Coach Fairchild is entering her tenth year as head coach of the Quinnipiac University softball program.

Fairchild immediately established the Bobcats program as one of the best in the Northeast, reaching the Northeast Conference tournament finals in the 2003 and 2004 seasons.  The 2003 club also set a new program-high with 34 wins.  Fairchild has totaled a 165-223-1 mark in her first eight seasons with Quinnipiac.

Also an accomplished player in her own right, Fairchild has played with the Georgia Pride of the Women's Professional Softball League and the Virginia Roadsters of the Women's Professional Fastpitch League. Most recently, she's played with the nationally known Connecticut Brakettes of the National Pro Fastpitch League, and won NPF Championships with the NY/NJ Juggernaut in 2004 and with the Washington Glory in 2007. 

In 2008, Fairchild began the NPF season as a player-assistant coach with the New England Riptide, before taking over as the head coach in late June, and leading the Riptide to their fifth straight playoff appearance.

Fairchild is a '96 graduate of the University of Tulsa. She earned her bachelor's degree in Environmental Policy.