This is a list of Fresno State Bulldogs softball seasons. The Fresno State Bulldogs softball program is a college softball team that represents the California State University, Fresno in the Mountain West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Bulldogs have won 24 conference regular season championships, four conference tournaments, and appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 34 times, advancing to the Women's College World Series twelve times and winning the 1998 National Championship. [1]
National Champions | Women's College World Series berth | NCAA Tournament berth | Conference Tournament Champions | Conference Champions |
Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament results | |||||||||
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Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | ||||||||||
Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish | |||||
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1978 | Donna Pickel | NCAC | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1st | — | — |
1979 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .563 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 2nd | — | — | ||
1980 | 26 | 15 | 0 | .634 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 2nd | — | — | ||
1981 | 28 | 23 | 0 | .549 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 2nd | — | — | ||
1982 | 43 | 11 | 0 | .796 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1st | — | WCWS Runner-up | ||
1983 | NorPac | 37 | 14 | 0 | .725 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | |
1984 | 49 | 23 | 0 | .681 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 2nd | — | Women's College World Series | ||
1985 | 53 | 15 | 0 | .779 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1st | NorPac Tournament | NCAA Tournament | ||
1986 | Margie Wright | 40 | 16 | 1 | .711 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1st | NorPac Tournament | NCAA Tournament | |
1987 | Big West | 54 | 16 | 0 | .771 | 31 | 5 | 0 | .861 | T-1st | — | Women's College World Series | |
1988 | 55 | 17 | 0 | .764 | 29 | 5 | 0 | .853 | T-1st | — | WCWS Runner-up | ||
1989 | 58 | 14 | 0 | .806 | 29 | 7 | 0 | .806 | 1st | — | WCWS Runner-up | ||
1990 | 62 | 15 | 0 | .805 | 29 | 7 | 0 | .806 | 1st | — | WCWS Runner-up | ||
1991 | 57 | 11 | 0 | .838 | 31 | 5 | 0 | .861 | 1st | — | Women's College World Series | ||
1992 | 52 | 16 | 0 | .765 | 26 | 10 | 0 | .722 | 1st | — | Women's College World Series | ||
1993 | WAC | 38 | 24 | 0 | .613 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 3rd | — | NCAA Tournament | |
1994 | 49 | 16 | 0 | .754 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .808 | 3rd | — | Women's College World Series | ||
1995 | 50 | 19 | 0 | .725 | 18 | 8 | 0 | .692 | — | NCAA Tournament | |||
1996 | 51 | 11 | 0 | .823 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
1997 | 55 | 14 | 0 | .797 | 23 | 9 | 0 | .719 | 2nd | — | Women's College World Series | ||
1998 | 52 | 11 | 0 | .825 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1st | — | National Champions | ||
1999 | 65 | 10 | 0 | .867 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | Champions | Women's College World Series | ||
2000 | 54 | 14 | 0 | .794 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2001 | 39 | 19 | 0 | .672 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2002 | 50 | 20 | 0 | .714 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2003 | 36 | 22 | 0 | .621 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 2nd | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2004 | 48 | 20 | 0 | .706 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2005 | 43 | 12 | 0 | .782 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2006 | 37 | 19 | 0 | .661 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2007 | 47 | 18 | 0 | .723 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 2nd | Champions | NCAA Tournament | ||
2008 | 54 | 13 | 0 | .806 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament | |||
2009 | 38 | 20 | 0 | .655 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Tournament | ||
2010 | 41 | 21 | 0 | .661 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament | |||
2011 | 35 | 19 | 0 | .648 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | T-2nd | NCAA Tournament | |||
2012 | 36 | 23 | 0 | .610 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .684 | 3rd | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2013 | Trisha Ford | MWC | 30 | 24 | 0 | .556 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 2nd | — | — |
2014 | 31 | 21 | 0 | .596 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | 2nd | — | — | ||
2015 | 40 | 16 | 0 | .714 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2016 | 43 | 10 | 2 | .800 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1st | — | NCAA Tournament | ||
2017 | Linda Garza | 35 | 23 | 0 | .603 | 14 | 9 | 0 | .609 | T-3rd | — | NCAA Tournament | |
2018 | 31 | 23 | 0 | .574 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 3rd | — | — | ||
2019 | 37 | 20 | 0 | .649 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 4th | — | — | ||
2020 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .840 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
2021 | 37 | 12 | 0 | .755 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Tournament |
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