List of college softball career coaching wins leaders

This is a list of college softball career coaching wins leaders. It is limited to coaches with at least 1,000 career wins as a 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

As of the end of the 2022 NCAA softball season, Carol Hutchins of Michigan is the all-time NCAA wins leader with 1,707 wins.

Patty Gasso of Oklahoma has the highest winning percentage of all active or inactive Division I coaches with at least 1,000 wins, currently with 1,457 wins through the 2023 season

Phil McSpadden, of the Oklahoma City Stars (Oklahoma City University), has won in excess of 1,900 games and garnered 10 national championships at the NAIA level. He is the all-time college leader in wins.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

Key

* Active coach in 2024
† 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 through the end of the 2023 NCAA softball season, and has been updated on Feb. 8, 2024 to reflect Patty Gasso moving into third place all time.[3].
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct Teams
1 Carol Hutchins † 38 1,707 551 5 .755 Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–2022)
2 Mike Candrea † 34 1,674 436 2 .793 Arizona (1986-2003, 2005-2007, 2009–2021)
3* Patty Gasso † 30 1,458 345 2 .808 Oklahoma (1995–present)
4 Margie Wright † 33 1,457 542 3 .729 Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
5 Ralph Weekly † 34 1,452 481 2 .751 Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–2021)
6 Donna Papa † 40 1,368 823 5 .624 Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–2023)
7* Lori Meyer † 39 1,366 733 3 .651 Minnesota State (1985–present)
8 Diane Ninemire † 33 1,355 687 1 .663 California (1988–2020)
9 Gary Bryce † 40 1,340 793 8 .628 Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021)
10 Eugene Lenti † 37 1,327 670 6 .664 DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)
11* Jo Evans † 38 1,326 735 2 .643 Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–2022), UC Santa Barbara (2023–present)
12 Yvette Girouard † 31 1,285 421 1 .753 Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
13 Margo F. Jonker † 40 1,268 808 7 .610 Central Michigan (1980–2019)
14* Karen Weekly † 27 1,264 425 2 .748 Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
15* Patrick Murphy † 26 1,263 374 4 .771 Northwest Missouri State (1995); Alabama (1999–present)
16 Chris Bellotto † 36 1,252 562 1 .690 Florida Southern (1985–2020)
17 Gayle Blevins † 33 1,245 588 5 .679 Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
18* George Wares † 39 1,232 437 3 .738 Central (IA) (1985–present)
19* Les Stuedeman † 28 1,228 413 1 .748 Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
20 Jan Hutchinson † 33 1,215 288 2 .808 Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
21 JoAnne Graf † 25 1,186 425 6 .735 Florida State (1984–2008)
22 Elaine Sortino † 34 1,185 508 6 .699 UMass (1980–2013)
23* Steve Warner 31 1,178 443 2 .726 West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present)
24 Lu Harris-Champer 25 1,168 432 1 .730 Nicholls State (1996–1997); Southern Miss (1999–2000); Georgia (2001–2021)
25 Vickee Kazee-Hollifield † 33 1,167 423 1 .734 Carson–Newman (1986–2018)
26 Melinda Fischer † 39 1,165 872 4 .572 Eastern Illinois (1979–1980), Illinois State (1986–2022)
27* Bob Coolen 38 1,152 783 1 .595 Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
28 Frank Cheek † 25 1,147 363 2 .759 Humboldt State (1989–2013)
29 Kathy Welter 32 1,126 573 7 .662 Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
30 Bob Brock † 34 1,126 776 1 .592 Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018)
31* Rhonda Revelle † 32 1,108 658 0 .627 Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present)
32* Judy Lawes 36 1,095 620 2 .638 Kutztown (1988–present)
33* Ken Eriksen 26 1,083 561 1 .659 South Florida (1997–present)
34* Chris Hawkins 29 1,067 431 1 .713 USC Upstate (1995-present)
35 Joyce Compton † 28 1,066 563 3 .654 Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
36 Sandy Montgomery † 30 1,051 540 2 .660 SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)
37* Tim Walton 21 1,049 287 0 .785 Wichita State (2003-2005), Florida (2006–present)
38* John Tschida † 29 1,047 232 1 .818 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (1995–2000), St. Thomas (MN) (2001–2021), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (2022–present)
39* Donna Fields † 26 1,044 481 0 .685 St. Mary's University (TX) (1998–present)
40 Jay Miller † 32 1,043 726 0 .590 Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011), Hofstra (2019–2021)
41* Mike Davenport 23 1,042 267 0 .796 North Georgia (2001–present)
42 George DiMatteo 31 1,032 539 6 .656 Lewis (1984–2014)
43* Rick Bertagnolli † 32 1,018 383 0 .727 USC Upstate (1992–93), Pennsylvania Western University, California (1994–present)
44* Glenn Moore 27 1,017 485 0 .677 William Carey (1996), LSU (1998–2000), Baylor (2001–present)
45* Jana McGinnis 30 1,015 577 0 .638 Jacksonville State (1994–present)
46 Linda Kalafatis 32 1,013 668 2 .602 California (PA) (1989–93), Akron (1994–96), Ohio State 1997–2012), Charleston (2014–2021)
47 Sandy Jerstad † 27 1,011 359 2 .738 Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
48* Ron Faubion 27 1,007 502 0 .667 Southeastern Oklahoma 1997–2000, 2004–present), Missouri Southern State (2001–02) Texas A&M–Kingsville (2003)
49 Tami Cyr 26 1,003 504 1 .665 Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
50 Joan Joyce † 28 1,002 664 1 .601 Florida Atlantic (1995–2022)

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. ^ "Softball Coaching Records Entering 2021" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Winningest Coaches All-Time by Victories" (PDF).