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New South Carolina softball head coach Ashley Chastain had a great phone call with athletic director Ray Tanner. As a South Carolina alum, she had a prior relationship with Tanner, who’s been the AD for a decade. He was also the baseball head coach for 16 seasons until going into administration work. When he had to hire a new softball coach this cycle, he knew Chastain was the only woman for the job. “I don’t know if you can prepare for that phone call,” Chastain said. “I’m a very ‘Be Where Your Feet Are At’ type of person and so you know, I was very engulfed in my job at that point when I got…

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