Kerr spent the past 10 seasons as the head coach of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters in the highly competitive Western Athletic Conference. Last season, she led LA Tech to its seventh-straight WAC Tournament appearance becoming the third school to qualify for every tournament since 1996 joining Hawaii and Fresno State.   In her 10 years at LA Tech she amassed a record of 240-338.

“I am delighted to welcome Sarah to UNCG coaching staff,” said Breneman.  “Sarah's extensive experience and pitching knowledge will be a great asset to our team.  I have high expectations for this Spartan softball program and I believe Sarah's knowledge of the game and her past success will assist us in reaching our goals.”

“I would like to thank Kim Record, Jody Smith and Janelle Breneman for the opportunity to coach at UNC Greensboro,” said Dawson.  “It is obvious how much pride the administration takes in each of their programs.  The support and the facilities we have to work with make UNCG a standout in the SoCon.  I am excited about this new staff and believe in the student athletes in our program.  I know we will be a contender for a top spot in conference.”

Twenty-eight of her players have earned all-Western Athletic Conference honors, including at least one every year and a program-record five in 2009. Former shortstop Amberly Waits became the first LA Tech player to ever earn the WAC Player of the Year award as she was an easy selection in 2009 after winning the WAC Triple Crown (led league in average, home runs and RBI).

Kerr has also had 36 of her players named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association all-state team, including Waits who was named the 2009 Hitter of the Year, outfielder Emma Barnes was named the state Freshman of the Year in 2006 and utility Melanie Goff was named the Newcomer of the Year in 2012.

Kerr also emphasizes education, and it has paid off during her tenure at Louisiana Tech. During the previous 10 years at Tech, a total of 43 of LA Tech's student-athletes have earned a total of 90 Academic All-Western Athletic Conference honors, ranking among the most in the league during that time.

Prior to coming to Louisiana Tech in 2003, Dawson served as an assistant coach at UL-Monroe from 2000 through 2002 and at Marshall University in 1999.

Kerr was also a standout in the circle, compiling a record of 120-56 while registering 151 complete games, 1,242.1 innings pitched, 1,280 strikeouts and 74 career shutouts. Her complete games, innings pitched, strikeouts and career shutouts all ranked in the top 10 in NCAA Division I history while her 120 career wins ranked sixth. She still holds the school record for career victories, lowest earned run average (0.69), inning pitched, strikeouts, shutouts, games pitched, games started and complete games.

“I am glad to have an established and experienced pitching coach for our Spartan pitchers, I look forward to seeing them further develop under Dawson's supervision.”

Kerr continued to be successful after her collegiate career, joining the Women's Professional Fast-pitch League in the summer of 1997, where she earned the first year league's inaugural Most Valuable Player award, ranking No. 1 in wins (30) and saves (4) and second in shutouts, complete games, earned run average and opponent's batting average.

Kerr earned her bachelor's degree in finance from UL-Monroe in 1998.