Megan Bartlett

Last updated
Megan Bartlett
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Arizona State
Conference Pac-12
Record22–26 (.458)
Biographical details
Born (1983-05-13) May 13, 1983 (age 40)
Alma mater Notre Dame
Playing career
2002–2005 Notre Dame
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2007 Loyola (Grad. asst.)
2007–2012 Northern Illinois (asst.)
2013–2014 DePaul (Vol. asst.)
2014–2015 Purdue (asst.)
2016–2020 Ball State
2021–2022 Texas (asst.)
2023–present Arizona State
Head coaching record
Overall163–134 (.549)

Megan Ciolli Bartlett (born May 13, 1983) is an American former softball player and current head coach at Arizona State. She previously served as the head coach at Ball State.

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Playing career

Bartlett played college softball for Notre Dame from 2002 to 2005. She helped lead the Irish to four Big East regular season championships, four NCAA Regional appearances and two Big East Tournament titles. A two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American, she captained the 2005 team to a 46–15 record and helped secure Notre Dame's first NCAA Regional home games. [1]

Coaching career

Bartlett began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Loyola from 2005 to 2007. The Ramblers won the 2007 Horizon League regular-season championship and the Loyola coaches earned Horizon League Coaching Staff of the Year that season. She then served as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois from 2007 to 2012, where she worked as recruiting, offensive and camp coordinator for the Huskies. She then served as a volunteer assistant coach at DePaul from 2013 to 2014. During the 2014 season, the Blue Demons won the Big East Conference regular-season and tournament championships before earning a berth in the 2014 NCAA Lexington Regional. She then served as assistant coach at Purdue for the 2015 season. [2]

Ball State

On July 22, 2015, Bartlett was named head coach of the Ball State Cardinals softball team. [3] As the head coach at Ball State for five seasons, she led the program to a 141–108 overall record while registering three consecutive 30-win seasons from 2017 to 2019. Over that stretch, she helped lead the Cardinals to the 2018 Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division title with that season's 37 victories, marking the fourth-most wins in a single season in program history. [1]

Texas

On June 26, 2020, Bartlett was named an assistant coach of the Texas Longhorns softball team. [4] In her first season with Texas in 2021, she helped lead them to a 43–14 overall record, a No. 12 final ranking and a berth in the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional. The team set program records for team batting average, (.342), slugging (.561) and on-base percentage (.419). During her second season with Texas in 2022, she helped lead the team to a 47–22–1 record, and their first Women's College World Series appearance. [5]

Arizona State

On June 22, 2022, Bartlett was named head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils softball team. [6] [7]

Personal life

Bartlett is married to former professional ice hockey player Mike Bartlett. She is also the proud mother of her two daughters, Vivian and Maren. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Ball State (Mid-American Conference)(2016–2020)
2016 Ball State 22–328–166th
2017 Ball State 30–2814–103rd
2018 Ball State 37–1916–72nd
2019 Ball State 34–209–86th
2020 Ball State 18–90–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Ball State:141–108 (.566)61–46 (.570)
Arizona State (Pac-12 Conference)(2023–present)
2023 Arizona State 22–266–18T-8th
2024 Arizona State 0–00–0
Arizona State:22–26 (.458)6–18 (.250)
Total:163–134 (.549)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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