Kent State Golden Flashes softball
Coaches
Through the 2017 season, Kent State has had six head coaches. The program's first varsity head coach, Kirk Semler, who graduated from Kent State in 1975 and was a member of the KSU men's swimming team, also coached the women's swimming team in 1976 and served as an assistant to the men's swimming team.

Kent State Golden Flashes softball

Section Title: Coaches
Table Section Text: Through the 2017 season, Kent State has had six head coaches. The program's first varsity head coach, Kirk Semler, who graduated from Kent State in 1975 and was a member of the KSU men's swimming team, also coached the women's swimming team in 1976 and served as an assistant to the men's swimming team.

Coach	Years	Seasons	Overall	MAC	MAC championships	NCAA

Win–Loss–Tie	Percent	Win-Loss-Tie	Percent	East Division	Overall	Tournament

Kirk "Corky" Semler	1976	1	13–3	.813	—	—	—	—	—	—

Laurel Wartluft	1977–1981	5	85–58	.594	—	—	—	—	—	—

Lori Fuglestad	1982–1985	4	77–86–1	.473	16–25–1	.393	—	—	—	—

Sue Lilley Nevar	1986–1996	11	289–219–1	.569	157–134–1	.539	—	1990	—	Regional: 1990 WCWS: 1990

Karen Linder	1997–2015	19	548–434–1	.558	269–153	.637	1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015	2007, 2008, 2010, 2015	2006, 2008	Regional: 2006, 2008

Eric Oakley	2016–present	3	99–73	.576	45–25	.643	2016	2016	2017	Regional: 2017

6 coaches	43 seasons	1,111–877–3	.559	485–337–2	.590	10 MAC East titles	6 MAC titles	3 MAC Tournament titles	4 regional 1 WCWS appearances

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Karen Linder finished her career at Kent State with an overall record of 548–434–1 and 269–153 in MAC play.

final_sentence: Karen Linder finished her career at Kent State with an overall record of 548–434–1 and 269–153 in MAC play.