The following is a list of California Golden Bears softball seasons. The University of California, Berkeley is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA Division I. The Golden Bears have won seven conference championships, appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 32 times, and in the Women's College World Series 15 times, including three under the authority of the AIAW. The Bears won the National Championship in 2002, and appeared in the finals twice more. National championsWCWS AppearanceNCAA Tournament appearanceConference champions
Season Head coach Conference Season results Postseason result Overall Conference Wins Losses Ties % Wins Losses Ties % Finish 1972 Debbie Gebhardt Independent 2 4 0 N/A — 1973 NCIAC 2 4 0 Not available 4th — 1974 Coni Staff 5 4 0 5th — 1975 4 3 0 3rd — 1976 Myrtle Baker 9 6 0 3rd — 1977 NorCal 12 9 0 5 3 0 4th 1978 Bonnie Johnson 19 19 1 Not available 2nd — 1979 37 9 0 1st — 1980 46 11 0 1st Women's College World Series 1981 47 13 0 1st Women's College World Series 1982 37 17 1 2nd AIAW Women's College World Series 1983 Donna Terry NorPac 26 21 0 6 6 0 4th — 1984 27 19 1 8 4 0 3rd — 1985 35 25 0 6 4 0 4th — 1986 43 17 0 8 2 0 T-1st Women's College World Series 1987 Pac-12 34 15 0 8 2 0 1st NCAA Regional 1988 Diane Ninemire 39 24 0 7 11 0 5th NCAA Regional 1989 38 26 0 10 10 0 4th NCAA Regional 1990 41 28 0 9 9 0 T-3rd NCAA Regional 1991 48 20 0 14 6 0 3rd NCAA Regional 1992 47 16 0 8 8 0 3rd Women's College World Series 1993 37 20 0 12 10 0 3rd NCAA Regional 1994 40 21 0 10 12 0 5th NCAA Regional 1995 41 21 0 20 8 0 3rd NCAA Regional 1996 41 23 0 14 12 0 4th Women's College World Series 1997 36 26 0 13 14 0 4th NCAA Regional 1998 35 27 0 12 14 0 4th NCAA Regional 1999 51 22 0 13 14 0 5th Women's College World Series 2000 49 25 0 6 15 0 T-7th Women's College World Series 2001 54 18 0 6 14 0 7th Women's College World Series 2002 56 19 0 12 9 0 4th National Champions 2003 49 20 0 10 11 0 3rd Women's College World Series Runners-up 2004 53 13 0 13 8 0 T-2nd Women's College World Series Runners-up 2005 52 15 0 13 8 0 T-1st Women's College World Series 2006 48 14 0 12 9 0 3rd NCAA Regional 2007 34 32 0 7 14 0 8th NCAA Regional 2008 43 27 0 7 14 0 5th NCAA Regional 2009 38 20 0 10 10 0 5th NCAA Regional 2010 44 17 0 10 11 0 4th NCAA Regional 2011 45 13 0 15 6 0 2nd Women's College World Series 2012 58 7 0 21 2 0 1st Women's College World Series 2013 38 19 0 10 14 0 T-5th NCAA Regional 2014 23 29 0 4 18 0 9th — 2015 39 18 0 10 14 0 7th NCAA Regional 2016 33 24 1 11 11 1 6th NCAA Regional 2017 32 24 0 6 17 0 8th NCAA Regional 2018 35 21 0 7 16 0 7th NCAA Regional 2019 28 27 0 5 11 0 8th — 2020 Diane Ninemire/Tammy Lohmann 13 11 0 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 2021Chelsea Spencer 17 20 0 3 11 0 8th — 2022 28 27 1 8 16 0 T-8th — 2023 35 21 1 9 14 1 6th NCAA Regional 2024 37 19 0 9 13 0 7th NCAA Regional 2025 ACC 37 21 0 11 19 0 9th NCAA Regional 2026 Steve Singleton 15 37 0 5 19 0 13th —
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