The Oklahoma Sooners softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Oklahoma in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. [1] The team has had 5 head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1975 season. [2] The current coach is Patty Gasso, who took over the head coaching position in 1995.
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# | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PA | WA | CCs | CTs | NCs |
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1 | Amy Dahl | 1975–1976 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | .529 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
2 | Marita Hynes | 1977–1984 | 275 | 257 | 18 | 0 | .935 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Michelle Thomas | 1985–1993 | 456 | 226 | 230 | 0 | .496 | 31 | 75 | 0 | .292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
4 | Jim Beitia | 1994 | 73 | 58 | 15 | 0 | .795 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
5 | Patty Gasso | 1995–present | 1,740 | 1,395 | 344 | 2 | .802 | 388 | 91 | 0 | .810 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
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