List of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins explained

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 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)

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] .

Rankwidth=110NameYearsWinsLossesTiesPctTeams
1Carol Hutchins38 1,707 551 5 Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–2022)
2Mike Candrea34 1,674 436 2 Arizona (1986-2003, 2005-2007, 2009–2021)
3*Patty Gasso30 1,458 345 2 Oklahoma (1995–present)
4Margie Wright33 1,457 542 3 Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
5Ralph Weekly34 1,452 481 2 Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–2021)
6Donna Papa40 1,368 823 5 Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–2023)
7*Lori Meyer † 39 1,366 733 3 Minnesota State (1985–present)
8Diane Ninemire33 1,355 687 1 California (1988–2020)
9Gary Bryce † 40 1,340 793 8 Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021)
10Eugene Lenti37 1,327 670 6 DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)
11*Jo Evans38 1,326 735 2 Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–2022), UC Santa Barbara (2023–present)
12Yvette Girouard31 1,285 421 1 Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
13Margo F. Jonker40 1,268 808 7 Central Michigan (1980–2019)
14*Karen Weekly27 1,264 425 2 Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
15*Patrick Murphy26 1,263 374 4 Northwest Missouri State (1995); Alabama (1999–present)
16Chris Bellotto † 36 1,252 562 1 Florida Southern (1985–2020)
17Gayle Blevins33 1,245 588 5 Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
18*George Wares † 39 1,232 437 3 Central (IA) (1985–present)
19*Les Stuedeman † 28 1,228 413 1 Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
20Jan Hutchinson †33 1,215 288 2 Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
21JoAnne Graf25 1,186 425 6 Florida State (1984–2008)
22Elaine Sortino34 1,185 508 6 UMass (1980–2013)
23*Steve Warner 31 1,178 443 2 West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present)
24Lu Harris-Champer25 1,168 432 1 Nicholls State (1996–1997); Southern Miss (1999–2000); Georgia (2001–2021)
25Vickee Kazee-Hollifield † 33 1,167 423 1 Carson–Newman (1986–2018)
26Melinda Fischer39 1,165 872 4 Eastern Illinois (1979–1980), Illinois State (1986–2022)
27*Bob Coolen38 1,152 783 1 Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
28Frank Cheek † 25 1,147 363 2 Humboldt State (1989–2013)
29Kathy Welter 32 1,126 573 7 Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
30Bob Brock34 1,126 776 1 Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018)
31*bgcolor=#FFE5B4 Rhonda Revelle32 1,108 658 0 Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present)
32*Judy Lawes 36 1,095 620 2 Kutztown (1988–present)
33*Ken Eriksen26 1,083 561 1 South Florida (1997–present)
34*Chris Hawkins 29 1,067 431 1 USC Upstate (1995-present)
35Joyce Compton † 28 1,066 563 3 Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
36Sandy Montgomery30 1,051 540 2 SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)
37*Tim Walton21 1,049 287 0 Wichita State (2003-2005), Florida (2006–present)
38*John Tschida † 29 1,047 232 1 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 St. Mary's University (TX) (1998–present)
40Jay Miller32 1,043 726 0 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 North Georgia (2001–present)
42George DiMatteo 31 1,032 539 6 Lewis (1984–2014)
43*Rick Bertagnolli 32 1,018 383 0 USC Upstate (1992–93), Pennsylvania Western University, California (1994–present)
44*27 1,017 485 0 William Carey (1996), LSU (1998–2000), Baylor (2001–present)
45*Jana McGinnis 30 1,015 577 0 Jacksonville State (1994–present)
46Linda Kalafatis 32 1,013 668 2 California (PA) (1989–93), Akron (1994–96), Ohio State 1997–2012), Charleston (2014–2021)
47Sandy Jerstad27 1,011 359 2 Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
48*Ron Faubion 27 1,007 502 0 Southeastern Oklahoma 1997–2000, 2004–present), Missouri Southern State (2001–02) Texas A&M–Kingsville (2003)
49Tami Cyr 26 1,003 504 1 Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
50Joan Joyce28 1,002 664 1 Florida Atlantic (1995–2022)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Softball Coaching Records Entering 2021 . NCAA . August 7, 2021.
  2. Web site: NCAA Career Statistics Database. NCAA. July 1, 2013.
  3. Web site: Winningest Coaches All-Time by Victories.