List of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins

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This is a list of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins as a collegiate head coach.[1][2] This list includes games won at the NCAA levels. It does not include games won at the junior college level. Coaches with 1,000 wins at the NCAA Division I level are designated with peach shading.

All-time leaders[]

As of February 25, 2022, Carol Hutchins of Michigan was the all-time NCAA wins leader with 1,675 wins.

Patty Gasso of Oklahoma has the highest winning percentage of all active or inactive Division I coaches with at least 1,000 wins, currently at .796.

Melinda Fischer of Illinois State holds the record for most losses as a head softball coach with 839.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins[]

Key[]

* Active coach in 2021
† Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
1,000 wins with an NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent)[n 1]

Coaches[]

Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct thru February 25, 2022[3].
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct Teams
1* Carol Hutchins † 38 1675 537 5 .757 Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–present)
2 Mike Candrea † 34 1674 433 2 .794 Arizona (1986–2021)
3 Margie Wright † 33 1457 542 3 .729 Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
4* Ralph Weekly † 34 1450 472 2 .754 Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
5 Diane Ninemire † 33 1355 687 0 .664 California (1988–2020)
6 Gary Bryce † 40 1340 793 8 .628 Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021)
7* Patty Gasso † 27 1336 341 2 .796 Oklahoma (1995–present)
8 Eugene Lenti † 37 1327 670 6 .664 DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)
9* Donna Papa † 38 1319 764 5 .633 Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–present)
10* Lori Meyer † 37 1286 700 3 .647 Minnesota State (1985–present)
11 Yvette Girouard † 31 1285 421 1 .753 Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
12* Jo Evans 36 1269 684 2 .650 Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–present)
13 Margo F. Jonker † 40 1268 808 7 .610 Central Michigan (1980–2019)
14 Chris Bellotto † 35 1252 562 1 .690 Florida Southern (1985–2020)
15 Gayle Blevins † 31 1245 588 5 .679 Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
16 Jan Hutchinson † 33 1215 288 2 .808 Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
17 JoAnne Graf † 25 1186 425 6 .735 Florida State (1984–2008)
18 Elaine Sortino † 34 1185 508 6 .699 UMass (1980–2013)
19* George Wares † 37 1178 409 3 .742 Central (IA) (1985–present)
20* Patrick Murphy † 24 1177 339 0 .776 Northwest Missouri State (1994–95); Alabama (1998–present)
21* Karen Weekly 25 1172 397 2 .747 Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
22 Lu Harris-Champer 25 1168 432 1 .730 Nicholls State (1995–1997); Southern Miss (1998–2000); Georgia (2000–2021)
23 Vickee Kazee-Hollifield † 33 1167 423 1 .734 Carson–Newman (1986–2018)
24 Frank Cheek † 25 1147 363 2 .759 Humboldt State (1989–2013)
25* Les Stuedeman † 26 1141 385 1 .748 Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
26* Melinda Fischer † 38 1135 839 4 .575 Eastern Illinois (1978–1979), Illinois State (1986–present)
27 Kathy Welter 33 1126 573 7 .662 Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
27 Bob Brock † 34 1126 776 1 .592 Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018)
29* Bob Coolen 35 1099 741 1 .597 Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
30* Steve Warner 29 1095 408 1 .728 West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present)
31 Joyce Compton † 28 1066 563 3 .654 Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
32 Sandy Montgomery 29 1051 540 2 .660 SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)
33* Jay Miller † 32 1043 726 0 .590 Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011), Hofstra (2019-present)
34 George DiMatteo 31 1032 539 6 .656 Lewis (1984–2014)
35* Rhonda Revelle 30 1028 620 0 .624 Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present)
36* Judy Lawes 34 1025 579 1 .639 Kutztown (1988–present)
37 Linda Kalafatis 32 1013 668 2 .602 California (PA) (1989–93), Akron (1994–96), Ohio State 1997-2012), Charleston (2014-2021)
38 Sandy Jerstad † 27 1011 359 2 .738 Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
39* John Tschida 27 1010 197 0 .837 St. Thomas (MN) (1995–present)
40* Ken Eriksen 24 1006 521 1 .659 South Florida (1997–present)
41 Tami Cyr 26 1003 504 1 .665 Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The list includes coaches with 1,000 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 1,000 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. ^ "Softball Coaching Records Entering 2021" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Winningest Coaches All-Time by Victories" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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