# List of college softball career coaching wins leaders

This is a list of college softball career coaching wins leaders. It is limited to coaches with at least 1,000 career wins as a head coach. This list includes games won at the NCAA levels. It does not include games won at the junior college level. Coaches with 1,000 wins at the NCAA Division I level are designated with peach shading.

## All-time leaders

As of the end of the 2024 NCAA softball season, Carol Hutchins of Michigan is the all-time NCAA wins leader with 1,709 wins.
Patty Gasso of Oklahoma has the highest winning percentage of all active or inactive Division I coaches with at least 1,000 wins, currently with a .811 percentage through the 2024 season.

## College softball coaches with 1,000 wins
### Key

| * | Active coach in 2025 |
| † | Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame |
| | 1,000 wins with an NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent) |

### Coaches

    Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2024 NCAA softball season. The list below corrects an error in the NCAA rankings, moving Rhonda Revelle from 29th to 31st."Softball Coaching Records Entering 2025" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
| Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct | Teams |
| 1 | Carol Hutchins † | 39 | 1,709 | 552 | 5 | .756 | Ferris State (1982), Michigan (1985–2022) |
| 2 | Mike Candrea † | 34 | 1,674 | 436 | 2 | .793 | Arizona (1986-2003, 2005-2007, 2009–2021) |
| 3* | Patty Gasso † | 30 | 1,514 | 352 | 2 | .811 | Oklahoma (1995–present) |
| 4 | Margie Wright † | 33 | 1,457 | 542 | 3 | .729 | Illinois State (1980–1985), Fresno State (1986–2012) |
| 5 | Ralph Weekly † | 34 | 1,450 | 481 | 2 | .751 | Pacific Lutheran (1986–1994), Chattanooga (1995–1998, 2001), Tennessee (2002–2021) |
| 6* | Lori Meyer † | 40 | 1,410 | 749 | 3 | .653 | Minnesota State (1985–present) |
| 7 | Donna Papa † | 40 | 1,368 | 820 | 5 | .625 | Susquehanna (1984–1985), North Carolina (1986–2023) |
| 8 | Diane Ninemire † | 33 | 1,359 | 687 | 1 | .664 | California (1988–2020) |
| 9* | Jo Evans † | 39 | 1,346 | 763 | 2 | .638 | Colorado State (1986–1989), Utah (1990–1996), Texas A&M (1997–2022), UC Santa Barbara (2023–present) |
| 10 | Gary Bryce † | 40 | 1,340 | 793 | 8 | .628 | Wayne State (MI) (1982–2021) |
| 11 | Eugene Lenti † | 37 | 1,329 | 670 | 6 | .664 | DePaul (1980–1987, 1990–2018) |
| 12* | Karen Weekly † | 28 | 1,308 | 437 | 2 | .749 | Chattanooga (1997–2001), Tennessee (2002–present) |
| 13* | Patrick Murphy † | 27 | 1,304 | 394 | 4 | .767 | Northwest Missouri State (1995); Alabama (1999–present) |
| 14 | Yvette Girouard † | 31 | 1,285 | 421 | 1 | .753 | Louisiana–Lafayette (1981–2000), LSU (2001–2011) |
| 15 | Margo F. Jonker † | 40 | 1,269 | 811 | 7 | .610 | Central Michigan (1980–2019) |
| 16* | Les Stuedeman † | 29 | 1,268 | 431 | 1 | .746 | Alabama-Huntsville (1996–present) |
| 17* | George Wares † | 40 | 1,265 | 450 | 3 | .737 | Central (IA) (1985–present) |
| 18 | Chris Bellotto † | 36 | 1,252 | 562 | 1 | .690 | Florida Southern (1985–2020) |
| 19 | Gayle Blevins † | 33 | 1,245 | 588 | 5 | .679 | Indiana (1980–1987), Iowa (1988–2010) |
| 20 | Jan Hutchinson † | 33 | 1,215 | 288 | 2 | .808 | Bloomsburg (1978–2010) |
| 21* | Steve Warner | 31 | 1,195 | 475 | 2 | .715 | West Virginia Wesleyan (1993–present) |
| 22 | JoAnne Graf † | 25 | 1,186 | 425 | 6 | .735 | Florida State (1984–2008) |
| 23 | Elaine Sortino † | 34 | 1,185 | 508 | 6 | .699 | UMass (1980–2013) |
| 24* | Bob Coolen | 37 | 1,171 | 811 | 1 | .591 | Bentley (1985–1989), Hawaii (1992–present) |
| 25 | Lu Harris-Champer | 25 | 1,168 | 432 | 1 | .730 | Nicholls State (1996–1997); Southern Miss (1999–2000); Georgia (2001–2021) |
| 26 | Vickee Kazee-Hollifield † | 33 | 1,167 | 423 | 1 | .734 | Carson–Newman (1986–2018) |
| 27 | Melinda Fischer † | 39 | 1,165 | 872 | 4 | .572 | Eastern Illinois (1979–1980), Illinois State (1986–2022) |
| 28 | Frank Cheek † | 25 | 1,147 | 363 | 2 | .759 | Humboldt State (1989–2013) |
| 29 | Bob Brock † | 34 | 1,134 | 776 | 1 | .594 | Baylor (1980–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1996), Sam Houston (2002–2018) |
| 30* | Judy Lawes | 37 | 1,132 | 645 | 2 | .637 | Kutztown (1988–present) |
| 31* | Rhonda Revelle † | 32 | 1,127 | 665 | 0 | .629 | Nebraska Wesleyan (1987), Nebraska (1993-present) |
| 32 | Kathy Welter | 32 | 1,126 | 573 | 7 | .662 | Oklahoma Baptist (1980–1982), Texas Tech (1983–1985), Cal State Bakersfield (1986–2011) |
| 33* | Ken Eriksen | 27 | 1,117 | 583 | 1 | .657 | South Florida (1997–present) |
| 34* | Tim Walton † | 22 | 1,103 | 302 | 0 | .785 | Wichita State (2003-2005), Florida (2006–present) |
| 35* | Chris Hawkins | 30 | 1,097 | 454 | 1 | .707 | USC Upstate (1995-present) |
| 36* | Mike Davenport | 24 | 1,094 | 280 | 0 | .796 | North Georgia (2001–present) |
| 37* | John Tschida † | 30 | 1,079 | 243 | 1 | .816 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (1995–2000), St. Thomas (MN) (2001–2021), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (2022–present) |
| 38 | Donna Fields † | 27 | 1,071 | 501 | 0 | .681 | St. Mary's University (TX) (1998–2024) |
| 39 | Joyce Compton † | 28 | 1,066 | 563 | 3 | .654 | Missouri 1983–1986; South Carolina (1987–2010) |
| 40* | Glenn Moore | 28 | 1,053 | 508 | 0 | .675 | William Carey (1996), LSU (1998–2000), Baylor (2001–present) |
| 41 | Sandy Montgomery † | 30 | 1,051 | 540 | 2 | .660 | SIU Edwardsville (1989–2018) |
| 42 | Jay Miller † | 32 | 1,043 | 726 | 0 | .590 | Purdue (1980–1981), Oklahoma City (1985–1987), Missouri (1988–2002), Mississippi State (2003–2011), Hofstra (2019–2021) |
| 43 | Rick Bertagnolli † | 33 | 1,041 | 403 | 0 | .721 | USC Upstate (1992–93), Pennsylvania Western University, California (1994–2024) |
| 44* | Jana McGinnis | 31 | 1,038 | 607 | 0 | .631 | Jacksonville State (1994–present) |
| 45 | George DiMatteo | 31 | 1,032 | 539 | 6 | .656 | Lewis (1984–2014) |
| 46* | Mike Smith | 24 | 1,026 | 417 | 0 | .711 | Biola (1999-2002), UC Riverside (2003), McNeese (2012-14), Ole Miss (2015-19), California Baptist (2004-11, 2022-present) |
| 47* | Shena Hollar | 27 | 1,023 | 409 | 2 | .714 | Newberry (1998-99), Lenoir-Rhyne (2000-present) |
| 48* | Denny Griffin | 36 | 1,016 | 415 | 0 | .710 | Alma (1989-present) |
| 49 | Linda Kalafatis | 32 | 1,014 | 670 | 2 | .602 | California (PA) (1989–93), Akron (1994–96), Ohio State 1997–2012), Charleston (2014–2021) |
| 50 | Sandy Jerstad † | 27 | 1,011 | 359 | 2 | .738 | Augustana (SD) (1977–2003) |
| 51* | Megan Bryant | 37 | 1,010 | 843 | 9 | .545 | Stetson (1986-87), Drake (1989-99), Stony Brook (2001-24) |
| 52 | Joan Joyce † | 28 | 1,004 | 664 | 1 | .602 | Florida Atlantic (1995–2022) |
| 53 | Tami Cyr | 26 | 1,003 | 504 | 1 | .665 | Centenary (LA) (1987–1991), West Florida (1992–2014) |
| 54 | Michelle Frew | 27 | 1,002 | 410 | 1 | .709 | Rollins (1995-2021), Charleston (2023-24) |