List of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins


This is a list of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins as a collegiate head coach. 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

At the end of the 2019 season, Carol Hutchins of Michigan remained the all-time NCAA wins leader with 1,616 wins.
Mike Candrea has the most NCAA Division I national championships with eight. His.794 winning percentage is also the highest among active Division I coaches.
Melinda Fischer of Illinois State holds the record for most losses as a head softball coach with 818.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

Key

Coaches

RankNameYearsWinsLossesTiesPctTeams
1 *Carol Hutchins †3616165175Ferris State, Michigan
2 *Mike Candrea †3216114182Arizona
3Margie Wright †3314575423Illinois State, Fresno State
4 *Ralph Weekly †3213944572Pacific Lutheran, Chattanooga, Tennessee
5 *Diane Ninemire †3213456780California
6Eugene Lenti †3613006566DePaul
7 *Gary Bryce †3813077678Wayne State
8 *Donna Papa †3612957245Susquehanna, North Carolina
9Yvette Girouard †3112854211Louisiana–Lafayette, LSU
10 *Margo F. Jonker †4012688087Central Michigan
11*Patty Gasso †2512603332Oklahoma
12Gayle Blevins †3112455885Indiana, Iowa
13 *Chris Bellotto †3512425481Florida Southern
14 *Lori Meyer3512296873Minnesota State–Mankato
15 *Jo Evans3412206522Colorado State, Utah, Texas A&M
16Jan Hutchinson †3312152882Bloomsburg
17JoAnne Graf †2511864256Florida State
18Elaine Sortino †3411855086UMass
19Vickee Kazee-Hollifield3311674231Carson–Newman
20 *George Wares †3511523943Central
21Frank Cheek †2511473632Humboldt State
22Kathy Welter3311295737Oklahoma Baptist, Texas Tech, Cal State Bakersfield
23Bob Brock3411267761Baylor, Texas A&M, Sam Houston State
24 *Karen Weekly2311163732Chattanooga, Tennessee
25 *Patrick Murphy †2211113230Northwest Missouri State ; Alabama
26 *Lu Harris-Champer2311114041Nicholls State ; Southern Miss ; Georgia
27 *Les Stuedeman †2410943631Alabama-Huntsville
28 *Melinda Fischer †3610928184Eastern Illinois, Illinois State
29 *Bob Coolen3110787071Bentley, Hawaii
30Joyce Compton †2810665633Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina
31 *Steve Warner2710633891West Virginia Wesleyan
32Sandy Montgomery2910515402SIU Edwardsville
33George DiMatteo3110325396Lewis
34 *Jay Miller †3010246950Purdue, Oklahoma City, Missouri, Mississippi State
35Sandy Jerstad †2710113592Augustana
36Tami Cyr2610035041Centenary , West Florida