List of college softball coaches with 900 wins

This is a list of college softball coaches with 900 wins as a collegiate head coach.^[1][2] This list includes games won at the NCAA and NAIA levels. It does not include games won at the junior college level. Coaches with 900 wins at the NCAA Division I level are designated with peach shading.

All-time leaders

On April 2, 2016, Carol Hutchins of Michigan became the all-time wins leader by recording her 1,458th victory.^[3] As an active coach,^[4] "Hutch" sees her career win total continues to climb as she leads Michigan.

Hutchins passed Margie Wright, who was a head coach from 1980 to 2012 at Illinois State and later Fresno State, with 1,457 career wins. Phil McSpadden, who has coached exclusively at the NAIA level, is the all-time leader across all divisions with 1,475 wins for the Oklahoma City Stars.

Margo F. Jonker of Central Michigan holds the record for most losses as a head softball coach with 712.

Clint Myers, who has coach at three different schools, has the highest career winning percentage (.852) among coaches with at least 900 wins.

Among the coaches with 900 career wins, the record for most seasons as a head softball coach is held by Judy Groff, who compiled a 973-630 record in 43 years (1960-2011) at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

College softball coaches with 900 wins

Key

*	Active coach in 2016
†	Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
	900 wins with a Division I program (or historic equivalent)[n 1]

Coaches

Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2015 season.

Rank	Name	Years	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Teams
1*	Carol Hutchins^†	32	1461	474	4	.755	Ferris State (1981–1982), Michigan (1985–present)
2*	Phil McSpadden^†	28	1460	359	0	.804	Oklahoma City (1988–present)
3	Margie Wright^†	33	1457	542	3	.729	Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
4*	Mike Candrea^†	28	1428	358	2	.799	Arizona (1986–present)
5	Yvette Girouard^†	31	1285	421	1	.753	Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
6	Gayle Blevins^†	31	1245	588	5	.679	Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
7*	Eugene Lenti^†	34	1236	605	6	.671	DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–present)
8*	Diane Ninemire^†	28	1217	582	0	.676	California (1988–present)
9	Jan Hutchinson	33	1215	288	2	.808	Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
10*	Ralph Weekly	28	1212	398	2	.752	Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
11	JoAnne Graf^†[5]	25	1186	425	6	.735	Florida State (1984–2008)
12	Elaine Sortino^†	34	1185	508	6	.699	UMass (1980–2013)
13*	Chris Bellotto^†	31	1166	446	0	.723	Florida Southern (1985–present)
14*	Margo F. Jonker^†	36	1163	712	5	.620	Central Michigan (1980–present)
15	Gary Bryce^†	33	1159	691	8	.626	Wayne State (1982–2015)
16*	Donna Papa†	32	1155	632	5	.646	Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–present)
17	Frank Cheek^†	25	1147	363	2	.759	Humboldt State (1989–2013)
18	Kathy Welter	31	1129	573	7	.663	Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
19	Joyce Compton^†	28	1066	563	3	.654	Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
20*	Jo Evans	30	1062	574	2	.649	Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–present)
21*	Vickee Kazee-Hollifield	29	1061	368	1	.742	Carson–Newman (1986–present)
22*	Bob Brock	31	1057	682	1	.608	Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston State (2002–present)
23*	Lori Meyer	31	1048	625	3	.757	Minnesota State–Mankato (1985–present)
24*	George Wares^†	31	1041	347	3	.749	Central (IA) (1985–present)
25	George DiMatteo	30	1032	539	6	.656	Lewis (1984–2014)
26*	Patty Gasso	21	1028	305	2	.771	Oklahoma (1995–present)
27	Sandy Jerstad^†	27	1011	359	2	.738	Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
28	Clint Myers	17	1006	175	1	.852	Central Arizona (1987-1995), Arizona State (2006-2013), Auburn (2014-Present)
29	Jay Miller^†	29	1004	668	0	.600	Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011)
30	Tami Cyr	26	1003	504	1	.670	Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
31*	Melinda Fischer^†	32	1000	695	4	.590	Eastern Illinois (1978–1979), Illinois State (1986–present)
32	Judy Groff^†	43	973	630	5	.607	American International (1969–2011)
33*	Bob Coolen	29	969	611	1	.613	Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
34	Scott Whitlock^†	23	996	300	0	.769	Kennesaw State (1991–present)
35	Pete Manarino	27	956	594	2	.617	Long Beach State (1984–2006), UNLV (2010–2012)
36*	Sandy Montgomery	27	953	478	2	.666	SIU Edwardsville (1989–present)
37*	Lu Harris-Champer	19	940	329	1	.741	Nicholls State (1995-1997); Southern Miss (1998-2000); Georgia (2000–present)
38*	Les Stuedeman	20	935	293	1	.761	Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
39	Bill Edwards^†	25	928	419	3	.688	Hofstra (1990–2014)
40	Bob Timmons	29	927	366	0	.717	Mount Mercy (1983–1994), Coe (1998–2014)
41*	Patrick Murphy	18	918	261	0	.779	Northwest Missouri State (1994–95); Alabama (1998–present)
42*	Ritchie Richardson	28	917	316	1	.744	Olivet Nazarene
43	Linda Wells^†	31	914	679	1	.574	Minnesota (1975–1989), Arizona State (1990–2005)
44	Judi Garman^†[6]	20	913	374	4	.709	Golden West (1972–1979), Cal State Fullerton (1980–1999)
45	Donna Newberry^†	36	906	419	1	.684	Muskingum (1975–2010)

See also

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

Notes

1. The list includes coaches with 900 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 900 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 Softball Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
2. "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
3. "Michigan Dominates to Make Hutch Winningest NCAA Coach Ever". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
4. "MGOBLUE.COM - Softball - University of Michigan Official Athletic Site". www.mgoblue.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
5. Graf's career totals do not include 32 wins (30 regular season, 2 ACC tournament) from the 2007 season that were vacated. One source here credits Graf with having a career record of 1,437-478-6.
6. Garman's career statistics do not include her record during eight years as the head coach at years as head coach at Golden West College, a community college. Her career record including Golden West is 1124-416-4.