarily with the human resources and marketing departments. His fondest memory of the 1998 season was being on a float in the ticker tape parade in New York City to celebrate the New York Yankees' 24th world championship.

Noel's extensive coaching background includes the head and assistant baseball coaching positions at SUNY Cobleskill from 2000 to 2006 where he helped guide the 2006 Fighting Tigers into the Region III playoffs and to the most wins by a team in school history. His 2005 baseball squad boasted the highest GPA among all male athletic programs at SUNY Cobleskill.  Since the summer of 2006, Noel  has coached the North Colonie Padres 13U, 14U and 15U and 16U baseball travel teams to various tournament victories.  He continues to be credited for giving young players the knowledge and tools to be confident and successful on the baseball diamond.   

Noël has also worked in various roles for the now defunct Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs of the Northern League, an independent professional baseball league. In his final season with the Diamond Dogs in 1999, he served as event marketing coordinator handling in-game promotions, group sales, brochures and media relations.

Noël holds a master's degree in business administration from the University at Albany (2004) and a bachelor of science degree in marketing from Oswego State (1999).

Noël resides in Frankfort, NY.