General
#
Number of coaches[ a]
GC
Games coached
Conference[ b]
CW
Wins
CL
Losses
CT
Ties
C%
Winning percentage
Postseason[ c]
PA
Total appearances[ d]
PW
Total wins
PL
Total losses
WA
Women's College World Series appearances[ e]
WW
Women's College World Series wins
WL
Women's College World Series losses
Championships
DC
Division regular season[ f]
CC
Conference regular season
CT
Conference tournament[ g]
List of head Softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[ h]
#
Name
Term
Awards
1
Linda Hanson
1976-1981
27
12
15
0
.444
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
2
Ruth Mead
1982–1983
53
31
22
0
.585
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
3
Karen Mullins
1984–2014
1493
862
626
5
.579
222
196
0
.531
8
9
15
1
1
2
2
6
7
0
Big East Coach of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997)
4
Jen McIntyre
2015–2019
207
74
133
0
.357
16
55
0
.225
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
5
Laura Valentino
2020–present
119
76
43
0
.639
32
13
0
.711
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
0
—
^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
^ The Huskies played in ECAC from 1975 until the Big East Conference began sponsoring softball in 1990. When that organization split, they joined the American Athletic Conference beginning with the 2014 season. They rejoined the Big East Conference beginning with the 2021 season.
^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I softball championship .
^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I softball championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
^ Women's College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
^ The Big East Conference used a divisional format for three seasons: 1996–1998. Regular season conference championships were not recognized in those seasons.
^ The Big East Conference softball tournament began in 1990.
^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2021 college softball season .