Head coach Kristy Schroeder took the helm of the Cosumnes River College softball program in 2011. Over the past 14 years she has led the Hawks to post-season play in nine of those seasons (2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024). In 2015 and 2024, Schroeder’s teams qualified for the CCCAA State Championships. In addition, the 2015 team won the Big 8 Conference Championship. In that year, Schroeder was named Big 8 Conference Coach of the Year. During her tenure the Hawks have made seven Super Regional appearances. Schroeder has a 621-388 career record and earned her 600^th career win over Ohlone College on February, 9, 2024. 

Schroeder has coached two Conference Pitchers of Year, two Conference Most Valuable Players, seven National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) all-Americans and 17 all-Region players, and over 25 all-Big 8 honorees. Recently, Malia Babasa, Tatiana Blas, and Abigail Woodfill were named NFCA all-Americans in 2024. Babasa was also the Most Valuable Player in the Big 8 Conference. Ashlee Toy was the 2022 Big 8 Pitcher of the Year, and her teammate, Danielle Pfennig was an NFCA all-American. In addition, Schroeder has developed a tradition of helping Hawk alumni transfer to the next level. In total, she has helped 27 players earn spots at four-year universities at such schools as the University of Kansas, Sacramento State, University of the Pacific, San Diego State, Concordia University (CA), Cal-State Monterey Bay, Chico State, Cal State-San Marcos, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Cal-State Stanislaus, Sonoma State, Cal-State East Bay, and San Francisco State, and Southern Oregon University.

 Schroeder came to CRC with a plethora of coaching and playing experience at several different levels. Schroeder previously served as the Head Softball Coach at UC Santa Barbara. From 2002-2007, she collected 173 wins and turned the Gauchos program into an annual contender for postseason play. During her time UCSB made its first and only NCAA tournament three appearances in school history. In 2003, her second year with the Gauchos, she led UCSB to a 34-22 mark, the best overall record in school history and coached the Gauchos’ first all-American. She earned Big West Conference Co-Coach of the Year honors in 2002. 

In her first head coaching position, Schroeder led NCAA Division II Truman State University to two Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) championships in three seasons. Each year the Bulldogs were regional finalists in the NCAA tournament. Schroeder was twice named MIAA Coach of the Year and her teams appeared in three NCAA tournaments. She coached numerous all-conference players and two all- Americans. Schroeder left Truman State after the 2001 season as the coach with the most wins in school history, finishing with an overall record of 134-34-1. 

Coach Schroeder graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from UCLA in 1994. She was a four-year starter at shortstop for two national championship teams in 1990 and 1992. She was recognized as the shortstop on the Pac 10's All-Decade Team for the 1990s. Schroeder also played for the Bruins' women's soccer and tennis teams, and is the only female three-sport letter-winner in UCLA history. 

In 1998, Coach Schroeder earned a master’s degree in Sport Psychology from the University of the Pacific. Schroeder lives in Sacramento with her husband Pete. They have two children, Johnna (21), who plays softball at Stanford, and a son Asher (17) who attends Jesuit High School.