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
1*Carol Hutchins3214614744.755Ferris State (19811982), Michigan (1985present)
2*Phil McSpadden2814603590.804Oklahoma City (1988–present)
3Sean Couvillion3314591920.884 LSU (1998present)
4*Mike Candrea2814283582.799 Arizona (1986present)
5Yvette Girouard3112854211.753 Louisiana–Lafayette (19812000), LSU (20012011)
6Gayle Blevins3112455885.679 Indiana (19801987), Iowa (19882010)
7*Eugene Lenti3412366056.671 DePaul (19801987, 1990present)
8*Diane Ninemire2812175820.676 California (1988present)
9Jan Hutchinson3312152882.808Bloomsburg (19782010)
10*Ralph Weekly2812123982.752Pacific Lutheran (19861994), Chattanooga (19951998, 2001), Tennessee (2002present)
11JoAnne Graf[5]2511864256 .735 Florida State (19842008)
12Elaine Sortino3411855086.699 UMass (19802013)
13*Chris Bellotto3111664460.723 Florida Southern (1985present)
14*Margo F. Jonker3611637125.620 Central Michigan (1980present)
15Gary Bryce3311596918.626 Wayne State (19822015)
16*Donna Papa3211556325.646 Susquehanna (19841985), North Carolina (1986present)
17Frank Cheek2511473632.759 Humboldt State (19892013)
18Kathy Welter3111295737.663 Oklahoma Baptist (19801982), Texas Tech (19831985), Cal State Bakersfield (19862011)
19Joyce Compton2810665633.654 Missouri 19831986; South Carolina (19872010)
20*Jo Evans3010625742.649Colorado State (19861989), Utah (19901996), Texas A&M (1997present)
21*Vickee Kazee-Hollifield2910613681.742Carson–Newman (1986present)
22*Bob Brock3110576821.608Baylor (19801981), Texas A&M (19821996), Sam Houston State (2002present)
23*Lori Meyer3110486253.757Minnesota State–Mankato (1985present)
24*George Wares3110413473.749 Central (IA) (1985present)
25George DiMatteo3010325396.656Lewis (19842014)
26*Patty Gasso2110283052.771Oklahoma (1995present)
27Sandy Jerstad2710113592.738Augustana (SD) (19772003)
28Clint Myers1710061751.852Central Arizona (1987-1995), Arizona State (2006-2013), Auburn (2014-Present)
29Jay Miller2910046680.600 Purdue (19801981), Oklahoma City (19851987), Missouri (19882002), Mississippi State (20032011)
30Tami Cyr2610035041.670Centenary (LA) (19871991), West Florida (19922014)
31*Melinda Fischer3210006954.590Eastern Illinois (19781979), Illinois State (1986present)
32Judy Groff439736305.607American International (19692011)
33*Bob Coolen299696111.613Bentley (19851989), Hawaii (1992present)
34Scott Whitlock239963000.769Kennesaw State (1991present)
35Pete Manarino279565942.617Long Beach State (19842006), UNLV (20102012)
36*Sandy Montgomery279534782.666SIU Edwardsville (1989–present)
37*Lu Harris-Champer199403291.741Nicholls St. (1995-1997); Southern Miss (1998-2000); Georgia (2000present)
38*Les Stuedeman209352931.761Alabama-Huntsville (1996present)
39Bill Edwards259284193.688Hofstra (19902014)
40Bob Timmons299273660.717Mount Mercy (19831994), Coe (19982014)
41*Patrick Murphy189182610.779Northwest Missouri St. (1994–95); Alabama (1998present)
42*Ritchie Richardson289173161.744Olivet Nazarene
43Linda Wells319146791.574Minnesota (19751989), Arizona State (19902005)
44Judi Garman[6]20913 3744.709Golden West (19721979), Cal State Fullerton (19801999)
45Donna Newberry369064191.684Muskingum (19752010)

See also

Notes

  1. 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

  1. "NCAA Softball Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  2. "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  3. "Michigan Dominates to Make Hutch Winningest NCAA Coach Ever". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. "MGOBLUE.COM - Softball - University of Michigan Official Athletic Site". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  5. 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.
  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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