List of Arizona State Sun Devils head softball coaches

The Arizona State Sun Devils softball program is a college softball team that represents Arizona State University in the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1] The team has had 6 head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1967 season.[2] The current coach is Megan Bartlett, who took over the head coaching position in 2023.

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Coaches edit

List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[g]
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA WA CCs NCs
1 Mary Littlewood 1967–1989 759 536 223 0 .706 139 83 0 .626 16 9 3 2
2 Linda Wells 1990–2005 978 563 415 0 .576 139 230 0 .377 11 2 0 0
3 Clint Myers 2006–2013 529 427 102 0 .807 113 59 0 .657 8 7 2 1
4 Craig Nicholson 2014–2015 117 82 34 1 .705 27 18 1 .598 2 0 0 0
5 Wagner/Olivarez 2016 58 32 26 0 .552 6 17 0 .261 1 0 0 0
6 Trisha Ford 2017–2022 301 212 89 0 .704 70 47 0 .598 5 1 1 0
7 Megan Bartlett 2023–present

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  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ Arizona State played as an independent from 1967–1974, and was a member of the Intermountain Conference from 1975 through 1979. They then were members of the Western Collegiate Athletic Association from 1980 through 1985. They moved to the Pacific-West Conference in 1986. The Pac-12 Conference, then known as the Pac-10, began sponsoring women's sports in 1987.
  3. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Softball Championship or AIAW Women's College World Series.
  4. ^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Softball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
  5. ^ Women's College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
  6. ^ Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
  7. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season.

References edit

  1. ^ "Arizona State". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  2. ^ 2021 Softball Record Book (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 71. Retrieved April 28, 2021.