Kaitlyn Hooper-Bell joins the University of Redlands as a new softball assistant coach in summer of 2022. Hooper-Bell returns to the school after graduating with a BA in Psychology in 2014. After Redlands she earned her MS in Kinesiology from California Baptist University in 2017.

Hooper-Bell’s coaching experience includes a stop as an assistant at El Camino College (2014-2021). She was promoted to the associate head coach role in 2018. At El Camino her duties included working with pitchers and catchers, recruiting, fundraising, and helping student-athletes successfully transfer to four-year institutions. Her non-coaching duties included teaching as a part-time faculty member in the health sciences and athletics department.

In August of 2021 Hooper-Bell was hired as the head softball coach for Victor Valley College. She also continued her teaching as a part-time faculty member teaching classes in self-defense and sport-specific training.

After a short stay at Victor Valley, Hooper-Bell was named the first assistant softball coach at Chaffey College in January of 2022. She focused on player development, organizing practices, and coordinating recruiting.

During her collegiate playing career as a Bulldog, Hooper-Bell played for two years during the 2013 and 2014 seasons after transferring from Santa Ana College.

Hooper-Bell finished her career at Redlands ranking inside the top-10 in eight career categories including: innings (249.1 | 10^th), earned run average (2.44 | 7^th), appearances (61 | 9^th), wins (26 | T-9^th), winning percentage (.765 | 2^nd), saves (3 | T-1^st), shutouts (3 | T-10^th), and fewest hits allowed per 7 innings (7.01 | 6^th).

During her final season in 2014, Hooper-Bell helped the Bulldogs reach the NCAA postseason and were regional finalists and finished 31-15 overall and won the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) regular season title. She finished that season with the third most innings pitched in a single-season with 180.2, third most wins with 21, and the fourth most starts with 25. For her success on the field, she was named first team All-SCIAC.