Softball Coaching Staff
- Head Coach Dennis Shores
Dennis Shores was appointed the as Quakers' softball coach in January, 2007. The Quakers' fifth softball coach, Shores spent three seasons as an assistant softball coach at Neumann (Pa.) College, during which time the Knights compiled a 60-52 record. He worked with head coach Bill Saar and helped Neumann to its first Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship and NCAA Division III Tournament berth in 2006.
Long-time resident of Downingtown, Pa., Shores founded 
and coached the Chester County Stars, a United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) softball program with teams in the under-10, -12, -14, -16 and -18 age groups. He served as Tournament Director for the Stars College Showcase and served as president of GGS Fastpitch. A member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Shores hosted winter pitching clinics in the Downingtown (Pa.) area for six years and is also an experienced hitting instructor.
Shores, a 1991 graduate of Penn State-Delaware County, recently retired after working over 20 years as the facility manager of the St. John Vianney Center in Downingtown. He and his wife, Susan, have three children and one granddaughter.
Jennifer Simms was hired as the Quakers' assistant softball coach in January 2008.
Simms graduated from Greensboro College, Guilford's cross-town rival, in May 2007, with a degree in sociology. She started four years for coach Kama Tucker's softball team and holds the school records for career games (148) and starts (142). The outfielder hit .288 for her career and ranks among Greensboro's all-time leaders in home runs (4), doubles (20) and RBIs (65). The Pride went 99-59-2 in her four seasons, including a school-record 32-10 in 2007. Simms earned Second Team All-USA South Athletic Conference honors in 2005 and 2006 and was a 2007 honorable mention all-league selection. She received Greensboro's Student-Athlete Mentor of the Year in 2006 and was the treasurer of her senior class.
Simms grew up in Liberty, N.C., and starred on the softball fields of Eastern Randolph High School where she was a two-time All-Tri-County 3-A Conference selection. She has worked a number of softball clinics and served as an assistant coach with the Triad Storm club team.