# Jacquie Joseph

Jacquie Joseph is an American former collegiate softball player and coach who last served as the head coach at Michigan State. Joseph played college softball at Central Michigan from 1982 to 1985.

## Early life and education

Joseph attended school at Central Michigan and played softball for the school from 1982 to 1985. She graduated from Central Michigan in 1985 with a degree in business administration. She went back to Central Michigan and earned her master's degree in business in 1987.

## Coaching career
### Bowling Green

Joseph was hired in 1989 as Bowling Green's head softball coach. She won 37 games in the 1992 season at Bowling Green, the most in program history.

### Michigan State

Joseph was hired by Michigan State in 1994 as head coach of the softball program. In 2016, Joseph was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame as a contributor.

## Personal life

Jacquie Joseph resides in Holt, Michigan and has one daughter named Emma.

## Head coaching record
### College

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Bowling Green (Mid-American Conference) (1989–1993) ||||||
| 1989 | Bowling Green | 21–35 | 12–18 | 6th | |
| 1990 | Bowling Green | 19–32 | 10–17 | 7th | |
| 1991 | Bowling Green | 25–32 | 11–17 | 7th | |
| 1992 | Bowling Green | 37–16 | 19–10 | 2nd | |
| 1993 | Bowling Green | 34–18 | 26–9 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| Bowling Green: | Bowling Green: | 136–133 (.506) | 78–71 (.523) | | |
| Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten Conference) (1994–2022) ||||||
| 1994 | Michigan State | 19–38 | 6–22 | T-6th | |
| 1995 | Michigan State | 24–29 | 9–19 | 8th | |
| 1996 | Michigan State | 37–19 | 14–10 | 5th | |
| 1997 | Michigan State | 47–22 | 14–9 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 1998 | Michigan State | 34–20 | 11–13 | 5th | |
| 1999 | Michigan State | 41–23 | 13–9 | 4th | NCAA Regional |
| 2000 | Michigan State | 30–23 | 5–10 | 7th | |
| 2001 | Michigan State | 21–39 | 5–15 | 10th | |
| 2002 | Michigan State | 24–35 | 4–15 | 9th | |
| 2003 | Michigan State | 40–19 | 13–6 | 3rd | NCAA Regionals |
| 2004 | Michigan State | 36–26 | 8–12 | 7th | NCAA Regionals |
| 2005 | Michigan State | 25–28–1 | 7–9 | 8th | |
| 2006 | Michigan State | 34–25 | 9–11 | 7th | |
| 2007 | Michigan State | 33–26 | 7–9 | 7th | |
| 2008 | Michigan State | 27–29 | 8–12 | T-6th | |
| 2009 | Michigan State | 21–28 | 5–14 | 9th | |
| 2010 | Michigan State | 21–31 | 5–15 | 9th | |
| 2011 | Michigan State | 27–27 | 6–14 | 9th | |
| 2012 | Michigan State | 11–42 | 0–27 | 12th | |
| 2013 | Michigan State | 24–25 | 9–10 | 7th | |
| 2014 | Michigan State | 12–37 | 4–19 | 12th | |
| 2015 | Michigan State | 19–36 | 4–19 | 14th | |
| 2016 | Michigan State | 27–28 | 8–15 | 10th | |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 34–24 | 11–12 | 7th | |
| 2018 | Michigan State | 24–28 | 10–12 | 8th | |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 16–34 | 4–18 | 13th | |
| 2020 | Michigan State | 6–16 | – | – | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Michigan State | 14–26 | 14–26 | 12th | |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 24–28 | 4–16 | 12th | |
| Michigan State: | Michigan State: | 752–811–1 (.481) | 214–398 (.350) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 888–944–1 (.485) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||