Tyra Perry

Tyra Perry

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Illinois
Conference	Big Ten
Record	286–225 (.560)
Biographical details
Born	Zachary, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma mater	LSU
Playing career
1994–1995	Nicholls State
1997–1998	LSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2007	Birmingham-Southern
2008–2013	Western Kentucky
2014–2015	Ball State
2016–present	Illinois
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006–2007	Birmingham-Southern (Assistant AD/Senior Woman Administrator)
Head coaching record
Overall	695–613–1 (.531)
Tournaments	NCAA: 7–12 (.368)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt Regular Season Champion (2013) MAC Regular Season Champion (2014) MAC West Champion (2015) MAC tournament (2015)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (2014) 2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2009, 2013)
Records
Birmingham-Southern Softball First Winning Record Season (2006) First 40-plus-win Season in Western Kentucky Program History (2013) First Sun Belt Title in Western Kentucky Program History (2013) Winningest Coach in Western Kentucky Softball History (196) First ever NCAA Regional in Western Kentucky Program History (2013) Finished ranked #26 in NCAA RPI the Highest Final Ranking in Program History (2013) First NCAA Regional Victory in Ball State Program History (2015)

Tyra Perry is an American former collegiate softball outfielder, and current head coach originally from Zachary, Louisiana. She began playing for the Nicholls State Colonels from 1994-95 and ended with the LSU Tigers from 1997-98. She is currently leading Illinois Fighting Illini softball. ^[1]

Coaching career

Ball State

On August 6, 2013, Perry was named the head coach at Ball State. ^[2]

Illinois

On June 24, 2015, Perry was named the head coach at Illinois. ^[3]

Career statistics

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Nicholls State Colonels & LSU Tigers

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
1995	63	198	36	67	.338	45	3	4	11	95	.480%	16	29	5	7
1997	58	165	40	57	.345	39	11	2	7	101	.612%	20	22	10	11
1998	70	182	29	59	.324	38	5	1	12	88	.483%	16	23	4	5
TOTALS	191	545	105	183	.336	122	19	7	30	284	.521%	52	74	19	23

Head coaching record

College

References: ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Birmingham-Southern Panthers (NCAA Division I Provisional Member)(2002–2003)
2002	Birmingham-Southern	17–42
2003	Birmingham-Southern	26–32
Birmingham-Southern Panthers (Big South Conference)(2004–2007)
2004	Birmingham-Southern	25–34	6–6	T-3rd
2005	Birmingham-Southern	25–32	5–7	5th
2006	Birmingham-Southern	28–21	7–5	4th
2007	Birmingham-Southern	25–37	5–10	5th
Birmingham-Southern:		146–198 (.424)	23–28 (.451)
Western Kentucky Lady Toppers (Sun Belt Conference)(2008–2013)
2008	Western Kentucky	28–30	8–15	8th
2009	Western Kentucky	35–19	14–9	3rd
2010	Western Kentucky	27–25	6–15	9th
2011	Western Kentucky	30–29	9–15	7th
2012	Western Kentucky	33–25–1	11–12–1	5th
2013	Western Kentucky	43–18	20–3	1st	NCAA Regional
Western Kentucky:		196–146–1 (.573)	68–69–1 (.496)
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference)(2014–2015)
2014	Ball State	33–19	12–4	1st (West)
2015	Ball State	34–25	14–5	1st	NCAA Regional
Ball State:		67–44 (.604)	26–9 (.743)
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference)(2016–Present)
2016	Illinois	36–23	12–11	7th	NCAA Regional
2017	Illinois	39–20	14–8	4th	NCAA Regional
2018	Illinois	37–18	13–8	6th
2019	Illinois	33–25	9–14	T-8th	NCAA Regional
2020	Illinois	11–11	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Illinois	24–20	24–20	7th
2022	Illinois	34–22	15–7	3rd	NCAA Regional
2023	Illinois	29–27	6–16	12th
2024	Illinois	21–31	7–15	12th
2025	Illinois	22–28	6–15	T-13th
Illinois:		286–225 (.560)	106–114 (.482)
Total:		695–613–1 (.531)
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

References

1. "Tyra Perry". FightingIllini.com. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
2. "Ball State Names Tyra Perry Head Softball Coach". getsomemaction.com. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
3. "TYRA PERRY NAMED ILLINOIS HEAD SOFTBALL COACH". FightingIllini.com. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
4. "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
5. "Big South Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
6. "Sun Belt Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). SunBeltSports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
7. "MAC Softball Record Book" (PDF). GetSomeMACtion.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
8. "Big Ten Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.