Kenny Gajewski

Kenny Gajewski
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOklahoma State
ConferenceBig 12
Record365–149 (.710)
Biographical details
Born (1971-10-23) October 23, 1971 (age 53)[1]
Los Alamitos, California, U.S.
Alma materOklahoma (Class of 1994)
Playing career
1991Cerritos College
1992–1993Cal State Dominguez Hills
1994Oklahoma
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995Oklahoma (Graduate asst.)
1996Kansas State (Volunteer asst.)
2013–2015Florida (asst.)
2016–presentOklahoma State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1997–2006Oklahoma (Turf/Maintenance Dir.)
2011–2012Tennessee (Dir. of Baseball Operations)
Head coaching record
Overall365–149 (.710)
TournamentsNCAA: 31–16 (.660)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • NFCA Midwest Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2019)

Kenny Gajewski (born October 23, 1971[1]) is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Oklahoma State.[2]

Early life and education

Gajewski graduated from the University of Oklahoma. He played baseball for the 1994 Oklahoma baseball team that won the national championship.[3][4]

Coaching career

Florida (asst.)

On July 13, 2012, Florida added Gajewski to the softball staff as an assistant coach under head coach Tim Walton.[4]

Oklahoma State

On July 13, 2015, Kenny Gajewski was announced as the new head coach of the Oklahoma State softball program.[5][6]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (Big 12 Conference) (2016–Present)
2016 Oklahoma State 32–26 6–11 5th NCAA Athens Regional
2017 Oklahoma State 38–25 12–6 3rd NCAA Gainesville Regional
2018 Oklahoma State 39–22 12–6 T-2nd NCAA Fayetteville Regional
2019 Oklahoma State 45–17 13–5 2nd Women's College World Series
2020 Oklahoma State 19–5 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Oklahoma State 48–12 15–3 2nd Women's College World Series
2022 Oklahoma State 48–14 14–4 2nd Women's College World Series
2023 Oklahoma State 47–16 10–8 3rd Women's College World Series
2024 Oklahoma State 49–12 21–6 3rd Women's College World Series
Oklahoma State: 365–149 (.710)[7] 103–49 (.678)
Total: 365–149 (.710)

      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

References

  1. ^ a b "Kenneth W Gajewski". California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Kenny Gajewski". OKState.com. Oklahoma State Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "1994 Baseball Roster". SoonerStats.com. SoonerStats. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Kenny Gajewski Joins Florida Softball Coaching Staff". FloridaGators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Cowgirls Hire Kenny Gajewski as New Softball Coach". KFOR.com. KFOR. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ "OSU Softball: Cowgirls look to NCAA champion for coach". NewsOK.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ https://okstate.com/documents/2022/2/7/2022_Oklahoma_State_Softball_Guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]