Nick Goodreau, who has worked with and developed some of the best talent in the state through his Vermont Storm Fastpitch Softball club program, heads into his eighth season as the Saint Michael's softball head coach in 2026. In summer 2023, Goodreau became the first full-time head coach in program history.
Goodreau is owner, president and 18U-23U head coach for the Vermont Storm, taking the program's reins in 2014 and growing it from one team to five age-group squads with a year-round training program for more than 60 prospective college players. As a head coach, Goodreau's teams were 83-27-1 between 2015 and 2018 while winning eight tournaments, including four Vermont Rockets Invitationals two Lac St-Louis Lions Classics in Quebec. Nearly a dozen players from Goodreau's 2018 summer teams took their talents to the college level during the 2018-19 school year.
Goodreau, who introduced indoor fall and winter development training and instruction for Vermont Storm players, has recruited and developed numerous players who went on to compete in college. Over the years, Goodreau has worked with local sponsors to subsidize player costs while meeting annual fundraising goals, hiring coaches and coordinating all aspects of the teams in the Vermont Storm program. Goodreau joined the Vermont Storm as a hitting and bench coach in 2013.
Goodreau is a graduate of Champlain College, earning a bachelor's degree in business management. He also completed his associate's degree in applied sciences from Star Technical Institute in systems and network design. Goodreau worked at Huskey Injection Molding Systems in Milton for 20 years, leading staffs as an Information Technology program and project manager, Global IT Operations Support Manager, and IT Portfolio Manager in 2020.
Saint Michael's College Softball Head Coach, 2019-Present (8th Season)
- 3 NFCA All-East Region Honors
- 1 D2 CCA All-East Region Honor
- 1 NE10 Player of the Year Honor (Jenna Devens '25, 2025)
- 1 NE10 Rookie of the Year Honor (Jenna Devens '25)
- 7 NE10 All-Conference Honors
- 4 NE10 All-Rookie Team Honors
- 2 NE10 All-Defensive Team Honor
- 11 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors
- 6 NE10 Academic All-Conference Honors
- 2022: School-record 35 home runs, 4th in Division II in double plays per game, Jenna Devens '25 led NE10 in home runs with school-record 12
- 2024: Jenna Devens '25 led NE10 in batting average
- 2025: First postseason qualification since 2005 (handed eventual NCAA super regional champion Pace lone loss to NE10 team during opening NE10 Championship game), most wins since 2007, set school record for runs and walks drawn, Jenna Devens '25 led NE10 in home runs and batting average
