By Hawk Fanatic

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa Athletics Department announced on Tuesday that Iowa softball head coach Renee Gillispie will be stepping away from coaching for the 2025 season due to a personal health matter.

Assistant Coach Brian Levin has been named the interim head coach for the 2025 softball season.

Gillispie has a 136-151 overall record since being hired as the Iowa head coach in 2019. That includes a National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) title in 2023.

The Iowa native previously spent 18 seasons as Central Florida’s  first head softball coach. She compiled a 624-403-1 overall record for Central Florida.

Levin has been a member of the Iowa staff for two seasons.

He was the head coach for Southern Mississippi for three years. He had a 65-62 record during his time with the Golden Eagles before resigning.

Editor’s note: hawkeyesports.com contributed to this report