List of Arizona Wildcats head softball coaches

The Arizona Wildcats softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Arizona in the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1] The team has had six head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1974 season.[2] The most recent coach was Mike Candrea, who took over the head coaching position in 1986, but has stepped aside to coach the US National Team at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008 before returning, and retired in 2021.

Key

Coaches

List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[g]
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA WA CCs NCs
1 Judy Spray 1974–1976 63 45 18 0 .714 — — — — 2 2 0 0
2 Ginny Parrish 1977–1979 122 82 40 0 .672 24 11 0 .686 1 1 1 0
3 Rocky LaRose 1980 46 23 23 0 .500 2 14 0 .125 0 0 0 0
4 Paula Noel 1981–1985 196 103 93 0 .656 28 63 0 .308 0 0 0 0
5 Mike Candrea 1986–2003, 2005–2007, 2009–2021 2,109 1,674 433 2 .794 485 212 2 .695 34 24 10 8
6 Larry Ray (Interim) 2004, 2008 116 91 25 0 .784 30 11 0 .732 2 1 1 0
7 Caitlin Lowe 2022–present 113 68 47 0 .591 14 34 0 .292 1 1 0 0

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ Arizona was a member of the Intermountain Conference from 1974 through 1979. They then were members of the Western Collegiate Athletic Association from 1980 through 1985. They moved to the Pacific-West Conference in 1986. The Pac-12 Conference, then known as the Pac-10, began sponsoring women's sports in 1987.
  3. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Softball Championship or AIAW Women's College World Series.
  4. ^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Softball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
  5. ^ Women's College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
  6. ^ Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
  7. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2018 college softball season.

References

  1. ^ "Arizona". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  2. ^ 2019 Softball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. p. 23. Retrieved July 19, 2019.