List of college softball career coaching wins leaders

Last updated February 21, 2025

This is a list of college softball career coaching wins leaders. It is limited to coaches with at least 1,000 career wins as a head coach.^[1] This list includes games won at the NCAA levels. It does not include games won at the junior college level. Coaches with 1,000 wins at the NCAA Division I level are designated with peach shading.

All-time leaders

As of the end of the 2024 NCAA softball season, Carol Hutchins of Michigan is the all-time NCAA wins leader with 1,709 wins.

Patty Gasso of Oklahoma has the highest winning percentage of all active or inactive Division I coaches with at least 1,000 wins, currently with a .811 percentage through the 2024 season.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

Key

*	Active coach in 2025
†	Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
	1,000 wins with an NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent)^{[n 1]}

Coaches

Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2024 NCAA softball season. The list below corrects an error in the NCAA rankings, moving Rhonda Revelle from 29th to 31st. "Softball Coaching Records Entering 2025" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

Rank	Name	Years	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct	Teams
1	Carol Hutchins †	39	1,709	552	5	.756	Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–2022)
2	Mike Candrea †	34	1,674	436	2	.793	Arizona (1986-2003, 2005-2007, 2009–2021)
3*	Patty Gasso †	30	1,514	352	2	.811	Oklahoma (1995–present)
4	Margie Wright †	33	1,457	542	3	.729	Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
5	Ralph Weekly †	34	1,450	481	2	.751	Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–2021)
6*	Lori Meyer †	40	1,410	749	3	.653	Minnesota State (1985–present)
7	Donna Papa †	40	1,368	820	5	.625	Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–2023)
8	Diane Ninemire †	33	1,359	687	1	.664	California (1988–2020)
9*	Jo Evans †	39	1,346	763	2	.638	Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–2022), UC Santa Barbara (2023–present)
10	Gary Bryce †	40	1,340	793	8	.628	Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021)
11	Eugene Lenti †	37	1,329	670	6	.664	DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)
12*	Karen Weekly †	28	1,308	437	2	.749	Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
13*	Patrick Murphy †	27	1,304	394	4	.767	Northwest Missouri State (1995); Alabama (1999–present)
14	Yvette Girouard †	31	1,285	421	1	.753	Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
15	Margo F. Jonker †	40	1,269	811	7	.610	Central Michigan (1980–2019)
16*	Les Stuedeman †	29	1,268	431	1	.746	Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
17*	George Wares †	40	1,265	450	3	.737	Central (IA) (1985–present)
18	Chris Bellotto †	36	1,252	562	1	.690	Florida Southern (1985–2020)
19	Gayle Blevins †	33	1,245	588	5	.679	Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
20	Jan Hutchinson †	33	1,215	288	2	.808	Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
21*	Steve Warner	31	1,195	475	2	.715	West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present)
22	JoAnne Graf †	25	1,186	425	6	.735	Florida State (1984–2008)
23	Elaine Sortino †	34	1,185	508	6	.699	UMass (1980–2013)
24*	Bob Coolen	37	1,171	811	1	.591	Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
25	Lu Harris-Champer	25	1,168	432	1	.730	Nicholls State (1996–1997); Southern Miss (1999–2000); Georgia (2001–2021)
26	Vickee Kazee-Hollifield †	33	1,167	423	1	.734	Carson–Newman (1986–2018)
27	Melinda Fischer †	39	1,165	872	4	.572	Eastern Illinois (1979–1980), Illinois State (1986–2022)
28	Frank Cheek †	25	1,147	363	2	.759	Humboldt State (1989–2013)
29	Bob Brock †	34	1,134	776	1	.594	Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018)
30*	Judy Lawes	37	1,132	645	2	.637	Kutztown (1988–present)
31*	Rhonda Revelle †	32	1,127	665	0	.629	Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present)
32	Kathy Welter	32	1,126	573	7	.662	Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
33*	Ken Eriksen	27	1,117	583	1	.657	South Florida (1997–present)
34*	Tim Walton †	22	1,103	302	0	.785	Wichita State (2003-2005), Florida (2006–present)
35*	Chris Hawkins	30	1,097	454	1	.707	USC Upstate (1995-present)
36*	Mike Davenport	24	1,094	280	0	.796	North Georgia (2001–present)
37*	John Tschida †	30	1,079	243	1	.816	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (1995–2000), St. Thomas (MN) (2001–2021), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (2022–present)
38	Donna Fields †	27	1,071	501	0	.681	St. Mary's University (TX) (1998–2024)
39	Joyce Compton †	28	1,066	563	3	.654	Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
40*	Glenn Moore	28	1,053	508	0	.675	William Carey (1996), LSU (1998–2000), Baylor (2001–present)
41	Sandy Montgomery †	30	1,051	540	2	.660	SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)
42	Jay Miller †	32	1,043	726	0	.590	Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011), Hofstra (2019–2021)
43	Rick Bertagnolli †	33	1,041	403	0	.721	USC Upstate (1992–93), Pennsylvania Western University, California (1994–2024)
44*	Jana McGinnis	31	1,038	607	0	.631	Jacksonville State (1994–present)
45	George DiMatteo	31	1,032	539	6	.656	Lewis (1984–2014)
46*	Mike Smith	24	1,026	417	0	.711	Biola (1999-2002), UC Riverside (2003), McNeese (2012-14), Ole Miss (2015-19), California Baptist (2004-11, 2022-present)
47*	Shena Hollar	27	1,023	409	2	.714	Newberry (1998-99), Lenoir-Rhyne (2000-present)
48*	Denny Griffin	36	1,016	415	0	.710	Alma (1989-present)
49	Linda Kalafatis	32	1,014	670	2	.602	California (PA) (1989–93), Akron (1994–96), Ohio State 1997–2012), Charleston (2014–2021)
50	Sandy Jerstad †	27	1,011	359	2	.738	Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
51*	Megan Bryant	37	1,010	843	9	.545	Stetson (1986-87), Drake (1989-99), Stony Brook (2001-24)
52	Joan Joyce †	28	1,004	664	1	.602	Florida Atlantic (1995–2022)
53	Tami Cyr	26	1,003	504	1	.665	Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
54	Michelle Frew	27	1,002	410	1	.709	Rollins (1995-2021), Charleston (2023-24)

Notes

↑ The list includes coaches with 1,000 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 1,000 wins at an NCAA Division I school (or historic equivalents) are designated with the referenced peach shading. The referenced shading has also been used for coaches with historic programs that were among the elite programs of their era.

References

↑ "Softball Coaching Records Entering 2025" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[2] The list includes coaches with 1,000 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 1,000 wins at an NCAA Division I school (or historic equivalents) are designated with the referenced peach shading. The referenced shading has also been used for coaches with historic programs that were among the elite programs of their era.

[1] ↑ "Softball Coaching Records Entering 2025" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

[1]

[n 1]