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Garrett Furnal

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Garrett Furnal enters his second season at Creighton as an assistant coach in 2026. He works closely with the Bluejay hitters and is the program’s recruiting coordinator. He also assists in scouting and data collecting of future opponents.

The Bluejays went 30-25 in his first year on staff, finishing tied for third with a 15-9 mark in the BIG EAST before closing out the year with a runner-up finish at the BIG EAST Softball Championships.

Under his direction, the Bluejays offense soared to new heights, establishing school records for runs scored (321) and RBI (292). Bluejay hitters registered a .303 batting average, the fourth highest team batting average in program history, while ranking second in hits (474), slugging percentage (.465) and walks (171), fourth in home runs (54) and on-base percentage (.382), sixth in stolen bases (72) and seventh in doubles (69).

Furnal’s guidence was instrumental in the development of Sydra Seville, Sydney Potter, Lily West and Kaelan Schultz, all of which earned All-BIG EAST honors in 2025. Seville set a new single season program record with 80 hits, while Potter drove in a school record 60 runs on a team-high 16 home runs.

Before joining the Bluejays in 2025, Furnal spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa, during which time the Panthers went 104-42 overall and won a pair of Missouri Valley Conference regular-season titles after compiling a 66-9 record in league play.

Serving as the Panthers outfield and hitting coach, Furnal was part of UNI’s 2022 and 2023 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year, while helping develop nine NFCA All-Region and 18 All-MVC selections, including two MVC Players of the Year and two MVC Freshmen of the Year honorees.

Under Furnal’s guidance, UNI rewrote the Panthers record book, setting seven single-season team records, including batting average (.323), slugging percentage (.572), on-base percentage (.420), runs scored (348), doubles (97), home runs (73) and stolen bases (90). In addition, the Panthers led the MVC in batting average, runs, walks, total bases and hits, while establishing MVC records with 97 doubles and 330 RBI in 2023.

Furnal’s hitters also led the MVC in home runs, slugging percentage, and OPS in each of his three years, while ranking in the top-10 nationally in doubles per game (1st), OPS (2nd), total doubles (4th), slugging percentage (4th), scoring (5th), on-base percentage (6th) and home runs per game (7th) in 2023.

Furnal joined the UNI coaching staff after spending three seasons at Ohio University as an assistant coach and lead recruiting coordinator. During his time with the Bobcats, Furnal helped coach seven All-Mid American Conference selections, including four that were named to the NFCA All-Mideast Team. Under his leadership, the Bobcats posted a breakout season in 2019 with 31 wins and set new program records for hits and RBI. With six players batting over .300, Ohio recorded the second-highest team batting average in program history (.297) and led the MAC in team batting average, at-bats, runs scored, hits, triples, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.

Immediately before joining the Bobcats, Furnal served two-year stints as an assistant coach at both UNC Wilmington (2017-18) and Presbyterian College (2015-16). In his first season with the Seahawks, Furnal guided UNCW to a program record 35 wins while qualifying for the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament for the first time since 2007. UNCW also set a program record with a .977 fielding percentage, ranking fifth in the NCAA.

During his time at Presbyterian, Furnal led the Blue Hose to back-to-back 25-win seasons, including an appearance in the Big South Conference Tournament title game in 2015. Under his tutelage he coached 18 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes and had seven players earn All-Big South accolades.

Furnal began his coaching career at Louisiana-Monroe, serving as an assistant coach intern, overseeing the Warhawks’ hitters during the 2014 season. In his lone season in the Bayou, Furnal helped coach ULM to its highest batting average since 1984 (.275), as well as the highest team totals in RBI, home runs, and on-base percentage in the past 30 seasons.