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List of college softball career coaching wins leaders

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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.{{cite web |title=Softball Coaching Records Entering 2025 |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/SB_Records/Coaches.pdf |website=NCAA |access-date=February 6, 2025}} 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 2024 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 .811 percentage through the 2024 season.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

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| bgcolor=#FFE5B4|1,000 wins with an NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent){{refn|group=n|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.}}

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:Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2024 NCAA softball season. The list below corrects an error in the NCAA rankings, moving Rhonda Revelle from 29th to 31st.{{cite web |title=Softball Coaching Records Entering 2025 |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/SB_Records/Coaches.pdf |website=NCAA |access-date=February 6, 2025}}''

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1bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Carol Hutchins †391,7095525{{winpct|1709|551|5}}Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–2022)
2bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Mike Candrea †341,6744362{{winpct|1674|436|2}}Arizona (1986-2003, 2005-2007, 2009–2021)
3*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Patty Gasso †301,5143522{{winpct|1514|352|2}}Oklahoma (1995–present)
4bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Margie Wright †331,4575423{{winpct|1457|542|3}}Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)
5bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Ralph Weekly †341,4504812{{winpct|1450|481|2}}Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–2021)
6*Lori Meyer †401,4107493{{winpct|1410|749|3}}Minnesota State (1985–present)
7bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Donna Papa †401,3688205{{winpct|1368|820|5}}Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–2023)
8bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Diane Ninemire †331,3596871{{winpct|1359|687|1}}California (1988–2020)
9*bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Jo Evans †391,3467632{{winpct|1346|763|2}}Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–2022), UC Santa Barbara (2023–present)
10Gary Bryce †401,3407938{{winpct|1340|793|8}}Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021)
11bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Eugene Lenti †371,3296706{{winpct|1329|670|6}}DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)
12*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Karen Weekly †281,3084372{{winpct|1308|437|2}}Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)
13*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Patrick Murphy †271,3043944{{winpct|1304|394|4}}Northwest Missouri State (1995); Alabama (1999–present)
14bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Yvette Girouard †311,2854211{{winpct|1285|421|1}}Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)
15bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Margo F. Jonker †401,2698117{{winpct|1269|811|7}}Central Michigan (1980–2019)
16*Les Stuedeman †291,2684311{{winpct|1268|431|1}}Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present)
17*George Wares †401,2654503{{winpct|1265|450|3}}Central (IA) (1985–present)
18Chris Bellotto †361,2525621{{winpct|1252|562|1}}Florida Southern (1985–2020)
19bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Gayle Blevins †331,2455885{{winpct|1245|588|5}}Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)
20Jan Hutchinson †331,2152882{{winpct|1215|288|2}}Bloomsburg (1978–2010)
21*Steve Warner311,1954752{{winpct|1195|475|2}}West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present)
22bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |JoAnne Graf †251,1864256{{winpct|1186|425|6}}Florida State (1984–2008)
23bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Elaine Sortino †341,1855086{{winpct|1185|508|6}}UMass (1980–2013)
24*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Bob Coolen371,1718111{{winpct|1171|811|1}}Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present)
25bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Lu Harris-Champer251,1684321{{winpct|1168|432|1}}Nicholls State (1996–1997); Southern Miss (1999–2000); Georgia (2001–2021)
26Vickee Kazee-Hollifield †331,1674231{{winpct|1167|423|1}}Carson–Newman (1986–2018)
27bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Melinda Fischer †391,1658724{{winpct|1165|872|4}}Eastern Illinois (1979–1980), Illinois State (1986–2022)
28Frank Cheek †251,1473632{{winpct|1147|363|2}}Humboldt State (1989–2013)
29bgcolor="#FFE5B4" |Bob Brock †341,1347761{{winpct|1134|776|1}}Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018)
30*Judy Lawes371,1326452{{winpct|1132|645|2}}Kutztown (1988–present)
31*bgcolor=#FFE5B4 | Rhonda Revelle †321,1276650{{winpct|1127|665|0}}Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present)
32Kathy Welter321,1265737{{winpct|1126|573|7}}Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011)
33*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Ken Eriksen271,1175831{{winpct|1117|583|1}}South Florida (1997–present)
34*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Tim Walton †221,1033020{{winpct|1103|302|0}}Wichita State (2003-2005), Florida (2006–present)
35*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Chris Hawkins301,0974541{{winpct|1097|454|1}}USC Upstate (1995-present)
36*Mike Davenport241,0942800{{winpct|1094|280|0}}North Georgia (2001–present)
37*John Tschida †301,0792431{{winpct|1079|243|1}}Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (1995–2000), St. Thomas (MN) (2001–2021), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (2022–present)
38Donna Fields †271,0715010{{winpct|1071|501|0}}St. Mary's University (TX) (1998–2024)
39bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Joyce Compton †281,0665633{{winpct|1066|563|3}}Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010)
40*bgcolor=#FFE5B4|Glenn Moore281,0535080{{winpct|1053|508|0}}William Carey (1996), LSU (1998–2000), Baylor (2001–present)
41Sandy Montgomery †301,0515402{{winpct|1051|540|2}}SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)
42bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Jay Miller †321,0437260{{winpct|1043|726|0}}Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011), Hofstra (2019–2021)
43Rick Bertagnolli †331,0414030{{winpct|1041|403|0}}USC Upstate (1992–93), Pennsylvania Western University, California (1994–2024)
44*Jana McGinnis311,0386070{{winpct|1038|607|0}}Jacksonville State (1994–present)
45George DiMatteo311,0325396{{winpct|1032|539|6}}Lewis (1984–2014)
46*bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Mike Smith241,0264170{{winpct|1026|417|0}}Biola (1999-2002), UC Riverside (2003), McNeese (2012-14), Ole Miss (2015-19), California Baptist (2004-11, 2022-present)
47*Shena Hollar271,0234092{{winpct|1023|409|2}}Newberry (1998-99), Lenoir-Rhyne (2000-present)
48*Denny Griffin361,0164150{{winpct|1016|415|0}}Alma (1989-present)
49bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Linda Kalafatis321,0146702{{winpct|1014|670|2}}California (PA) (1989–93), Akron (1994–96), Ohio State 1997–2012), Charleston (2014–2021)
50Sandy Jerstad †271,0113592{{winpct|1011|359|2}}Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)
51*Megan Bryant371,0108439{{winpct|1010|843|9}}Stetson (1986-87), Drake (1989-99), Stony Brook (2001-24)
52bgcolor="#FFE5B4" | Joan Joyce †281,0046641{{winpct|1004|664|1}}Florida Atlantic (1995–2022)
53Tami Cyr261,0035041{{winpct|1003|504|1}}Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)
54Michelle Frew271,0024101{{winpct|1002|410|1}}Rollins (1995-2021), Charleston (2023-24)

See also

Notes

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References

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