List of Michigan Wolverines head softball coaches

The Michigan Wolverines softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ^[1] The team has had three head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1975 season. ^[2] The current coach is Bonnie Tholl, who took over the head coaching position in 2023. ^[3]

Key

General # Number of coaches [a] GC Games coached

Overall OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage

Conference CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

Postseason [b] PA Total appearances [c] PW Total wins PL Total losses WA Women's College World Series appearances [d] WW Women's College World Series wins WL Women's College World Series losses

Championships CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournament [e] NC National championships [f]

Coaches

List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards ^[g]

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PA	WA	CCs	CTs	NCs
1	Gloria Soluk	1978–1980	74	49	25	0	.662	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0
2	Bob De Carolis	1981–1984	195	114	81	0	.585	25	27	—	.481	1	1	0	0	0
3	Carol Hutchins	1985–2022	2,173	1,684	540	5	.757	662	177	—	.789	29	12	22	10	1
3	Bonnie Tholl	2023–present	51	26	25	0	.510	10	13	—	.435	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

1. A running total of the number of head coaches.
2. Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I softball championship or AIAW Women's College World Series.
3. Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I softball championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
4. College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
5. The Big Ten softball tournament began in 1982, but was not held from 1983–1994, or from 2009–2012.
6. Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
7. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season.

References

1. "Michigan". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
2. "Michigan Softball Head Coaching Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 2, 2021.
3. Howard, Leah (August 24, 2022). "Tholl Named Head Coach of Michigan Softball". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved August 24, 2022.