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The Arizona Wildcats softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Arizona in the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association .[1] The team has had six head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1974 season.[2] The most recent coach was Mike Candrea , who took over the head coaching position in 1986, but has stepped aside to coach the US National Team at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008 before returning, and retired in 2021.
Key [ ]
General
#
Number of coaches[a]
GC
Games coached
Conference[b]
CW
Wins
CL
Losses
CT
Ties
C%
Winning percentage
Postseason[c]
PA
Total Appearances[d]
PW
Total Wins
PL
Total Losses
WA
Women's College World Series Appearances[e]
WW
Women's College World Series Wins
WL
Women's College World Series Losses
Championships
CC
Conference regular season
NC
National championships[f]
Coaches [ ]
List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[g]
#
Name
Term
1
1974–1976
63
45
18
0
.714
—
—
—
—
2
2
0
0
2
1977–1979
122
82
40
0
.672
24
11
0
.686
1
1
1
0
3
1980
46
23
23
0
.500
2
14
0
.125
0
0
0
0
4
1981–1985
196
103
93
0
.656
28
63
0
.308
0
0
0
0
5
Mike Candrea
1986–2003, 2005–2007, 2009–2021
2,109
1,674
433
2
.794
485
212
2
.695
34
24
10
8
6
Larry Ray (Interim)
2004, 2008
116
91
25
0
.784
30
11
0
.732
2
1
1
0
7
Caitlin Lowe
2022–present
0
0
0
0
–
0
0
0
–
0
0
0
0
Notes [ ]
^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
^ Arizona was a member of the from 1974 through 1979. They then were members of the Western Collegiate Athletic Association from 1980 through 1985. They moved to the in 1986. The Pac-12 Conference , then known as the Pac-10, began sponsoring women's sports in 1987.
^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Softball Championship or AIAW Women's College World Series .
^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Softball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
^ Women's College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
^ Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
^ Statistics correct as of the end of the .
References [ ]
Venues People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics
# denotes interim head coach
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