List of Arizona State Sun Devils head softball coaches

The Arizona State Sun Devils softball program is a college softball team that represents Arizona State University in the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1] The team has had 6 head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1967 season.[2] The current coach is Megan Bartlett, who took over the head coaching position in 2023.

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 Mary Littlewood 1967–1989 759 536 223 0 .706 139 83 0 .626 16 9 3 2
2 Linda Wells 1990–2005 978 563 415 0 .576 139 230 0 .377 11 2 0 0
3 Clint Myers 2006–2013 529 427 102 0 .807 113 59 0 .657 8 7 2 1
4 Craig Nicholson 2014–2015 117 82 34 1 .705 27 18 1 .598 2 0 0 0
5 Wagner/Olivarez 2016 58 32 26 0 .552 6 17 0 .261 1 0 0 0
6 Trisha Ford 2017–2022 301 212 89 0 .704 70 47 0 .598 5 1 1 0
7 Megan Bartlett 2023–present — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ Arizona State played as an independent from 1967–1974, and was a member of the Intermountain Conference from 1975 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 2020 NCAA Division I softball season.

References

  1. ^ "Arizona State". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  2. ^ 2021 Softball Record Book (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 71. Retrieved April 28, 2021.