List of Northwestern Wildcats head softball coaches

The Northwestern Wildcats softball program is a college softball team that represents Northwestern University 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 1976 season.[2] The current coach is Kate Drohan, who took over the head coaching position in 2002. She holds all major coaching records at Northwestern.

Key

Coaches

List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[h]
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA WA CCs CTs NCs
1 Mary Conway 1976–1978 37 10 27 — .270 1 8 — .111 — — — — —
2 Sharon Drysdale 1979–2001 1,155 640 512 3 .555 274 208 — .568 5 3 5 1 —
3 Kate Drohan 2002–present 1,249 810 437 2 .649 343 163 — .678 18 3 5 2 —

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ Northwestern has played as a member of the Big Ten Conference since 1978.
  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. ^ The Big Ten softball tournament has been played in 1982, 1995–2008, 2013–2019, and 2022–present.
  7. ^ Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
  8. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season.

References

  1. ^ "Northwestern". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  2. ^ 2025 Record Book (PDF). Northwestern Wildcats. p. 25. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
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