# 2020 Big Ten Conference softball season

The 2020 Big Ten softball season began with practices in January 2020, followed by the start of the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season in February. Conference will start in March 2020 and will conclude in May, followed by the 2020 Big Ten Conference softball tournament at Eichelberger Field in Champaign, Illinois, in May.

## Coronavirus impact and cancellation

As of March 12, 2020, the NCAA cancelled both the remainder of the season and the tournament due to the coronavirus pandemic.

## Head coaches
### Coaching changes prior to the season
#### Maryland

On August 7, 2019, Maryland head coach Julie Wright stepped down as head coach. On September 9, 2019, the school hired former Louisiana Tech head coach Mark Montgomery as the next head coach.

### Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school.
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Season at school | Overall record | Big Ten record | Big Ten titles | Big Ten Tournament titles | NCAA Regionals | NCAA Super Regionals | Women's College World Series | National Championships |
| Illinois | Tyra Perry | Ball State | 5th | 145–86 | 48–41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana | Shonda Stanton | Marshall | 3rd | 62–51 | 27–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | Renee Luers-Gillispie | UCF | 2nd | 19–32 | 5-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | Mark Montgomery | Louisiana Tech | 1st | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | Carol Hutchins | Michigan (asst.) | 36th | 1548–493–5 | 590–162 | 21 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 1 |
| Michigan State | Jacquie Joseph | Bowling Green | 26th | 708–739–1 | 196–356 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | Jamie Trachsel | Iowa State | 3rd | 87–31 | 37–6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nebraska | Rhonda Revelle | San Jose State (asst.) | 28th | 978–550 | 109–72 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Northwestern | Kate Drohan | Northwestern (AHC) | 19th | 570–345–1 | 219–130 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ohio State | Kelly Kovach Schoenly | Miami (OH) | 8th | 234–141–1 | 94–65–1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn State | Amanda Lehotak | UTSA | 7th | 129–193 | 48–90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purdue | Boo De Oliveira | Arkansas (asst.) | 4th | 70–105 | 22–46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | Kristen Butler | Toledo | 2nd | 29–26 | 11–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | Yvette Healy | Loyola-Chicago | 10th | 300–184–1 | 106–91–1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Conference matrix

| | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Maryland | Michigan | Michigan State | Minnesota | Nebraska | Northwestern | Ohio State | Penn State | Purdue | Rutgers | Wisconsin |
| vs. Illinois | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Indiana | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Iowa | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Maryland | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Michigan | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Michigan State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Minnesota | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Nebraska | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Northwestern | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Ohio State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Penn State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Purdue | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Rutgers | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 |
| vs. Wisconsin | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – |
| Total | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |