Chip Gregg is entering his eighth season as the softball team's assistant coach at Northern Kentucky University.

Since coming to NKU in 2002, the Norse have compiled a 265-113 overall record. The team has made five appearances in the NCAA national tournament since Gregg was named assistant coach.

In 2004 and 2005, Gregg helped guide NKU to a Great Lakes Region Tournament championship and the NCAA Division II national finals.

This will be Gregg's 14th year coaching overall. The Holmes High School graduate has a 620-157 career record, including three years as a high school head coach.

Gregg has coached youth softball since 1995 and has compiled a 402-99 record, including two world championships, a world runner-up, five state championships, and seven consecutive World Series appearances - never having finished lower than fifth.

Gregg's primary coaching responsibility at NKU will be hitting, and he will also work with the pitching staff and assist with recruiting.

As a player, Gregg was selected three times as all-world in softball.

Gregg resides in Taylor Mill, Ky., with his wife, Kim, two daughters, Shiela (15) and Audrey (14), and one son, Brody. Gregg's daughter, Britne, is a freshman at Kentucky.