Teresa Wilson
{{Short description|American softball coach}}
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| current_title = Head coach
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| coach_years1 = 1986–1989
| coach_team1 = Oregon
| coach_years2 = 1990–1991
| coach_team2 = Minnesota
| coach_years3 = 1993–2003
| coach_team3 = Washington
| coach_years4 = 2004–2008
| coach_team4 = Texas Tech
| coach_years5 = 2008–2011
| coach_team5 = Arizona (pitching coach)
| coach_years6 = 2012
| coach_team6 = Carolina Diamonds
| coach_team7 = Beijing Shougang Eagles
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Teresa Wilson is an American, former collegiate softball pitcher and head coach. She played college softball at Missouri from 1980 to 1983. For her years of eligibility in the NCAA Division I, she is the career leader in ERA and WHIP for the Tigers, which also rank top-10 in the NCAA.{{cite web |url=https://mutigers.com/documents/2020/2/5/2020_Media_Guide_FINAL.pdf |title=2020 Mizzou Softball Media Guide |location=Mutigers.com |date= |accessdate=2020-07-09}}{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/SB_Records/2020/D1.pdf |title=Division I Records |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-09}} She served as the softball head coach at Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, and Texas Tech. She was a coach for the Carolina Diamonds and Beijing Eagles of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF).{{cite news|title=Carolina Diamonds homepage|url=http://www.yourcarolinadiamonds.com/team/Coaches/?staff_id=5|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120919142640/http://www.yourcarolinadiamonds.com/team/Coaches/?staff_id=5|archivedate=2012-09-19}}
Coaching career
It was during her 11-year stint leading the University of Washington that she achieved her greatest coaching accomplishments. Her Huskies reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women's College World Series six times, making the national championship game in 1996 and 1999. However, UW removed Wilson as head coach amidst revelations the team physician had improperly distributed prescription drugs to the players. She sued the university in U.S. federal court, but the judge ruled against her claim of gender discrimination.{{cite news|title=Judge Dismisses Discrimination Claims By Former UW Softball Coach|date=2005-03-29|work=KOMO News|url=http://komonews.com/archive/judge-dismisses-discrimination-claims-by-former-uw-softball-coach|accessdate=2016-07-21}}
Wilson also led the University of Oregon to the Women's College World Series, in 1989.
She had a long coaching career in college softball, most recently as pitching coach for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 2009 to 2011. Before that, she served as the head coach at Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, and Texas Tech, compiling 839 wins overall, 526 losses, and 1 tie, coaching athletes Heather Tarr, Jennifer Spediacci and Jenny Topping and achieving No. 1 ranking for Washington, as well as two national runner up finishes.
At a press conference in China, the 2017 NPF expansion team Beijing Shougang Eagles announced that Wilson would be their first head coach.{{cite web|title=BEIJING SHOUGANG EAGLES ANNOUNCE 2017 COACHING STAFF|url=https://nfca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7430:beijing-shougang-eagles-announce-2017-coaching-staff&catid=116&Itemid=149|website=NFCA Home Plate|accessdate=26 May 2017|date=24 May 2017}} She most recently served as a coach for the Carolina Diamonds and Beijing Eagles of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF).{{cite news|title=Carolina Diamonds homepage|url=http://www.yourcarolinadiamonds.com/team/Coaches/?staff_id=5|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120919142640/http://www.yourcarolinadiamonds.com/team/Coaches/?staff_id=5|archivedate=2012-09-19}}
Statistics
{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WSB/Softball_Women's_Division%20I_1982_434_University%20of%20Missouri,%20Columbia.pdf |title=Final 1982 Women's Softball Statistics Report |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-10}}{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WSB/Softball_Women's_Division%20I_1983_434_University%20of%20Missouri,%20Columbia.pdf |title=Final 1983 Women's Softball Statistics Report |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-10}}
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| YEAR
| W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 1982
| 25 | 11 | 37 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 249.1 | 113 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 221 | 0.33 | 0.55 |
| 1983
| 25 | 10 | 39 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 249.2 | 122 | 28 | 14 | 21 | 241 | 0.39 | 0.57 |
| TOTALS
| 50 | 21 | 76 | 59 | 59 | 32 | 3 | 499.0 | 235 | 53 | 26 | 46 | 462 | 0.36 | 0.56 |
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Ducks
| conference = Northern Pacific Conference
| startyear = 1986
| endyear = 1986
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 1986
| name = Oregon
| overall = 17–30
| conference = 2–8
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Ducks
| conference = Pac-10 Conference
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1989
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1987
| name = Oregon
| overall = 23–30
| conference = 2–8
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 1988
| name = Oregon
| overall = 32–26
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1989
| name = Oregon
| overall = 52–18
| conference = 13–7
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Oregon
| overall = {{winpct|107|74|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|24|26|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Minnesota Golden Gophers
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1991
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 1990
| name = Minnesota
| overall = 31–32
| conference = 12–12
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 1991
| name = Minnesota
| overall = 48–27
| conference = 20–4
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Minnesota
| overall = {{winpct|79|59|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|32|16|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Washington Huskies
| conference = Pac-10 Conference
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = 2003
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1993
| name = Washington
| overall = 31–27
| conference = 7–18
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1994
| name = Washington
| overall = 44–21
| conference = 14–10
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1995
| name = Washington
| overall = 50–23
| conference = 17–11
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1996
| name = Washington
| overall = 59–9
| conference = 23–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Women’s College World Series
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997
| name = Washington
| overall = 50–19
| conference = 16–11
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = Women’s College World Series
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = Washington
| overall = 52–15
| conference = 19–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = Women’s College World Series
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999
| name = Washington
| overall = 51–18
| conference = 15–12
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = Women’s College World Series
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2000
| name = Washington
| overall = 62–9
| conference = 17–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Women’s College World Series
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = Washington
| overall = 40–23
| conference = 11–10
| confstanding = T-3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = Washington
| overall = 46–18
| conference = 13-8
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = Washington
| overall = 47–16-1
| conference = 9-12
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Washington
| overall = {{winpct|532|198|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|161|109|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Texas Tech Red Raiders
| conference = Big 12 Conference
| startyear = 2005
| endyear = 2008
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 23–25
| conference = 3-15
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 19–35
| conference = 4-13
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 24–27
| conference = 4-12
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 23–36
| conference = 8-10
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = {{winpct|89|123|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|19|50|record=y}}
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{winpct|824|484|record=y}}
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References
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