Tina Whitlock

Christina Whitlock

• School University of South Carolina, Converse College

Biographical Information

Tina Whitlock, also called Plew Whitlock, played softball at the University of South Carolina from 1994-1997. She was twice named an All-American and helped her team to the College World Series in her final season. She graduated with a degree in psychology and earned a master's degree in teaching from Converse College in 2000. Whitlock played on the United States national team in 1997-1999 and played professionally for one season in 1999.

Whitlock began her coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate which at the time was called the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg. She moved to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the 2000 season, again as an assistant coach. After Chattanooga, Whitlock coached at the high school level for several years before reappearing on the college scene as a Mercer University assistant coach in 2007. After Mercer, Whitlock became a head coach for the LeMoyne College Dolphins (2009-2012) and Lander University Bearcats (2013-2015). She returned to her alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach for the Gamecocks in 2016. Whitlock moved away from college coaching for a few years until taking a position with the Furman University Paladins in the spring of 2019.

In addition to high school and college coaching, Whitlock has held a number of other coaching roles. She worked as a pitching coach for the British Softball Federation (2017-2020) on a voluntary basis, a softball skills instructor for Apex Athletic Performance (2017-2020), and as a head baseball coach with Stars & Stripes Sports (2016-2020).

In 2020 the St. Louis Cardinals hired Whitlock for a fourth coach position in their minor league system. This position combines coaching and scouting and is intended to introduce participants to working in professional baseball. Before she could be assigned to a particular team, the minor league season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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