List of college softball career coaching wins leaders

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 2025 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 .812 percentage through the 2025 season.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

Key

*	Active coach in 2026
†	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 2025 NCAA softball season. "NCAA Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved December 31, 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	1,676	439	2	.792	Arizona (1986-2003, 2005-2007, 2009–2021)
3*	Patty Gasso †	31	1,569	361	4	.812	Oklahoma (1995–present)
4	Margie Wright †	33	1,457	542	3	.729	Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
5	Lori Meyer †	41	1,453	769	3	.654	Minnesota State (1985–2025)
6	Ralph Weekly †	34	1,450	481	2	.751	Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–2021)
7*	Jo Evans †	40	1,382	788	2	.637	Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–2022), UC Santa Barbara (2023–present)
8	Donna Papa †	40	1,372	820	5	.626	Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–2023)
9	Diane Ninemire †	33	1,359	687	1	.664	California (1988–2020)
10*	Karen Weekly †	29	1,355	454	2	.749	Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
11*	Patrick Murphy †	28	1,345	417	1	.763	Northwest Missouri State (1995); Alabama (1999–present)
12	Gary Bryce †	40	1,343	796	8	.627	Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021)
13	Eugene Lenti †	37	1,329	670	6	.664	DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)
14	Les Stuedeman †	30	1,306	458	1	.740	Alabama-Huntsville (1996–2025)
15*	George Wares †	41	1,292	464	3	.735	Central (IA) (1985–present)
16	Yvette Girouard †	31	1,285	421	1	.753	Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
17	Margo F. Jonker †	40	1,270	814	7	.609	Central Michigan (1980–2019)
18	Chris Bellotto †	36	1,252	564	1	.689	Florida Southern (1985–2020)
19	Gayle Blevins †	31	1,245	588	5	.679	Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
20*	Steve Warner	33	1,221	513	2	.704	West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present)
21	Jan Hutchinson †	33	1,215	288	2	.808	Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
22	Bob Coolen	39	1,208	831	2	.592	Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–2025)
23	JoAnne Graf †	25	1,186	425	6	.735	Florida State (1984–2008)
24	Elaine Sortino †	34	1,185	508	6	.699	UMass (1980–2013)
25*	Rhonda Revelle †	34	1,181	697	0	.629	Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present)
26	Vickee Kazee-Hollifield †	33	1,177	427	1	.734	Carson–Newman (1986–2018)
27	Lu Harris-Champer †	25	1,174	434	1	.730	Nicholls State (1996–1997); Southern Miss (1999–2000); Georgia (2001–2021)
28*	Judy Lawes †	38	1,173	668	2	.637	Kutztown (1988–present)
29*	Ken Eriksen	28	1,171	601	2	.661	South Florida (1997–present)
30	Melinda Fischer †	39	1,170	869	4	.574	Eastern Illinois (1979–1980), Illinois State (1986–2022)
31*	Tim Walton †	23	1,153	319	0	.783	Wichita State (2003-2005), Florida (2006–present)
32	Bob Brock †	34	1,148	779	2	.596	Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018)
33	Frank Cheek †	25	1,147	363	2	.759	Humboldt State (1989–2013)
34*	Chris Hawkins	31	1,142	470	1	.708	USC Upstate (1995-present)
35*	John Tschida †	31	1,127	249	1	.819	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (1995–2000), St. Thomas (MN) (2001–2021), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (2022–present)
36	Kathy Welter	32	1,126	573	7	.662	Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
37	Mike Davenport	24	1,096	282	0	.795	North Georgia (2001–2024)
38*	Glenn Moore	29	1,081	535	0	.669	William Carey (1996), LSU (1998–2000), Baylor (2001–present)
39	Donna Fields †	27	1,071	503	0	.680	St. Mary's University (TX) (1998–2024)
40	Joyce Compton †	28	1,066	563	3	.654	Missouri 1983–1986, South Carolina (1987–2010)
41*	Shena Hollar	28	1,063	428	2	.713	Newberry (1998-1999), Lenoir-Rhyne (2000-present)
42	Mike Smith	25	1,054	450	1	.701	Biola (1999-2002), UC Riverside (2003), McNeese (2012-2014), Ole Miss (2015-2019), California Baptist (2004-2011, 2022-2025)
43	Sandy Montgomery †	30	1,050	541	2	.660	SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)
44	Rick Bertagnolli †	33	1,045	403	0	.722	USC Upstate (1992–1993), Pennsylvania Western University, California (1994–2024)
45	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)
46*	Megan Bryant	38	1,040	872	9	.545	Stetson (1986-1987), Drake (1989-1999), Stony Brook (2001-present)
47	Jana McGinnis	31	1,038	608	0	.631	Jacksonville State (1994–2024)
48	George DiMatteo	31	1,032	539	6	.656	Lewis (1984–2014)
48*	Michelle Frew	29	1,032	432	1	.705	Rollins (1995-2021), Charleston (2023-2024), Eckerd (2025-present)
48*	Denny Griffin	37	1,032	433	0	.704	Alma (1989-present)
51*	Travis Scott	25	1,020	378	3	.729	Southeastern Oklahoma (2001-2003), Angelo State (2004-present)
52	Linda Kalafatis	32	1,016	670	3	.602	California (PA) (1989–1993), Akron (1994–1996), Ohio State 1997–2012), Charleston (2014–2021)
53	Sandy Jerstad †	27	1,011	359	2	.738	Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
54*	Greg Jones	25	1,006	351	4	.741	Winona State (2001-present)
54	Tami Cyr	26	1,006	504	2	.666	Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
56	Joan Joyce †	28	1,005	667	1	.601	Florida Atlantic (1995–2022)

See also

• National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
• NCAA Division I Softball Championship

Notes

1. 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

1. "NCAA Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved December 31, 2025.