Kenny Gajewski

Kenny Gajewski

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Oklahoma State
Conference	Big 12
Record	400–169 (.703)
Biographical details
Born	(1971-10-23) October 23, 1971 (age 53) [1] Los Alamitos, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Oklahoma (Class of 1994)
Playing career
1991	Cerritos College
1992–1993	Cal State Dominguez Hills
1994	Oklahoma
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995	Oklahoma (Graduate asst.)
1996	Kansas State (Volunteer asst.)
2013–2015	Florida (asst.)
2016–present	Oklahoma State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1997–2006	Oklahoma (Turf/Maintenance Dir.)
2011–2012	Tennessee (Dir. of Baseball Operations)
Head coaching record
Overall	400–169 (.703)
Tournaments	NCAA: 31–16 (.660)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
NFCA Midwest Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2019)

Kenny Gajewski (born October 23, 1971) ^[1] is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Oklahoma State. ^[2]

Early life and education

Gajewski graduated from the University of Oklahoma. He played baseball for the 1994 Oklahoma baseball team that won the national championship. ^{[3] [4]}

Coaching career

Florida (asst.)

On July 13, 2012, Florida added Gajewski to the softball staff as an assistant coach under head coach Tim Walton. ^[4]

Oklahoma State

On July 13, 2015, Kenny Gajewski was announced as the new head coach of the Oklahoma State softball program. ^{[5] [6]}

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (Big 12 Conference)(2016–Present)
2016	Oklahoma State	32–26	6–11	5th	NCAA Athens Regional
2017	Oklahoma State	38–25	12–6	3rd	NCAA Gainesville Regional
2018	Oklahoma State	39–22	12–6	T-2nd	NCAA Fayetteville Regional
2019	Oklahoma State	45–17	13–5	2nd	Women's College World Series
2020	Oklahoma State	19–5	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Oklahoma State	48–12	15–3	2nd	Women's College World Series
2022	Oklahoma State	48–14	14–4	2nd	Women's College World Series
2023	Oklahoma State	47–16	10–8	3rd	Women's College World Series
2024	Oklahoma State	49–12	21–6	3rd	Women's College World Series
2025	Oklahoma State	35-20	13-9	4th	NCAA Fayetteville Regional
Oklahoma State:		400–169 (.703) [7]	116–58 (.667)
Total:		400–169 (.703)
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

References

1. "Kenneth W Gajewski". California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
2. "Kenny Gajewski". OKState.com. Oklahoma State Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
3. "1994 Baseball Roster". SoonerStats.com. SoonerStats. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
4. "Kenny Gajewski Joins Florida Softball Coaching Staff". FloridaGators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
5. "Cowgirls Hire Kenny Gajewski as New Softball Coach". KFOR.com. KFOR. June 13, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
6. "OSU Softball: Cowgirls look to NCAA champion for coach". NewsOK.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
7. "2022 Oklahoma State Softball Guide" (PDF). Oklahoma State Cowboys .