Scrap Yard Dawgs
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| League | National Pro Fastpitch |
| Location | Conroe, Texas |
| Ballpark | Scrapyard Softball Complex |
| Year founded | October 23, 2015 |
| League championships | 0 |
| Regular season championships | 0 |
| General Manager | Connie May |
| Media |
Root Sports Southwest CBS Sports Radio 650 Sports Radio 610 |
| Website | www |
The Scrap Yard Dawgs are a women's professional softball team based in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston. Established in October 2015, the team will begin play in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) during the 2016 season. The Dawgs are the first NPF team to be based in the Houston area since the Texas Thunder became the Rockford Thunder in the 2007 season.
On October 23, 2015, NPF announced the Scrap Yards Dawgs as an expansion team for the 2016 season. Kevin Shelton, also the general manager of the Dallas Charge, was introduced as the Dawgs' GM.
On May 5, 2016 the Dawgs signed free agent Monica Abbott to a six-year contract, believed to be worth $1 million; the contract is believed to be the most lucrative paid by an individual American professional franchise to an active female athlete in any team sport.
For the 2017 season, the Dawgs hired Texas A&M associate head coach Gerry Glasco as their head coach. Glasco's assistants will be Oregon's Jimmy Kolaitis and Joe Guthrie of Bucknell. Glasco was head coach of the USSSA Pride in 2014. Kolaitis was an assistant coach for the Chicago Bandits in 2013.
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