This is a list of Cal State Fullerton Titans softball seasons. The Cal State Fullerton Titans softball program is a college softball team that represents the California State University, Fullerton in the Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Titans have won 17 conference championships and appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 29 times, advancing to the Women's College World Series six times and winning the 1986 National Championship. The Titans also appeared in two Women's College World Series while the AIAW sponsored the event. [1]
National Champions | Women's College World Series berth | NCAA Tournament berth | Conference Champions |
Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Postseason result | |||||||||
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Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish | |||||
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1980 | Judi Garman | WCAA | 30 | 27 | 0 | .526 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3rd | Women's College World Series | |
1981 | 51 | 14 | 0 | .785 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1st | Women's College World Series | |||
1982 | 55 | 6 | 2 | .889 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1st | Women's College World Series | |||
1983 | 56 | 15 | 0 | .789 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1st | Women's College World Series | |||
1984 | 54 | 12 | 0 | .818 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
1985 | 54 | 10 | 0 | .844 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | Women's College World Series | |||
1986 | Big West | 57 | 9 | 1 | .858 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .804 | 1st | National Champions | ||
1987 | 59 | 10 | 0 | .855 | 31 | 5 | 0 | .861 | T-1st | Women's College World Series | |||
1988 | 52 | 20 | 0 | .722 | 24 | 10 | 0 | .706 | 3rd | NCAA Tournament | |||
1989 | 47 | 15 | 0 | .758 | 28 | 8 | 0 | .778 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament | |||
1990 | 45 | 23 | 0 | .662 | 22 | 13 | 0 | .629 | 3rd | NCAA Tournament | |||
1991 | 52 | 16 | 1 | .761 | 25 | 9 | 1 | .729 | 3rd | NCAA Tournament | |||
1992 | 45 | 20 | 0 | .692 | 25 | 11 | 0 | .694 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament | |||
1993 | 37 | 21 | 0 | .638 | 25 | 7 | 0 | .781 | T-1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
1994 | 35 | 29 | 0 | .547 | 21 | 11 | 0 | .656 | 3rd | NCAA Tournament | |||
1995 | 46 | 17 | 0 | .730 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .714 | 2nd | Women's College World Series | |||
1996 | 41 | 28 | 0 | .594 | 17 | 15 | 0 | .531 | 4th | NCAA Tournament | |||
1997 | 29 | 26 | 0 | .527 | 13 | 19 | 0 | .406 | 7th | — | |||
1998 | 32 | 29 | 0 | .525 | 16 | 16 | 0 | .500 | 4th | — | |||
1999 | 36 | 29 | 0 | .554 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 4th | NCAA Tournament | |||
2000 | Michelle Gromacki | 45 | 15 | 0 | .750 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | ||
2001 | 48 | 14 | 0 | .774 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2002 | 53 | 13 | 0 | .803 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2003 | 41 | 15 | 0 | .732 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2004 | 18 | 34 | 0 | .346 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 6th | — | |||
2005 | 30 | 21 | 0 | .588 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 3rd | NCAA Tournament | |||
2006 | 37 | 27 | 0 | .578 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2007 | 28 | 23 | 0 | .549 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament | |||
2008 | 27 | 28 | 1 | .491 | 11 | 10 | 0 | .524 | 5th | NCAA Tournament | |||
2009 | 30 | 21 | 0 | .588 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament | |||
2010 | 14 | 39 | 0 | .264 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 6th | — | |||
2011 | 23 | 24 | 0 | .489 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 3rd | — | |||
2012 | 20 | 31 | 0 | .392 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .381 | 6th | — | |||
2013 | Kelly Ford | 28 | 28 | 0 | .500 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 3rd | — | ||
2014 | 33 | 21 | 1 | .609 | 22 | 13 | 0 | .629 | 4th | — | |||
2015 | 34 | 22 | 0 | .607 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 4th | — | |||
2016 | 45 | 16 | 0 | .738 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2017 | 35 | 23 | 0 | .603 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2018 | 35 | 25 | 0 | .583 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2019 | 38 | 18 | 0 | .679 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |||
2020 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
2021 | 38 | 15 | 0 | .717 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 2nd | — |
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