Holly Aprile

Holly Aprile
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLouisville
ConferenceACC
Record163–126–1 (.564)
Biographical details
BornAfton, New York
Alma materUMass
Playing career
1989–1992UMass
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995Eastern Illinois (Graduate asst.)
1995–2004South Carolina (asst.)
2004–2008Pittsburgh (asst.)
2009–2018Pittsburgh
2019–presentLouisville
Head coaching record
Overall434–360–1 (.547)
TournamentsNCAA: 4–4 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
ACC Coastal Division Champions (2018)
Awards
As player:
  • Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year (1989)
  • 2× Atlantic 10 Player of the Year (1990, 1991)
  • Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year (1992)

As head coach:

  • ACC Coach of the Year (2018)
  • NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2015)

Holly Aprile (born December 23, 1969) is an American softball pitcher, former collegiate All-American, and current head coach for Louisville.[1] She played college softball at the utility position for the UMass Minutewomen from 1989 to 1992 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, where she was eventually named Newcomer of the Year, Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year over her career, in addition to being recognized as a four-time All-Conference honoree.[2][3] She also led the team to their first appearance at the 1992 Women's College World Series, finishing in the semifinals.[4][5] Aprile is also a UMass Hall of Fame inductee.[6]

Coaching career

Pittsburgh

Louisville

On July 8, 2018, Holly Aprile was announced as the new head coach of the Louisville softball program.[7][8]

Career Statistics

UMass Minutewomen
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1989 22 11 39 29 21 12 2 206.0 122 59 35 59 113 1.19 0.88
1990 19 11 33 26 22 6 0 188.2 133 79 51 89 131 1.89 1.18
1991 18 7 26 23 19 7 2 167.2 107 45 31 48 97 1.30 0.92
1992 18 4 26 23 21 8 0 153.2 116 49 27 47 68 1.23 1.06
TOTALS 77 33 124 101 83 33 4 716.0 478 232 144 243 409 1.41 1.00
UMass Minutewomen
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1989 53 172 23 45 .261 18 2 3 4 55 .320% 3 27 5 5
1990 46 155 32 63 .406 18 1 8 11 93 .600% 2 14 6 6
1991 51 164 38 64 .390 38 2 4 19 97 .591% 8 17 5 6
1992 53 191 39 63 .339 19 2 6 9 120 .656% 6 13 8 8
TOTALS 203 682 132 235 .344 93 7 21 43 341 .500% 19 71 24 25

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Pittsburgh Panthers (Big East Conference) (2009–2013)
2009 Pittsburgh 25–24 9–15 10th
2010 Pittsburgh 27–25 10–11 6th
2011 Pittsburgh 34–17 13–8 6th
2012 Pittsburgh 26–26 8–14 9th
2013 Pittsburgh 19–29 8–14 11th
Pittsburgh Panthers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–2018)
2014 Pittsburgh 15–29 6–18 10th
2015 Pittsburgh 37–22 11–13 6th NCAA Regional
2016 Pittsburgh 31–21 8–14 8th
2017 Pittsburgh 24–23 7–17 10th
2018 Pittsburgh 33–18–1 16–6 1st (Coastal)
Pittsburgh: 271–234 (.537) 96–130 (.425)
Louisville Cardinals (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2019–Present)
2019 Louisville 35–22 12–12 3rd (Atlantic) NCAA Regional
2020 Louisville 10–13 0–0 T-11th Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Louisville 28–21–1 15–21–1 6th
2022 Louisville 27–25 10–14 8th
2023 Louisville 36–20 16–7 4th NCAA Regional
2024 Louisville 27–25 8–16 11th
Louisville: 163–126–1 (.564) 61–70 (.466)
Total: 434–360–1 (.547)

      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. ^ "1992 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "UMass 2020 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Umassathletics.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Atlantic 10 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "UMass WCWS Stats". Ncaa.org. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Holly Aprile". GoCards.com. Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "UMass Inducts 2005 Hall Of Fame Class". Umassathletics.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "Pitt's Holly Aprile hired as Louisville's new softball coach". Courier-Journal.com. Courier Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "Holly Aprile to be Louisville's new softball coach". 247Sports.com. 247 Sports. Retrieved March 11, 2019.