List of college softball coaches with 900 wins
This is a list of college softball coaches with 900 wins as a collegiate head coach.[1][2] This list includes games won at the NCAA and NAIA levels. It does not include games won at the junior college level. Coaches with 900 wins at the NCAA Division I level are designated with peach shading.
All-time leaders
On April 2, 2016, Carol Hutchins of Michigan became the all-time wins leader by recording her 1,458th victory.[3] As an active coach,[4] "Hutch" sees her career win total continues to climb as she leads Michigan.
Hutchins passed Margie Wright, who was a head coach from 1980 to 2012 at Illinois State and later Fresno State, with 1,457 career wins. Phil McSpadden, who has coached exclusively at the NAIA level, is the all-time leader across all divisions with 1,475 wins for the Oklahoma City Stars.
Margo F. Jonker of Central Michigan holds the record for most losses as a head softball coach with 712.
Clint Myers, who has coach at three different schools, has the highest career winning percentage (.852) among coaches with at least 900 wins.
Among the coaches with 900 career wins, the record for most seasons as a head softball coach is held by Judy Groff, who compiled a 973-630 record in 43 years (1960-2011) at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
College softball coaches with 900 wins
Key
* | Active coach in 2016 |
† | Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame |
900 wins with a Division I program (or historic equivalent)[n 1] |
Coaches
- Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2015 season.
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
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1* | Carol Hutchins† | 32 | 1461 | 474 | 4 | .755 | Ferris State (1981–1982), Michigan (1985–present) |
2* | Phil McSpadden† | 28 | 1460 | 359 | 0 | .804 | Oklahoma City (1988–present) |
3 | Sean Couvillion† | 33 | 1459 | 192 | 0 | .884 | LSU (1998–present) |
4* | Mike Candrea† | 28 | 1428 | 358 | 2 | .799 | Arizona (1986–present) |
5 | Yvette Girouard† | 31 | 1285 | 421 | 1 | .753 | Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011) |
6 | Gayle Blevins† | 31 | 1245 | 588 | 5 | .679 | Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010) |
7* | Eugene Lenti† | 34 | 1236 | 605 | 6 | .671 | DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–present) |
8* | Diane Ninemire† | 28 | 1217 | 582 | 0 | .676 | California (1988–present) |
9 | Jan Hutchinson | 33 | 1215 | 288 | 2 | .808 | Bloomsburg (1978–2010) |
10* | Ralph Weekly | 28 | 1212 | 398 | 2 | .752 | Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–present) |
11 | JoAnne Graf†[5] | 25 | 1186 | 425 | 6 | .735 | Florida State (1984–2008) |
12 | Elaine Sortino† | 34 | 1185 | 508 | 6 | .699 | UMass (1980–2013) |
13* | Chris Bellotto† | 31 | 1166 | 446 | 0 | .723 | Florida Southern (1985–present) |
14* | Margo F. Jonker† | 36 | 1163 | 712 | 5 | .620 | Central Michigan (1980–present) |
15 | Gary Bryce† | 33 | 1159 | 691 | 8 | .626 | Wayne State (1982–2015) |
16* | Donna Papa | 32 | 1155 | 632 | 5 | .646 | Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–present) |
17 | Frank Cheek† | 25 | 1147 | 363 | 2 | .759 | Humboldt State (1989–2013) |
18 | Kathy Welter | 31 | 1129 | 573 | 7 | .663 | Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011) |
19 | Joyce Compton† | 28 | 1066 | 563 | 3 | .654 | Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010) |
20* | Jo Evans | 30 | 1062 | 574 | 2 | .649 | Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–present) |
21* | Vickee Kazee-Hollifield | 29 | 1061 | 368 | 1 | .742 | Carson–Newman (1986–present) |
22* | Bob Brock | 31 | 1057 | 682 | 1 | .608 | Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston State (2002–present) |
23* | Lori Meyer | 31 | 1048 | 625 | 3 | .757 | Minnesota State–Mankato (1985–present) |
24* | George Wares† | 31 | 1041 | 347 | 3 | .749 | Central (IA) (1985–present) |
25 | George DiMatteo | 30 | 1032 | 539 | 6 | .656 | Lewis (1984–2014) |
26* | Patty Gasso | 21 | 1028 | 305 | 2 | .771 | Oklahoma (1995–present) |
27 | Sandy Jerstad† | 27 | 1011 | 359 | 2 | .738 | Augustana (SD) (1977–2003) |
28 | Clint Myers | 17 | 1006 | 175 | 1 | .852 | Central Arizona (1987-1995), Arizona State (2006-2013), Auburn (2014-Present) |
29 | Jay Miller† | 29 | 1004 | 668 | 0 | .600 | Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011) |
30 | Tami Cyr | 26 | 1003 | 504 | 1 | .670 | Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014) |
31* | Melinda Fischer† | 32 | 1000 | 695 | 4 | .590 | Eastern Illinois (1978–1979), Illinois State (1986–present) |
32 | Judy Groff† | 43 | 973 | 630 | 5 | .607 | American International (1969–2011) |
33* | Bob Coolen | 29 | 969 | 611 | 1 | .613 | Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present) |
34 | Scott Whitlock† | 23 | 996 | 300 | 0 | .769 | Kennesaw State (1991–present) |
35 | Pete Manarino | 27 | 956 | 594 | 2 | .617 | Long Beach State (1984–2006), UNLV (2010–2012) |
36* | Sandy Montgomery | 27 | 953 | 478 | 2 | .666 | SIU Edwardsville (1989–present) |
37* | Lu Harris-Champer | 19 | 940 | 329 | 1 | .741 | Nicholls St. (1995-1997); Southern Miss (1998-2000); Georgia (2000–present) |
38* | Les Stuedeman | 20 | 935 | 293 | 1 | .761 | Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present) |
39 | Bill Edwards† | 25 | 928 | 419 | 3 | .688 | Hofstra (1990–2014) |
40 | Bob Timmons | 29 | 927 | 366 | 0 | .717 | Mount Mercy (1983–1994), Coe (1998–2014) |
41* | Patrick Murphy | 18 | 918 | 261 | 0 | .779 | Northwest Missouri St. (1994–95); Alabama (1998–present) |
42* | Ritchie Richardson | 28 | 917 | 316 | 1 | .744 | Olivet Nazarene |
43 | Linda Wells† | 31 | 914 | 679 | 1 | .574 | Minnesota (1975–1989), Arizona State (1990–2005) |
44 | Judi Garman†[6] | 20 | 913 | 374 | 4 | .709 | Golden West (1972–1979), Cal State Fullerton (1980–1999) |
45 | Donna Newberry† | 36 | 906 | 419 | 1 | .684 | Muskingum (1975–2010) |
See also
Notes
- ↑ The list includes coaches with 900 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 900 wins at an NCAA Division I school (or historic equivalents) are designated with the referenced peach shading. The referenced shading has also been used for coaches with historic programs that were among the elite programs of their era.
References
- ↑ "NCAA Softball Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ↑ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Michigan Dominates to Make Hutch Winningest NCAA Coach Ever". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ↑ "MGOBLUE.COM - Softball - University of Michigan Official Athletic Site". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ↑ Graf's career totals do not include 32 wins (30 regular season, 2 ACC tournament) from the 2007 season that were vacated. One source here credits Graf with having a career record of 1,437-478-6.
- ↑ Garman's career statistics do not include her record during eight years as the head coach at years as head coach at Golden West College, a community college. Her career record including Golden West is 1124-416-4.
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