Courtney Deifel

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| name = Courtney Deifel

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Arkansas

| current_conference = SEC

| current_record = {{winpct|335|169|record=y}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|24}}

| birth_place = Merced, California, U.S.

| alma_mater = California

| coach_years1 = 2008–2009

| coach_team1 = Oklahoma (GA)

| coach_years2 = 2009–2010

| coach_team2 = Maryland (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2011–2014

| coach_team3 = Louisville (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2015

| coach_team4 = Maryland

| coach_years5 = 2016–present

| coach_team5 = Arkansas

| overall_record = {{winpct|362|196|record=y}}

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| tournament_record = NCAA: {{winpct|13|14|record=y}}

| championships = * 3x NCAA Regional championships (2018, 2021, 2022)

2× SEC Regular Season Championships (2021, 2022)
SEC Tournament Championship (2022)

| awards = * 2× SEC Coach of the Year (2021, 2022)

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Courtney Scott Deifel (born Courtney Lynn Scott; November 24, 1980){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030805033542/http://calbears.ocsn.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/scott_courtney00.html|archivedate=August 5, 2003|title=Courtney Scott|url=http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/cal/sports/w-softbl/mtt/scott_courtney00.html|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|work=CalBears.com|accessdate=October 18, 2018|url-status=live}} is an American former collegiate softball catcher and current head coach at Arkansas.{{cite news|url=http://newsok.com/article/5544351|title=Arkansas softball coach Courtney Deifel began coaching career at Oklahoma|date=5 April 2017|work=The Oklahoman|accessdate=3 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/coache/courtney-scott-deifel/|title=Courtney Deifel|date=11 June 2015|website=arkansasrazorbacks.com|accessdate=3 March 2018}}

Personal

Deifel graduated from the University of California in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in American Business and Globalism and American Studies. She earned her master's of arts in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma in 2008 while she was a graduate assistant with the Sooners softball team. Deifel's sister, Amanda Scott, is currently the head softball coach at Missouri-St. Louis and won a Women's College World Series title at Fresno State in 1998.

Deifel and her husband, Joe, are the parents of two sons, Trip and Walt.

Career

Deifel played college softball for the California Golden Bears from 2000 to 2003, winning a national championship in 2002 and batting .263 (218/827) with 13 home runs and 127 RBIs for her career.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/2002/cal.htm |title=2002 CAL STATS |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2021-08-10}}{{cite web |url=https://calbears.com/documents/2020/2/3/2020_Record_Book.pdf |title=2020 Golden Bears California Record Book |location=Calbears.com |date= |accessdate=2021-08-10}}{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer |website=Ncaa.org |title=Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics |date= |accessdate=2021-08-10}}