List of UCLA Bruins head softball coaches

The UCLA Bruins softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ^[1] The team has had 3 head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1975 season. ^[2] The current coach is Kelly Inouye-Perez, who took over the head coaching position in 2007.

UCLA's first coach, Sharron Backus, led the team from 1975–1988 before becoming co-head coach with Sue Enquist. The two jointly led the team from 1989 through 1996, when Backus retired. Enquist then served as head coach by herself from 1997 to 2006.

Key

General # Number of coaches [a] GC Games coached

Overall OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage

Conference [b] CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

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

Championships CC Conference regular season 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	NCs
1	Sharron Backus	1975–1989	571	451	117	3	.792	119	32	1	.786	9	9	6	5
2	Backus/Enquist	1989–1996	459	403	56	0	.878	148	28	0	.841	8	8	4	4
3	Sue Enquist	1996–2006	604	484	119	1	.802	154	73	0	.678	10	10	3	3
4	Kelly Inouye-Perez	2007–present	1057	842	215	1	.796	276	108	1	.718	18	11	5	2

Notes

1. A running total of the number of head coaches.
2. UCLA was a member of the Southern California Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1975 and 1976, and then an independent for three years. They then participated in the Western Collegiate Athletic Association in 1980. The Pac-12 Conference, then known as the Pac-10, began sponsoring women's sports in 1987. UCLA joined the Big Ten Conference before the 2025 season.
3. Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Softball Championship or AIAW Women's College World Series.
4. Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Softball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
5. College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
6. Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
7. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season.

References

1. "UCLA". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
2. 2018 Media Guide (PDF). UCLA Bruins. p. 39. Retrieved February 2, 2019.