| Karen Weekly | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Tennessee |
| Current Conference: | SEC |
| Alma Mater: | Washington Pacific Lutheran |
| Coach Years1: | 1987–1994 |
| Coach Team1: | Pacific Luthern (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1995–1996 |
| Coach Team2: | Chattanooga (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1997–1998 |
| Coach Team3: | Chattanooga (Co-HC) |
| Coach Years4: | 1999–2000 |
| Coach Team4: | Chattanooga (Interim HC) |
| Coach Years5: | 2001 |
| Coach Team5: | Chattanooga (Co-HC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2002–2021 |
| Coach Team6: | Tennessee (Co-HC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2022–Present |
| Coach Team7: | Tennessee |
| Championships: | 3× SEC Regular Season (2007, 2023, 2024) 3× SEC Eastern Division (2004, 2007, 2012) 3× SEC tournament (2006, 2011, 2023) 5× SoCon Regular Season (1997–2001) 4× SoCon Tournament (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001) |
| Awards: | National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2018)4× SEC Coach of the Year (2004, 2007, 2023, 2024) 2× Speedline South Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2005, 2007) 3× NFCA Southeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2010, 2012, 2013) 2× UT Daily Beacon Lady Vol Coach of the Year (2001–02, 2002–03) 2× SoCon Coach of the Year (1999, 2001) |
| Coaching Records: | Tennessee first SEC team to reach WCWS Championship Series Tennessee first SEC team to reach #1 in polls (2007) |
Karen Weekly is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Tennessee.[1] Weekly has previously been the co-head softball coach at Chattanooga from 1997–2001. She served as an assistant at both Chattanooga (1995–1996) and Pacific Lutheran (1987–1994).
Weekly attended college at Pacific Lutheran University, where she played softball from 1985 to 1987. She earned her juris doctor degree from University of Washington School of Law in 1990.[1]
On June 23, 2021, Karen Weekly signed an extension with Tennessee, while her husband Ralph retired.[2] Weekly signed another extension with Tennessee on June 16, 2023, that would extend her through 2028.[3]