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Jessica Allister
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamStanford
ConferencePac-12
Record56–49 (.533)
Biographical details
Born (1982-10-07) October 7, 1982 (age 42)
Moscow, Idaho
Playing career
2001–2004Stanford
2004–2005New England Riptide
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006Georgia (asst.)
2007–2009Stanford (asst.)
2010Oregon (asst.)
2011–2017Minnesota
2018–presentStanford
Head coaching record
Overall346–156 (.689)
TournamentsNCAA Division I: 11–11 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
As player:
  • Second-team All-American (2004)
  • First-team All-Pac-10 (2004)
  • 2× honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2002, 2003)
  • Second-team NFCA Pacific All-Region (2001)

As head coach:

  • Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2019)
  • Big Ten Coach of the Year (2017)

Jessica Lynne Allister (born October 7, 1982) is an American softball coach and former catcher who is the current head coach at Stanford, her alma mater. Previously, Allister was head coach at Minnesota from 2011 to 2017.

Early life and education

Allister was born in 1982, when her father Derek Allister was a graduate student at the University of Idaho and assistant basketball coach at Moscow High School in Moscow, Idaho.[1][2] Allister spent her childhood in the Palouse, San Francisco Bay Area, and Reno, Nevada, when her father was an assistant men's college basketball coach at Washington State, California, and Nevada.[3] At age 11, she moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, when Derek became an assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin in 1993.[3] Allister attended Nacogdoches High School from 1996 to 2000, when Derek was head coach at Stephen F. Austin.[1][4]

At Stanford University, Allister had a stellar playing career for the Stanford Cardinal softball team. Allister holds the school record for games played with 266. A three-time all-conference selection, she led her team to four appearances in the NCAA tournament and to two trips to the 2001 Women's College World Series. She was the starter for the Cardinal from day one to the end of her playing career. Allister earned second-team NFCA All-American honors and first-team All-Pac-10 honors in 2004,[5][6] her senior season during which Stanford again made the Women's College World Series. Allister graduated with her name all throughout the program’s record book, including top-three in many offensive categories (including home runs and RBI) and top-ten in several others.[1] Allister graduated in 2004 with a degree in economics.[7]

Professional playing career

Allister played the 2004 and 2005 summer seasons as a member of the New England Riptide of National Pro Fastpitch.[7] In 87 games, Allister had a .197 batting average, 12 RBI, one home run, and a .987 fielding percentage.[8]

Coaching career

Allister’s first coaching job was with the University of Georgia under coach Lu Harris-Champer. She spent the 2005 & 2006 seasons with the Bulldogs, helping lead the team to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances as well as an SEC championship.

Following her stint with the Bulldogs, Allister went back to her alma mater and joined John Rittman’s coaching staff at Stanford. Under Allister’s tutelage, Rose Neill won back-to-back conference Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2008 and 2009. Allister was also a part of the 2009 West Regional Coaching Staff of the Year, as awarded and honored by the NFCA. Allister’s streak of appearances in the NCAA tournament continued, as the Cardinal made the postseason tournament in all three seasons of her 2nd go-around in Palo Alto.

Allister’s third assistant coaching position came at the University of Oregon as hitting coach, recruiting coordinator, and primary contact for admissions, compliance, and eligibility.[9]

After just one season in Oregon, Allister was hired as the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers program. She was hired on August 10, 2010. In seven seasons at Minnesota, Allister's career win-loss record is 290–107.

Following the Golden Gopher's epic 2017 season that saw them set numerous records and achieve the first #1 National ranking in program history, Allister agreed to return to her alma mater, Stanford, and revive the once proud program. 2017–18 will mark Allister's return to the Farm and signal a new chapter in Stanford softball history.

Head coaching record

Sources:[10][11]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (2011–2017)
2011 Minnesota 31–24 9–11 T–6th
2012 Minnesota 31–22 10–14 T–9th
2013 Minnesota 36–19 14–6 3rd NCAA Regional
2014 Minnesota 44–12 16–6 3rd NCAA Super Regional
2015 Minnesota 49–11 20–3 2nd NCAA Regional
2016 Minnesota 43–14 19–3 2nd NCAA Regional
2017 Minnesota 56–5 21–1 1st NCAA Regional
Minnesota: 290–107 (.730) 109–44 (.712)
Stanford Cardinal (Pac-12 Conference) (2018–present)
2018 Stanford 24–31 3–21 8th
2019 Stanford 33–20 8–13 5th NCAA Regional
2020 Stanford 22–4 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
Stanford: 79–55 (.590) 11–34 (.244)
Total: 369–162 (.695)

      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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jessica Allister". Stanford University. 2004. Archived from the original on April 12, 2005. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1997-01-26. Retrieved 2020-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b "Allister named coach at Stephen F. Austin". United Press International. April 9, 1996. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "Allister doesn't miss college basketball". Tahoe Daily Tribune. December 6, 2002. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I 2004 All-America Teams Announced". Stanford Cardinal. May 26, 2004. Archived from the original on June 10, 2004. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "John Rittman Named Pac-10 Softball Coach Of The Year". Stanford Cardinal. May 19, 2004. Archived from the original on June 10, 2004. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Jessica Allister". Stanford University. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  8. ^ https://npf.805stats.com/player.php?id=22578
  9. ^ "Jessica Allister". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Big Ten Softball Regular Season Standings" (PDF), 2017–18 Big Ten Records Book, Big Ten Conference, p. 341, 2017
  11. ^ http://pac-12.com/softball/standings

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