Ken Eriksen

Ken Eriksen

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	South Florida
Conference	AAC
Record	976–502–1 (.660)
Biographical details
Born	New York, New York
Alma mater	South Florida
Playing career
1979–1983	South Florida
1984–1992	Clearwater Bombers
1993–1995	Larry Miller-Toyota, UT
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
College Softball
1993–1995	South Florida (asst.)
1996–present	South Florida
National Softball
2002–2005	USA Women's Softball (asst.)
2009–2010	USA Women's Softball (asst.)
2011–present	USA Women's Softball
Head coaching record
Overall	935–483–1 (.659)
Tournaments	NCAA: 24–25 (.490) Conference: 22–23 (.489)
Medal record Assistant Coach for Women's Softball Representing the United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team competition Assistant Coach for ISF Women's World Championship 2002 Saskatoon 2010 Caracas Assistant Coach for World Cup of Softball 2005 Oklahoma City 2009 Oklahoma City 2010 Oklahoma City Assistant Coach for Softball at the Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Head Coach for ISF Women's World Championship 2012 Whitehorse 2014 Haarlem 2016 South Surrey 2018 Chiba Head Coach for World Cup of Softball 2011 Oklahoma City 2012 Oklahoma City 2013 Oklahoma City 2014 Irvine, CA 2015 Irvine, CA 2016 Oklahoma City 2017 Oklahoma City 2018 Irvine, CA 2019 Columbus, GA Head Coach for Softball at the Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 2015 Toronto 2019 Lima

Ken Eriksen is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at the University of South Florida and manager of the United States women's national softball team.

Early life and education

Eriksen graduated high school from Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, New York. Eriksen graduated from South Florida in 1983 with a degree in political science. He returned to South Florida to earn his masters in public administration.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
South Florida Bulls (Conference USA) (1997–2005)
1997	South Florida	51–13	12–0	1st	NCAA Regional
1998	South Florida	57–14	11–1	1st	NCAA Regional
1999	South Florida	44–26	6–6	3rd
2000	South Florida	41–33	11–7	3rd
2001	South Florida	43–34	12–9	T-3rd	NCAA Regional
2002	South Florida	24–33–1	9–11	5th
2003	South Florida	54–19	17–6	2nd	NCAA Regional
2004	South Florida	60–14	18–5	3rd	NCAA Regional
2005	South Florida	42–28	15–9	4th	NCAA Regional
South Florida Bulls (Big East Conference) (2006–2013)
2006	South Florida	50–25	17–3	2nd	NCAA Super Regional
2007	South Florida	44–22	15–5	2nd
2008	South Florida	44–20	16–4	1st	NCAA Regional
2009	South Florida	34–22	12–10	T-4th
2010	South Florida	24–29	9–13	9th
2011	South Florida	33–21	13–5	4th
2012	South Florida	50–14	17–5	3rd	Women's College World Series
2013	South Florida	45–16	18–3	2nd	NCAA Regional
South Florida Bulls (American Athletic Conference) (2014–Present)
2014	South Florida	43–17	13–5	2nd	NCAA Regional
2015	South Florida	36–20	6–10	5th
2016	South Florida	45–16	15–3	1st	NCAA Regional
2017	South Florida	32–24	9–8	4th
2018	South Florida	39–23	14–7	1st	NCAA Regional
2019	South Florida	41–19	13–2	1st	NCAA Regional
South Florida:		976–502–1 (.660)	285–135 (.679)
Total:		976–502–1 (.660)
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