Eugene Lenti | |
Current Title: | Assistant Coach |
Current Team: | Auburn |
Current Conference: | SEC |
Birth Date: | 18 June 1957 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
Alma Mater: | DePaul |
Coach Years1: | 1979–1987 1990–2018 |
Coach Team1: | DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Blue Demons |
Coach Years2: | 2020–present |
Coach Team2: | Auburn (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 1,300-656-6 |
Eugene Lenti (born June 18, 1957) is an American softball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Auburn. He was the head coach for the DePaul Blue Demons softball team for 35 years, starting in the position in 1980. He has compiled a record of 1,236-604-6 at DePaul and has had four seasons (1999, 2001, 2002, and 2008) in which his teams have won more than 50 games. As of May 2015, he ranked seventh in wins in the history of college softball.
He has been inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame.[1] [2] Lenti and his staff were named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Mideast Region Staff of the Year in 2017.[3]
On June 14, 2019, Lenti was announced as an assistant coach of the Auburn softball program.[4]