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

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.
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