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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

At the end of the 2019 season, Carol Hutchins of Michigan remained the all-time NCAA wins leader with 1,616 wins.

Mike Candrea has the most NCAA Division I national championships with eight (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, and 2007). His .794 winning percentage is also the highest among active Division I coaches.

Melinda Fischer of Illinois State holds the record for most losses as a head softball coach with 818.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

Key

* Active coach in 2019
† 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 1, 2020[3].
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct Teams
1 * Carol Hutchins † 36 1616 517 5 .757 Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–present)
2 * Mike Candrea † 32 1611 418 2 .794 Arizona (1986–present)
3 Margie Wright † 33 1457 542 3 .729 Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
4 * Ralph Weekly † 32 1394 457 2 .753 Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
5 * Diane Ninemire † 32 1345 678 0 .665 California (1988–present)
6 Eugene Lenti † 36 1300 656 6 .664 DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)
7 * Gary Bryce † 38 1307 767 8 .630 Wayne State (1982–present)
8 * Donna Papa † 36 1295 724 5 .641 Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–present)
9 Yvette Girouard † 31 1285 421 1 .753 Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
10 * Margo F. Jonker † 40 1268 808 7 .610 Central Michigan (1980–present)
11* Patty Gasso † 25 1260 333 2 .791 Oklahoma (1995–present)
12 Gayle Blevins † 31 1245 588 5 .679 Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
13 * Chris Bellotto † 35 1242 548 1 .694 Florida Southern (1985–present)
14 * Lori Meyer 35 1229 687 3 .641 Minnesota State–Mankato (1985–present)
15 * Jo Evans 34 1220 652 2 .652 Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–present)
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 Vickee Kazee-Hollifield 33 1167 423 1 .734 Carson–Newman (1986–2018)
20 * George Wares † 35 1152 394 3 .745 Central (IA) (1985–present)
21 Frank Cheek † 25 1147 363 2 .759 Humboldt State (1989–2013)
22 Kathy Welter 33 1129 573 7 .663 Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
23 Bob Brock 34 1126 776 1 .592 Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston State (2002–2018)
24 * Karen Weekly 23 1116 373 2 .749 Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
25 * Patrick Murphy † 22 1111 323 0 .775 Northwest Missouri State (1994–95); Alabama (1998–present)
26 * Lu Harris-Champer 23 1111 404 1 .733 Nicholls State (1995–1997); Southern Miss (1998–2000); Georgia (2000–present)
27 * Les Stuedeman † 24 1094 363 1 .751 Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
28 * Melinda Fischer † 36 1092 818 4 .572 Eastern Illinois (1978–1979), Illinois State (1986–present)
29 * Bob Coolen 31 1078 707 1 .604 Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
30 Joyce Compton † 28 1066 563 3 .654 Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
31 * Steve Warner 27 1063 389 1 .732 West Virginia Wesleyan (1993-present)
32 Sandy Montgomery 29 1051 540 2 .660 SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)
33 George DiMatteo 31 1032 539 6 .656 Lewis (1984–2014)
34 * Jay Miller † 30 1024 695 0 .596 Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011)
35 Sandy Jerstad † 27 1011 359 2 .738 Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
36 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. ^ "NCAA Softball Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  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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