KINGSVILLE, Texas – The Texas A&M-Kingsville softball team announced two new additions to the program's coaching staff on Thursday. Dennis Furr, previously the head softball coach at Cameron University, will join the Javelinas as an assistant coach and former TAMUK outfielder Haley Boyett has agreed to become the team's new graduate assistant.

Furr brings with him 15 years of experience as a head coach, both at the college and high school level, and he spent the last two seasons leading the Cameron Aggies. In both of his seasons in Lawton, Furr's squads reached NCAA Regionals. In 2019, the Aggies won the South Central Regional 2 Tournament title before falling to the Javelinas in the super regional series. CU finished the year ranked No. 11 in the final National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll and placed two student-athletes on the NFCA All-American roster.

Prior to his stint at Cameron, Furr spent time as the head coach for three high school teams in Oklahoma, totaling 10 appearances in the state tournament and piling up 388 wins at the prep level. In 2015, he was honored with the Michelle Smith Award as the most outstanding softball coach in the state. This award followed a season in which Furr led Chickasha High School to its second consecutive state championship. Furr also accomplished this feat with Lawton-MacArthur High School, whom he guided to the 5A state title in 2008 and 2009.

Javelina fans should be plenty familiar with Boyett, who spent four seasons as the team's starting centerfielder and is among the program's all-time leaders in a bevy of statistics, including runs scored, hits, on-base percentage and steals. She was also an all-league performer, being named to the All-Lone Star Conference first-team in 2017 and the LSC Golden Glove team twice.

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