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 and NAIA 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 2017 season, Carol Hutchins of Michigan remained the all-time NCAA wins leader with 1,527 wins. Phil McSpadden was the leader among NAIA college coaches with 1,613 wins.

Mike Candrea has the most NCAA Division I national championships with eight (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, and 2007). His .796 winning percentage is also the highest among Division I coaches.

Margo F. Jonker of Central Michigan holds the record for most losses as a head softball coach with 754.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

Key

* Active coach in 2018
† Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
1,000 wins with a NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent)[n 1]

Coaches

Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct thru March 4, 2018.
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct Teams
1 * Phil McSpadden † 31 1617 365 0 .816 Oklahoma City (1988–present)
2 * Carol Hutchins † 35 1571 504 5 .756 Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–present)
3 * Mike Candrea † 33 1563 402 2 .795 Arizona (1986–present)
4 Margie Wright † 33 1457 542 3 .729 Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
5 * Ralph Weekly † 30 1315 476 2 .755 Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
6 * Eugene Lenti † 36 1303 658 6 .664 DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–present)
7 * Diane Ninemire † 30 1293 630 0 .672 California (1988–present)
8 Yvette Girouard † 31 1285 421 1 .753 Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
9 Gary Bryce † 37 1249 717 8 .635 Wayne State (1982–present)
10 Gayle Blevins † 31 1245 588 5 .679 Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
11 * Donna Papa † 34 1232 686 5 .642 Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–present)
12 * Margo F. Jonker † 38 1228 758 6 .618 Central Michigan (1980–present)
13 Jan Hutchinson † 33 1215 288 2 .808 Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
14 * Chris Bellotto † 33 1205 502 0 .706 Florida Southern (1985–present)
15 JoAnne Graf † [3] 25 1186 425 6 .735 Florida State (1984–2008)
16 Elaine Sortino † 34 1185 508 6 .699 UMass (1980–2013)
17 * Lori Meyer 33 1171 651 3 .642 Minnesota State–Mankato (1985–present)
18 * Jo Evans 32 1167 611 2 .656 Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–present)
19* Patty Gasso † 23 1160 324 3 .781 Oklahoma (1995–present)
20 Frank Cheek † 25 1147 363 2 .759 Humboldt State (1989–2013)
21 * Vickee Kazee-Hollifield 33 1151 407 1 .739 Carson–Newman (1986–present)
22 Kathy Welter 33 1143 588 7 .660 Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
23 * Bob Brock 33 1120 732 1 .605 Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston State (2002–present)
24 * George Wares † 33 1099 375 3 .745 Central (IA) (1985–present)
25 Joyce Compton † 28 1066 563 3 .654 Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
26 * Melinda Fischer † 34 1061 764 4 .581 Eastern Illinois (1978–1979), Illinois State (1986–present)
27 * Lu Harris-Champer 21 1039 373 1 .736 Nicholls State (1995–1997); Southern Miss (1998–2000); Georgia (2000–present)
28 * Karen Weekly 21 1037 343 2 .751 Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
29 * Bob Coolen 31 1037 675 1 .606 Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
31 * Sandy Montgomery 29 1034 522 2 .664 SIU Edwardsville (1989–present)
32 George DiMatteo 31 1032 539 6 .656 Lewis (1984–2014)
33 * Les Stuedeman † 22 1029 334 1 .755 Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
34 * Patrick Murphy † 20 1027 298 0 .775 Northwest Missouri State (1994–95); Alabama (1998–present)
35 Sandy Jerstad † 27 1011 359 2 .738 Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
36 Jay Miller † 29 1004 668 0 .600 Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011)
37 Tami Cyr 26 1003 504 1 .670 Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
38 Steve Warner 25 1000 351 1 .740 West Virginia Wesleyan (1993-present)

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. ^ Graf's career totals do not include 32 wins (30 regular season, 2 ACC tournament) from the 2007 season that were vacated. One source here credits Graf with having a career record of 1,437–478–6.
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