# Karen Weekly

Karen Weekly is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Tennessee. Weekly has previously been the co-head softball coach at Chattanooga from 1997–2001. She served as an assistant at both Chattanooga (1995–1996) and Pacific Lutheran (1987–1994).

## Early life and education

Weekly attended college at Pacific Lutheran University, where she played softball from 1985 to 1987. She earned her juris doctor degree from University of Washington School of Law in 1990.

## Coaching career
### Tennessee

On June 23, 2021, Karen Weekly signed an extension with Tennessee, while her husband Ralph retired. Weekly signed another extension with Tennessee on June 16, 2023, that would extend her through 2028.

## Head coaching record
### College

References:
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Chattanooga Mocs (Southern Conference) (1997–2001) ||||||
| 1997 | Chattanooga | 32–19 | 5–3 | 1st | |
| 1998 | Chattanooga | 47–15 | 10–2 | 1st | |
| 1999 | Chattanooga | 48–18* | 16–0 | 1st | |
| 2000 | Chattanooga | 47–27* | 15–5 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2001 | Chattanooga | 49–18 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| Chattanooga: | Chattanooga: | 223–97 (.697) | 64–12 (.842) | | |
| Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (2002–Present) ||||||
| 2002 | Tennessee | 35–25–1 | 8–17 | 4th (East) | |
| 2003 | Tennessee | 45–25 | 14–15 | 4th (East) | |
| 2004 | Tennessee | 55–16 | 20–8 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional |
| 2005 | Tennessee | 67–15 | 20–8 | 2nd (East) | Women's College World Series |
| 2006 | Tennessee | 61–12 | 21–9 | 2nd (East) | Women's College World Series |
| 2007 | Tennessee | 63–8 | 23–4 | 1st (East) | Women's College World Series Runner-Up |
| 2008 | Tennessee | 50–16 | 14–12 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regional |
| 2009 | Tennessee | 40–18–1 | 12–12–1 | 3rd (East) | NCAA Regional |
| 2010 | Tennessee | 49–15 | 17–8 | 3rd (East) | Women's College World Series |
| 2011 | Tennessee | 49–12 | 20–8 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regional |
| 2012 | Tennessee | 52–14 | 22–6 | 1st (East) | Women's College World Series |
| 2013 | Tennessee | 52–12 | 16–6 | 2nd (East) | Women's College World Series Runner-Up |
| 2014 | Tennessee | 46–12 | 17–7 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2015 | Tennessee | 47–17 | 15–9 | T-4th | Women's College World Series |
| 2016 | Tennessee | 43–16 | 16–7 | T-3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2017 | Tennessee | 48–12 | 16–7 | T-3rd | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2018 | Tennessee | 48–14 | 14–10 | 4th | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2019 | Tennessee | 43–17 | 14–10 | T-2nd | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2020 | Tennessee | 14–9 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 42–15 | 12–11 | 7th | NCAA Regional |
| 2022 | Tennessee | 41–18 | 15–8 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2023 | Tennessee | 51–10 | 19–5 | 1st | Women’s College World Series |
| 2024 | Tennessee | 44–12 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2025 | Tennessee | 0–0 | 0–0 | | |
| Tennessee: | Tennessee: | 1,085–340–2 (.761) | 363–192–1 (.654) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1,308–437–2 (.749) | | | |
| 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 ||||||
* – Karen Weekly was served as interim head coach at Chattanooga instead of Co-HC during Ralph Weekly's Leave of Absence.