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This is a list of college softball coaches with 900 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 900 wins at the NCAA Division I level are designated with peach shading.

All-time leaders

On April 2, 2016, Carol Hutchins of Michigan became the all-time wins leader by recording her 1,458th victory.[3] As an active coach,[4] "Hutch" sees her career win total continues to climb as she leads Michigan.

Hutchins passed Margie Wright, who was a head coach from 1980 to 2012 at Illinois State and later Fresno State, with 1,457 career wins. Phil McSpadden, who has coached exclusively at the NAIA level, is the all-time leader across all divisions with 1,475 wins for the Oklahoma City Stars.

Margo F. Jonker of Central Michigan holds the record for most losses as a head softball coach with 712.

Clint Myers, who has coach at three different schools, has the highest career winning percentage (.852) among coaches with at least 900 wins.

Among the coaches with 900 career wins, the record for most seasons as a head softball coach is held by Judy Groff, who compiled a 973-630 record in 43 years (1960-2011) at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

College softball coaches with 900 wins

Key

* Active coach in 2016
† Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
900 wins with a Division I program (or historic equivalent)[n 1]

Coaches

Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2015 season.
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams
1* Carol Hutchins† 32 1461 474 4 .755 Ferris State (1981–1982), Michigan (1985–present)
2* Phil McSpadden† 28 1460 359 0 .804 Oklahoma City (1988–present)
3 Sean Couvillion† 33 1459 192 0 .884 LSU (1998–present)
4* Mike Candrea† 28 1428 358 2 .799 Arizona (1986–present)
5 Yvette Girouard† 31 1285 421 1 .753 Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
6 Gayle Blevins† 31 1245 588 5 .679 Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
7* Eugene Lenti† 34 1236 605 6 .671 DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–present)
8* Diane Ninemire† 28 1217 582 0 .676 California (1988–present)
9 Jan Hutchinson 33 1215 288 2 .808 Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
10* Ralph Weekly 28 1212 398 2 .752 Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
11 JoAnne Graf†[5] 25 1186 425 6 .735 Florida State (1984–2008)
12 Elaine Sortino† 34 1185 508 6 .699 UMass (1980–2013)
13* Chris Bellotto† 31 1166 446 0 .723 Florida Southern (1985–present)
14* Margo F. Jonker† 36 1163 712 5 .620 Central Michigan (1980–present)
15 Gary Bryce† 33 1159 691 8 .626 Wayne State (1982–2015)
16* Donna Papa 32 1155 632 5 .646 Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–present)
17 Frank Cheek† 25 1147 363 2 .759 Humboldt State (1989–2013)
18 Kathy Welter 31 1129 573 7 .663 Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
19 Joyce Compton† 28 1066 563 3 .654 Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
20* Jo Evans 30 1062 574 2 .649 Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–present)
21* Vickee Kazee-Hollifield 29 1061 368 1 .742 Carson–Newman (1986–present)
22* Bob Brock 31 1057 682 1 .608 Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston State (2002–present)
23* Lori Meyer 31 1048 625 3 .757 Minnesota State–Mankato (1985–present)
24* George Wares† 31 1041 347 3 .749 Central (IA) (1985–present)
25 George DiMatteo 30 1032 539 6 .656 Lewis (1984–2014)
26* Patty Gasso 21 1028 305 2 .771 Oklahoma (1995–present)
27 Sandy Jerstad† 27 1011 359 2 .738 Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
28 Clint Myers 17 1006 175 1 .852 Central Arizona (1987-1995), Arizona State (2006-2013), Auburn (2014-Present)
29 Jay Miller† 29 1004 668 0 .600 Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011)
30 Tami Cyr 26 1003 504 1 .670 Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
31* Melinda Fischer† 32 1000 695 4 .590 Eastern Illinois (1978–1979), Illinois State (1986–present)
32 Judy Groff† 43 973 630 5 .607 American International (1969–2011)
33* Bob Coolen 29 969 611 1 .613 Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
34 Scott Whitlock† 23 996 300 0 .769 Kennesaw State (1991–present)
35 Pete Manarino 27 956 594 2 .617 Long Beach State (1984–2006), UNLV (2010–2012)
36* Sandy Montgomery 27 953 478 2 .666 SIU Edwardsville (1989–present)
37* Lu Harris-Champer 19 940 329 1 .741 Nicholls St. (1995-1997); Southern Miss (1998-2000); Georgia (2000–present)
38* Les Stuedeman 20 935 293 1 .761 Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
39 Bill Edwards† 25 928 419 3 .688 Hofstra (1990–2014)
40 Bob Timmons 29 927 366 0 .717 Mount Mercy (1983–1994), Coe (1998–2014)
41* Patrick Murphy 18 918 261 0 .779 Northwest Missouri St. (1994–95); Alabama (1998–present)
42* Ritchie Richardson 28 917 316 1 .744 Olivet Nazarene
43 Linda Wells† 31 914 679 1 .574 Minnesota (1975–1989), Arizona State (1990–2005)
44 Judi Garman†[6] 20 913 374 4 .709 Golden West (1972–1979), Cal State Fullerton (1980–1999)
45 Donna Newberry† 36 906 419 1 .684 Muskingum (1975–2010)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The list includes coaches with 900 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 900 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. ^ "Michigan Dominates to Make Hutch Winningest NCAA Coach Ever". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. ^ "MGOBLUE.COM - Softball - University of Michigan Official Athletic Site". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Garman's career statistics do not include her record during eight years as the head coach at years as head coach at Golden West College, a community college. Her career record including Golden West is 1124-416-4.
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