Bio

COSTA MESA -- Jodie Kiaha, a very familiar name in the softball world, both as a coach and as a standout player, returns to Orange Coast College for her second coaching stint with the Pirates which began in 2015.

Kiaha joined the Pirates in 2010 and stayed until 2012 before returning to UCLA, where she was named the Director of Softball Operations for the Bruins for two seasons.

Over the past few seasons, the Pirate softball program has turned the corner and become a team that is a forced to be reckoned with in the always-tough Orange Empire Conference. In 2024, Kiaha helped guide the Pirates to 27 wins and a return to the postseason for the first time in over three decades, advancing to the Southern California Super Regional playoffs.

In 2025, Kiaha and her Pirates took that success to the next level, winning 33 games and capturing a share of the Orange Empire Conference crown for the first time since 1992 and advanced all the way to the 3C2A State Championshp tournament for the first time since 1993.

It was a homecoming of sorts for Legaspi-Kiaha, who was a standout player for the Bruins, helping them win a NCAA championship as a freshman in 2004 to go along with a Pac-10 title in 2006. During her four seasons at UCLA, she played in 230 games, recording a .342 batting average, 43 home runs, 156 runs batted in, 128 runs scored, 230 hits, 40 doubles and 96 walks. Her name is listed on the UCLA career charts two times, as she ranks tied for seventh all-time in walks and eighth in home runs.

A member of the U.S. Junior National Team in 2002-03, Legaspi-Kiaha is one of just 25 Bruins to earn all-conference honors all four seasons (2004-07). She earned a degree in sociology and a minor in women's studies from UCLA in 2008.

Following her playing career, Legaspi-Kiaha continued her education at Chico State and, while coaching the Pirates, she earned her Master's Degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University-Irvine in 2011. She married Ryan Kiaha in 2011 and the couple have three kids ... Kellen, Rylee and Benaiah.