The following is a list of Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball seasons. The University of Tennessee is a member of the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA Division I. The Lady Vols began varsity play in 1996. They have won three regular season and three SEC softball tournament championships, appeared in 22 NCAA Regionals, 14 Super Regionals, 9 Women's College World Series, and twice finished as the national runner-up. [1]
| National Champions | Women's College World Series berth | NCAA Tournament berth | Conference Tournament Champions | Conference Regular Season Champions |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | ||||||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish | |||||
| 1996 | Jim Beitia | Independent | 54 | 14 | 0 | .794 | N/A | — | |||||
| 1997 | SEC | 45 | 22 | 0 | .672 | 20 | 7 | 0 | .741 | 2nd East | — | ||
| 1998 | 37 | 31 | 0 | .544 | 13 | 15 | 0 | .464 | 3rd East | — | |||
| 1999 | 44 | 27 | 0 | .620 | 17 | 11 | 0 | .607 | T-1st East | NCAA Regional | |||
| 2000 | 29 | 34 | 0 | .460 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .185 | 5th East | — | |||
| 2001 | 24 | 35 | 0 | .407 | 9 | 20 | 0 | .310 | 5th East | — | |||
| 2002 | Karen Weekly and Ralph Weekly | 35 | 25 | 1 | .582 | 8 | 17 | 0 | .320 | 4th East | — | ||
| 2003 | 45 | 25 | 0 | .643 | 14 | 15 | 0 | .483 | 4th East | — | |||
| 2004 | 55 | 16 | 0 | .775 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .714 | 1st East | Semifinals | NCAA Regional | ||
| 2005 | 67 | 15 | 0 | .817 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .714 | 2nd East | WCWS Third Place | |||
| 2006 | 61 | 12 | 0 | .836 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 2nd East | SEC tournament champions | WCWS Third Place | ||
| 2007 | 63 | 8 | 0 | .887 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1st (1st East) | WCWS Runner-up | |||
| 2008 | 50 | 16 | 0 | .758 | 14 | 12 | 0 | .538 | 2nd East | Semifinals | NCAA Regional | ||
| 2009 | 40 | 18 | 1 | .686 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .500 | 3rd East | Semifinals | NCAA Regional | ||
| 2010 | 49 | 15 | 0 | .766 | 17 | 8 | 0 | .680 | 3rd East | Semifinals | WCWS Third Place | ||
| 2011 | 49 | 12 | 0 | .803 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .714 | 2nd East | SEC tournament champions | NCAA Regional | ||
| 2012 | 52 | 14 | 0 | .788 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .786 | 1st East | Semifinal | WCWS 7th Place | ||
| 2013 | 52 | 12 | 0 | .813 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 2nd East | Semifinal | WCWS Runner-up | ||
| 2014 | 46 | 12 | 0 | .793 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .708 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional | |||
| 2015 | 47 | 17 | 0 | .734 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | T-4th | Runner-up | WCWS 7th Place | ||
| 2016 | 43 | 16 | 0 | .729 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | T-3rd | Semifinal | NCAA Regional | ||
| 2017 | 48 | 12 | 0 | .800 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | T-3rd | NCAA Super Regional | |||
| 2018 | 48 | 14 | 0 | .774 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 4th | Semifinal | NCAA Super Regional | ||
| 2019 | 43 | 17 | 0 | .717 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | T-2nd | NCAA Super Regional | |||
| 2020 | 14 | 9 | 0 | .609 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| 2021 | 42 | 15 | 0 | .737 | 12 | 11 | 0 | .522 | 7th | Semifinal | NCAA Regional | ||
| 2022 | Karen Weekly | 41 | 18 | 0 | .695 | 15 | 8 | 0 | .652 | 3rd | Semifinal | NCAA Regional | |
| 2023 | 51 | 10 | 0 | .836 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1st | SEC tournament champions | WCWS Third Place | ||
| 2024 | 44 | 12 | 0 | .786 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1st | NCAA Regional | |||
| 2025 | 47 | 17 | 0 | .734 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | 4th | WCWS Third Place | |||