Jamie Mueller (softball)

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Jamie Mueller
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Wartburg
Conference ARC
Record197–133 (.597)
Biographical details
Born Hanover Park, IL
Alma mater Aurora
Northern Illinois University
Playing career
2005–2008 Aurora
Position(s) Second Baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010-2012 Aurora (Asst.)
2013-2015 DePauw (Asst.)
2016–Present Wartburg
Head coaching record
Overall197–133 (.597)
TournamentsIIAC/ARC 8−6
NCAA 6−8
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x ARC Tournament Champion (2022, 2023)
NCAA Regional Champion (2022)

Jamie Mueller is an American, former collegiate softball second baseman and current head coach at Wartburg College. She played college softball at Aurora.

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Playing career

Mueller played softball at Aurora University for three years. In her time with the Spartans, they compiled a 103–25 record, won three conference titles and made one NCAA Regional. [1]

Coaching career

DePauw

Mueller spent three seasons, beginning in 2013, as an assistant coach for DePauw University softball, under head coach Erica Hanrahan. In those three years the Tigers saw tremedous success winning three straight North Coast Athletic Conference championships and two NCAC tournament championships. In her final season as an assistant at DePauw, they finished with a 36–16 record and ended the season in the NCAA DIII College World Series. [2]

Wartburg

On July 8, 2015, Mueller was named the new head coach for the Wartburg Knights softball program. [3] Prior to her arrival in Waverly, the Knights had failed to qualify for the IIAC/ARC conference six team postseason tournament for the past six seasons, finishing on or near the bottom of the conference standings. [4] In her first season, the Knights qualified for the conference tournament. In just her fourth season she led the Knights back to the NCAA tournament first time since 2009, receiving an at-large bid. [5] Mueller's 2022 season found them back in NCAA tournament after winning the American Rivers Conference tournament. Following winning the NCAA regional at Saint Benedict College, the season would come to an end in Decatur, Illinois in the NCAA Super Regionals. [6] The 2023 season she led her team to back to back conference tournament titles, and back to back regional appearances. [7] Her team would end the season in the regional championship game to eventual national champion Trine, falling 4-1. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2016–2018)
2016Wartburg 18-247-76th
2017Wartburg 22-169-74th
2018Wartburg 17-175-118th
Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference)(2018–Present)
2019Wartburg 27-1311-53rd NCAA Regional
2020Wartburg 9−3 [lower-alpha 1]
2021Wartburg 26−1017−72nd
2022Wartburg 30−149−7T-3rd NCAA Super Regional
2023Wartburg 25−1810−64th NCAA Regional
2024Wartburg 23−189−6T-3rd NCAA Regional
Wartburg:197–133 (.597)67–56 (.545)
Total:197–133 (.597)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. The season was not played past March 7th due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

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