Coaches

Todd Bradley

Todd Bradley enters his second year at Alabama State as the head softball coach during the 2020-21 academic year, arriving in Montgomery from Fresno State.


During his first season at the helm of the Lady Hornets, Bradley led the team to a 10-15 record overall and were scheduled to begin conference play when the season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alabama State was hitting .273 as a team, with four hitters over .300 including Alexis Sydnor at .449. The team was also pitching at a 5.40 earned run average through 154.1 innings in the circle.


He served one season on the Fresno State softball coaching staff serving as the team's hitting coach in 2019. He has 19 total years of coaching experience, including 15 years as a head coach.


Bradley helped guide the Bulldogs to their most wins since the 2016 season and a postseason berth in the National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) in 2019. With 37 wins the 'Dogs recorded their 38th consecutive 30-win season while going 23-5 at home, the most home wins by a Fresno State team since the 2012 season.


Offensively, the Bulldogs led the MW and ranked 18th in NCAA Div. I with a .399 team on-base percentage for the season. The 'Dogs also ranked 23rd in the nation in batting average (.308), a significant improvement over a .289 team batting average during the 2018 season. In 2019 the 'Dogs were the third-highest scoring team in the MW, averaging 5.19 runs per game while scoring four or more runs in 40 games and getting shut out just six times all season.


Bradley guided outfielder McKenzie Wilson to MW Freshman of the Year honors as she hit .398 overall and .400 in MW play while leading the MW in hits and breaking the single-season program and MW records with 39 stolen bases. Wilson was also an All-MW first team selection while designated player Hayleigh Galvan, first baseman Rachel Minogue, and third baseman Schuylar Broussard earned All-MW second team honors.


Minogue ended the season as the toughest player to strike out in NCAA Div. I with just two strikeouts in 176 at-bats. She also hit .341 and earned NFCA All-Region second team honors as did Galvan, who hit .336 and led the team in home runs (10), RBIs (45), slugging percentage (.584), and on-base percentage (.457). Bradley's hitters combined for three MW Player of the Week honors during the season with Galvan earning the honor twice and Broussard getting it once.


Before coming to Fresno State in August of 2018, Bradley spent the four previous years as the head coach at NCAA Div. I Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C.


Bradley’s offensive approach led Campbell to five-year averages of a .289 batting average, .452 slugging percentage, and .368 on-base percentage all while scoring 290 runs per season. His teams had success driving the ball, averaging 55 home runs and 74 doubles per season. In 2018, Campbell led the Big South and ranked 12th in NCAA Div. I averaging 1.20 home runs per game and the Camels also led their conference and were 27th in Div. I with a .469 slugging percentage.


Bradley led Campbell to 145 wins in his four seasons as head coach. The Camels finished as the Big South runner up in both 2016 and 2017 and made an appearance in the National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC). His teams earned several high profile wins, including a victory over No. 12 South Carolina with the help of three solo home runs and wins over Virginia and Duke. He mentored a 2017 CoSida Academic All-American, the 2017 Big South Player of the Year, two NFCA All- Regional Selections, and multiple All-Big South selections each year.


Bradley was an assistant coach at Campbell starting in 2012 and was promoted to Associate Head Coach before assuming the head coaching role. Prior to joining the Camels, Bradley was the head coach at Incarnate Word for three seasons and was named conference Coach of the Year twice. He was the head coach at Pfeiffer University for three years, leading the program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008.


Bradley started the softball program at his alma mater, Western Baptist College (now Corban University) in 2003. He also has experience as an assistant coach at fellow MW school Utah State from 2005-06 (before Utah State joined the MW).


A native of Pendleton, Ore., Bradley began his coaching career at Blue Mountain Community College in his hometown. He started the Timberwolves' softball program and led the team from 1999-2003 before starting the team at Corban.


Bradley earned his bachelor’s degree in sports and fitness management from Corban University (formerly Western Baptist College) in Salem, Ore. in 1999. He played baseball for Corban for three years.


He is married the former Erica Baty in June of 2016 and the couple have two sons, Tyler and Kyle.

Savannah McHellon

Savannah McHellon begins her second year at Alabama State as an assistant coach, under head coach Todd Bradley.


During her first season as an assistant and primarily the pitching coach, Alabama State received two consecutive Pitcher of the Week titles (from Skyler Sullivan and Alexa Veamoi) before the season was shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic. The team also consisted of four hitters batting above .300, including Alexis Sydnor at .449.


She spent last season at West Clovis High School in Fresno (Calif.) as an assistant coach where she was responsible for instruction of game strategies and techniques. She also assisted in evaluating individual player and team performances, increasing player skill levels with fundamental work and motivating players to be student-athletes.


McHellon, a native of Jonesboro (Ga.), comes to Alabama State after a stellar career at Fresno State where she ended her career with a .560 slugging percentage – sixth in program history. She also finished eighth in program history with 24 career home runs. During her time at Fresno State, she was also named Mountain West Player of the Week two times in February 2017 and February 2018. She was also named All-Pacific Region First Team before her graduation.


She played in 54 games with 53 starts during her senior season, finishing with 14 home runs (seventh most in program history) which was the most hit by any Bulldog since 2010. She had a pair of multi-homer games and hit two grand slams, while having three walk-off home runs with two in run-rule games. McHellon was fourth in the Mountain West with 31 walks during her senior season.


Prior to Fresno State, McHellon was a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I All-American at Northwest Florida State College in 2016 after transferring from Georgia. She played in 47 games with 44 starts, hitting .405 with 23 home runs and driving in 58 runs. She also went 20-2 on the mound with a 1.50 earned run average and 180 strikeouts in 149 innings. She was ranked as the 18th-best prospect by Student Sports Softball coming out of Ola High School.


McHellon graduated from Fresno State with a degree in Media, Communications and Journalism with an emphasis in advertising.

Casey Durham

Casey Durham begins her second year at Alabama State as an assistant coach under head coach Todd Bradley in 2020-21.


During her first season as an assistant, she helped the team to a 10-15 record overall when the season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alabama State was hitting .273 as a team, with four hitters over .300 including Alexis Sydnor at .449. The team was also pitching at a 5.40 earned run average through 154.1 innings in the circle.


She joined the coaching staff after an esteemed playing career with the Lady Hornets, helping lead ASU to back-to-back conference championship game appearances and the 2019 SWAC Championship. Durham played in 40 games with 34 starts, including a pair of starts in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, last season and recorded a slash line of .276/.343/.304.


In 2018 Durham batted at a .319 clip, led the team with 10 doubles, homered three times and drove home 23 runs in 53 games. The Lady Hornets fell just shy of winning the conference championship, falling to Prairie View A&M by a run in the winner-take-all contest.


She joined the Alabama State softball team after two years at Tallahassee Community College, where she batted over the .300 mark and earned Coaches’ All-Panhandle Conference honors her sophomore season.


The McDonough, Ga., native prepped at Eagles Landing Christian Academy, where she helped lead the team to back-to-back state championships. Her senior season, she was named the Georgia Coaches’ Association (GACA) State Player of the Year and earned both Region and Henry County Player of the Year honors.


Durham graduated from Alabama State University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing in December 2019.

Kelsey Baker