Gordon Eakin

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Gordon Eakin
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBYU
ConferenceWCC
Record721-343 (.678)
Biographical details
BornSandy, Utah
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
College Softball
2000-2002BYU (asst.)
2003-PresentBYU
National Softball
2009-2010USA Women's Softball (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall721-343 (.678)

Gordon Eakin is an American college softball coach and the current head coach of the BYU Cougars softball team. Eakin is a graduate of the University of Utah and is a former Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. Eakin also serves as the USA National Team Hitting Coach.[1]

Career[]

Eakin was hired as an assistant coach to Mark Kay Amicone in 2001. After the 2002 season Amicone decided to resign, and Eakin became the coach of BYU Softball.[2] During his span as BYU coach, Eakin has coached the Cougars to 6 consecutive conference titles in four separate leagues. He led BYU to their first super regional appearance in 2008[3] and has coached 12 All-Americans. Two of Eakin's players have gone on to play professionally. Eakin has won conference coach of the year four times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) and has never finished lower than third in the conference. Eakin has guided BYU to top-ten national finishes in slugging percentage six times, home runs per game six times, batting average four times and scoring four times.[4]

Division I Coaching Record[]

Eakin has won 6 straight conference titles, 7 of 8, and 8 of 10 since 2005. He has also won the two conference tournaments that he has had a chance to win since 2005. The MWC last held a conference tournament in 2005, and the PCSC and WCC didn't have conference tournaments.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
BYU (Mountain West Conference) (2003–2011)
2003 BYU 36–17 10–7 3rd
2004 BYU 34–18 11–8 3rd
2005 BYU 45–14 16–2 1st 2005 Regionals
2006 BYU 43–22 15–5 2nd 2006 Regionals
2007 BYU 43–20 16–4 1st 2007 Regionals
2008 BYU 44–20 14–6 2nd 2008 Regionals
2009 BYU 40–18 12–2 1st 2009 Regionals
2010 BYU 46–13 12–3 1st 2010 Super Regionals
2011 BYU 40–18 11–2 1st 2011 Regionals
BYU (Western Athletic Conference[5]) (2012)
2012 BYU 45–15 15–4 1st 2012 Regionals
BYU (Pacific Coast Softball Conference[6]) (2013)
2013 BYU 33–25 19–5 1st 2013 Regionals
BYU (West Coast Conference) (2014–current)
2014 BYU 34-23 12-2 1st 2014 Regionals
2015 BYU 40-14 13-2 1st 2015 Regionals
2016 BYU 34-18 11-2 1st 2016 Regionals
2017 BYU 46-13 14-1 1st NCAA Regional
2018 BYU 36-22 13-1 1st NCAA Regional
2019 BYU 30-26 12-3 1st NCAA Regional
2020 BYU 14-9 0-0 1st Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 BYU 36-15 11-1 1st NCAA Regional
BYU: 721–343 240–63
Total: 721-343

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Preceded by
Mary Kay Amicone
 BYU Cougars Head Softball Coach
2002-Present 		Succeeded by
Current

References[]

  1. ^ Oram, Bill (2010-04-02). "BYU coach Eakin will continue to assist USA Softball". Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. ^ Call, Jeff (2003-01-31). "New start in softball excites the Cougars". Deseret News. Retrieved 2003-01-31.
  3. ^ Olson, Jason (2010-06-14). "Five questions with BYU softball coach Gordon Eakin". Deseret News. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  4. ^ "Gordon Eakin Coaching Profile at BYU". BYU athletics.
  5. ^ "BYU Softball makes WAC debut" (Press release). The Digital Universe. March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  6. ^ "After a year in the WAC, BYU Softball is switching conferences, again" (Press release). Provo Daily Herald. June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
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