Tatum Edwards joined the Valpo Softball program as associate head coach in June 2022. An All-American during her collegiate playing career who went on to play three seasons of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), Edwards comes to Valpo from Concordia University Nebraska, where she was head coach in 2022.

Edwards led the Bulldogs to 23 wins during the 2022 season and guided a pair of All-Conference selections in her first season as a collegiate head coach.

Prior to assuming the head position at Concordia, Edwards spent three seasons (2019-2021) coaching alongside Amanda Eberhart as an assistant coach at Omaha. Edwards was instrumental in turning around the Mavs program, helping lead them to a second-place finish in Summit League regular season play and a runner-up finish at the league tournament in 2021.

Edwards was a volunteer assistant at Purdue for the 2018 season after starting her foray into coaching with two seasons (2016-2017) as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, Nebraska.

Edwards stood out on the diamond for Nebraska during her playing days, twice earning All-America honors playing for 2010 NFCA Hall of Fame inductee Rhonda Revelle. A four-time All-Conference honoree and the 2013 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, Edwards helped the Cornhuskers reach the Women’s College World Series as a junior in 2013 and a return trip to the NCAA Super Regionals in 2014. She ranks seventh in program history in victories, eighth in pitching strikeouts, fifth in home runs and sixth in RBIs.

Following her collegiate career, Edwards made her way into NPF, playing in 2014 for the Pennsylvania Rebellion before heading to the Chicago Bandits for the 2015 and 2016 campaigns. She helped lead the Bandits to back-to-back league titles.

Edwards graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Services in 2015. She went on to earn a Master of Arts in Educational Administration in 2017.