Fresh off All-America playing career, Jordy Frahm joins Nebraska softball staff
Nebraska's Jordy Frahm (98) pitches during the fifth inning of an NCAA softball super regional game against Oklahoma State at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
LINCOLN — After her Nebraska softball playing career ended in May at the Women’s College World Series, Jordy Frahm still planned to “grow” the game she loved.
Frahm, seated next to Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle, less than an hour after Nebraska’s loss to Texas, made it clear that she would remain visible for those little girls who look up to her.
“Growing the game will now just look different,” Frahm said in Oklahoma City less than a week ago. “It will still be the same love for wanting to grow the sport, especially in the state of Nebraska, but all over the country. Just the way I go about that will look a little different now.”
It will look different. But she’ll still be representing Nebraska, as the four time-All-American will work under Revelle as an assistant coach on NU’s staff, the school announced Friday.
Frahm, one of the sport’s top pitchers and two-way players, will be involved with coaching multiple aspects of NU’s team, rather than being solely responsible for coaching Nebraska’s pitchers.
Frahm’s addition to Nebraska’s staff comes on the heels of the retirement of longtime Nebraska pitching coach Lori Sippel.
“I am beyond excited to join the Nebraska softball coaching staff,” Frahm said in a statement. “Playing softball for the Huskers was an incredible blessing to me and the coaches had a huge impact on me as an athlete and as a person.
“I am ready to have that impact on others and continue to grow the game in my home state. I’m honored by the trust that coach Revelle has in me, and I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside her and the rest of the staff in a new role. I am so thankful that God led me here and granted me this new blessing.”
The 23-year-old Frahm — who announced Monday that she and her husband, Trey, are expecting their first child in December — won consistent praise from teammates and Revelle for her leadership.
“Her emotional intelligence is off the charts,” Revelle said after NU’s WCWS loss to Texas. “Her ability to feel and read her teammates and know what they need — that's the stuff that hasn't been talked about enough. That's what makes her such an impactful leader. She leads all. The people that are the highest performers to the people that serve in a reserve role. She leads them all and does it really well.”
Freshman pitcher Alexis Jensen, after Nebraska clinched a berth to the WCWS with its run-rule victory over Oklahoma State, credited Frahm for already helping coach her in the circle.
“She’s taught me to be a better competitor and a better person in general when I’m on the mound,” Jensen said after earning her 25th win of the season. “She showed me that, yes, you make mistakes, but how can you respond? What’s your response to the mistake?
“… She taught me how to just relax, how to attack certain parts of the plate, and just keep being yourself and staying in the moment and not letting the moment get too big.”
Frahm and Jensen together became the first pitching duo for Nebraska to earn All-American honors in the same season.
Revelle, NU’s coach since 1993, has a contract that runs through the 2030 season. With Sippel’s retirement, her assistants are Diane Miller, Olivia Ferrell and Frahm.
Miller has been a part of Nebraska's coaching staff since 2008, while Ferrell — a former Nebraska pitcher from 2018-22 — joined the staff on a full-time basis in 2023 after the NCAA voted to allow for a paid third assistant in softball and baseball.
The coaching staff of Revelle, Sippel, Miller, Ferrell and director of player development Mandie Nocita were named the NFCA’s Mountain Region Coaching Staff of the Year earlier on Friday.
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