# Margo Jonker

Margo F. Jonker is an American softball coach and the current head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas. She was a 2003 inductee in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

## Career

During her 31 years as head coach, the Chippewas have gone to the NCAA tournament 13 times and have 11 Mid-American Conference (MAC) titles. Jonker was formerly an assistant softball coach at Grand Valley State University and head coach at West Ottawa High School. CMU's Margo Jonker stadium is named after her.
At the 2000 Olympics she served as an assistant coach on the United States Olympic softball team that captured the gold medal in Sydney, Australia.
She is a Holland, Michigan native and attended and played softball for the Grand Valley State Lakers.

## Head coaching record
### Volleyball

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Standing |
| Hope College (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1976–1976) ||||||
| 1976 | Hope | 12–15 | 4th |
| Hope: | Hope: | 12–15 (.444) | |
| Total: | Total: | 12–15 (.444) | |
| 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 ||||||

### Softball

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Central Michigan (1980–1981) ||||||
| 1980 | Central Michigan | 16–12 | | | |
| 1981 | Central Michigan | 30–13–1 | | | |
| Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (1982–2019) ||||||
| 1982 | Central Michigan | 51–12 | | 1st | AIAW Women's College World Series |
| 1983 | Central Michigan | 36–17–2 | 6–2–1 | 2nd (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 1984 | Central Michigan | 34–11–1 | 8–2 | 1st (East) | |
| 1985 | Central Michigan | 44–12 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 1986 | Central Michigan | 45–20 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 1987 | Central Michigan | 37–14 | 11–1 | 1st | Women's College World Series |
| 1988 | Central Michigan | 38–23 | 18–14 | 5th | |
| 1989 | Central Michigan | 29–27 | 15–17 | 5th | |
| 1990 | Central Michigan | 32–22 | 14–9 | 3rd | |
| 1991 | Central Michigan | 39–22 | 21–7 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 1992 | Central Michigan | 29–20 | 14–13 | 4th | |
| 1993 | Central Michigan | 26–26 | 17–13 | 5th | |
| 1994 | Central Michigan | 32–24 | 23–11 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 1995 | Central Michigan | 26–21 | 21–12 | 2nd | |
| 1996 | Central Michigan | 40–21 | 26–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 1997 | Central Michigan | 41–22 | 22–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 1998 | Central Michigan | 31–23–1 | 22–5 | 1st (West) | |
| 1999 | Central Michigan | 41–18 | 20–8 | 2nd (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2000 | Central Michigan | 33–13 | 15–5 | 2nd (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2001 | Central Michigan | 37–20 | 20–4 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2002 | Central Michigan | 39–16 | 23–1 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2003 | Central Michigan | 26–18 | 14–7 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2004 | Central Michigan | 32–19 | 21–3 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2005 | Central Michigan | 29–16 | 16–6 | 1st (West) | |
| 2006 | Central Michigan | 22–27 | 13–7 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2007 | Central Michigan | 27–20 | 11–7 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2008 | Central Michigan | 25–20 | 14–7 | 1st (West) | |
| 2009 | Central Michigan | 12–31 | 4–17 | 6th (West) | |
| 2010 | Central Michigan | 27–19 | 12–8 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2011 | Central Michigan | 32–21 | 13–9 | 5th (West) | |
| 2012 | Central Michigan | 30–27 | 11–10 | 3rd (West) | |
| 2013 | Central Michigan | 33–20 | 15–7 | 2nd (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2014 | Central Michigan | 34–22 | 10–10 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2015 | Central Michigan | 27–23 | 12–8 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2016 | Central Michigan | 24–27–1 | 11–11–1 | 4th (West) | |
| 2017 | Central Michigan | 37–15 | 18–5 | 1st (West) | |
| 2018 | Central Michigan | 22–26 | 12–11 | 4th (West) | |
| 2019 | Central Michigan | 18–22–1 | 8–5–1 | | |
| Central Michigan: | Central Michigan: | 1246–780–6 (.615) | 551–275–2 (.667) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1246–780–6 (.615) | | | |
| 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 ||||||