University of Dubuque

Jeff Lamb joined the University of Dubuque in July of 2018 and was named the 14th head softball coach in the school’s history.

In year one, Lamb and the Spartans broke 16 school records including wins in a season with 26. The Spartans finished 26-13 overall and 8-8 in the American Rivers Conference. UD earned the 5-seed in the conference tournament and advanced to the semifinals. 

He coached the Spartans to it's first conference championship in school history in 2022. UD tied for the conference title with Buena Vista with a league record of 10-6.

He finished his five seasons as Clarke University head softball coach with a 124-98 overall record. Lamb guided the Crusaders to 21 victories in his first season at Clarke (2014). A year later, Lamb's the Crusaders compiled a school-record 31 wins, posted a 15-9 record in Midwest Collegiate Conference play and qualified for the MCC Final Four. In 2017, his team broke the school record again with a 41-12 overall mark.

Lamb also coached Marshalltown Community College, Marshalltown, Iowa, where he served as the Tigers’ head softball coach for five years. During his stint at Marshalltown, Lamb’s teams set over 30 individual and team records. He served as the head softball coach at Marshalltown High School in 2012 and 2013. Lamb guided the 2012 Bobcats to the program's first state tournament appearance and coached the program’s first all-state player in over a decade.

Prior to taking the softball reins at Marshalltown, Lamb spent two seasons as the Tigers’ assistant baseball coach. He also served as a graduate assistant baseball coach at Georgia College and State University and as a volunteer assistant baseball coach at West Chester.

He played two seasons of collegiate baseball at Marshalltown and was also a member of the baseball programs at Drexel University and West Chester University. He received his bachelor of science degree in professional studies from West Chester University, and his master of science degree in education from Iowa State University. The Fort Madison, Iowa, native resides in Dubuque with wife Rachel and their two children.