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. 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 2026 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 .813 percentage through the 2026 season.

College softball coaches with 1,000 wins

Key *Active coach in 2026†Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame1,000 wins with an NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent)

Coaches Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2026 NCAA softball season. RankNameYearsWinsLossesTiesPctTeams1Carol Hutchins † 39 1,709 552 5 Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–2022)2Mike Candrea † 34 1,676 439 2 Arizona (1986-2003, 2005-2007, 2009–2021)3*Patty Gasso † 32 1,619 371 4 Oklahoma (1995–present)4Margie Wright † 33 1,457 542 3 Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012)5 Lori Meyer † 41 1,453 769 3 Minnesota State (1985–2025)6Ralph Weekly † 34 1,450 481 2 Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–2021)7*Jo Evans † 41 1,413 814 2 Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–2022), UC Santa Barbara (2023–present)8*Karen Weekly † 30 1,404 466 2 Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present)9*Patrick Murphy † 29 1,401 426 1 Northwest Missouri State (1995); Alabama (1999–present) 10Donna Papa † 40 1,372 820 5 Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–2023)11Diane Ninemire † 33 1,359 687 1 California (1988–2020)12 Gary Bryce † 40 1,343 796 8 Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021)13Eugene Lenti † 37 1,329 670 6 DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018)14* George Wares † 42 1,322 478 3 Central (IA) (1985–present)15 Les Stuedeman † 30 1,306 458 1 Alabama-Huntsville (1996–2025)16Yvette Girouard † 31 1,285 421 1 Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011)17Margo F. Jonker † 40 1,270 814 7 Central Michigan (1980–2019)18 Chris Bellotto † 36 1,252 564 1 Florida Southern (1985–2020)19Gayle Blevins † 31 1,245 588 5 Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010)20* Steve Warner 34 1,238 546 2 West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present)21* Rhonda Revelle † 35 1,230 704 0 Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present)22 Jan Hutchinson † 33 1,215 288 2 Bloomsburg (1978–2010)23* Ken Eriksen 29 1,214 618 2 South Florida (1997–present)24* Judy Lawes † 39 1,212 690 2 Kutztown (1988–present)25Bob Coolen 39 1,208 831 2 Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–2025)26* Tim Walton † 24 1,205 331 0 Wichita State (2003-2005), Florida (2006–present)27JoAnne Graf † 25 1,186 425 6 Florida State (1984–2008)28Elaine Sortino † 34 1,185 508 6 UMass (1980–2013)29* Chris Hawkins 32 1,180 493 1 USC Upstate (1995-present)30 Vickee Kazee-Hollifield † 33 1,177 427 1 Carson–Newman (1986–2018)31Lu Harris-Champer † 25 1,174 434 1 Nicholls State (1996–1997); Southern Miss (1999–2000); Georgia (2001–2021)32* John Tschida † 32 1,167 258 1 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (1995–2000), St. Thomas (MN) (2001–2021), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (2022–present)33Melinda Fischer † 39 1,170 869 4 Eastern Illinois (1979–1980), Illinois State (1986–2022)34Bob Brock † 34 1,148 779 2 Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018) 35 Frank Cheek † 25 1,147 363 2 Humboldt State (1989–2013)36 Kathy Welter 32 1,126 573 7 Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011) 37*Glenn Moore 30 1,111 563 0 William Carey (1996), LSU (1998–2000), Baylor (2001–present)38* Shena Hollar 29 1,104 443 2 Newberry (1998-1999), Lenoir-Rhyne (2000-present)39 Mike Davenport 24 1,096 282 0 North Georgia (2001–2024)40* Kim Wilson 36 1,075 375 2 Washington & Jefferson (1991–1996), Rowan (1997–present)41 Donna Fields † 27 1,071 503 0 St. Mary's University (TX) (1998–2024)42* Travis Scott 26 1,067 392 3 Southeastern Oklahoma State (2001–2003), Angelo State (2004–present)43 Joyce Compton † 28 1,066 563 3 Missouri 1983–1986, South Carolina (1987–2010)44* Michelle Frew 30 1,065 445 1 Rollins (1996–1998, 2000–2021), Charleston (2023–2024), Eckerd (2025–present)45* Megan Bryant 39 1,061 901 9 Stetson (1986–1987), Drake (1989–1999), Stony Brook (2001–present)46* Denny Griffin 38 1,057 446 0 Alma (1989–present)47* Greg Jones 26 1,054 361 4 Winona State (2001-present)48 Mike Smith 25 1,054 450 1 Biola (1999-2002), UC Riverside (2003), McNeese (2012-2014), Ole Miss (2015-2019), California Baptist (2004-2011, 2022-2025)49 Sandy Montgomery † 30 1,050 541 2 SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018)50 Rick Bertagnolli † 33 1,045 403 0 USC Upstate (1992–1993), PennWest California (1994–2024)51 Jay Miller † 32 1,043 726 0 Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011), Hofstra (2019–2021)52 Jana McGinnis 31 1,038 608 0 Jacksonville State (1994–2024)53 George DiMatteo 31 1,032 539 6 Lewis (1984–2014)54* John Rittman 25 1,021 451 3 Stanford (1997–2014), Clemson (2020–present)55* Lonni Alameda 23 1,020 394 3 UNLV (2004–2008), Florida State (2009–present)56 Linda Kalafatis 32 1,016 670 3 California (PA) (1989–1993), Akron (1994–1996), Ohio State 1997–2012), Charleston (2014–2021)57 Sandy Jerstad † 27 1,011 359 2 Augustana (SD) (1977–2003)58 Tami Cyr 26 1,006 504 2 Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014)59 Joan Joyce † 28 1,005 667 1 Florida Atlantic (1995–2022)

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

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