The Oklahoma Sooners softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Oklahoma in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association .[1] The team has had 5 head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1975 season.[2] The current coach is Patty Gasso , who took over the head coaching position in 1995.
Key
General
#
Number of coaches[a]
GC
Games coached
Conference[b]
CW
Wins
CL
Losses
CT
Ties
C%
Winning percentage
Postseason[c]
PA
Total appearances[d]
PW
Total wins
PL
Total losses
WA
Women's College World Series appearances[e]
WW
Women's College World Series wins
WL
Women's College World Series losses
Championships
CC
Conference regular season
CT
Conference tournament[f]
NC
National championships[g]
Coaches
List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[h]
#
Name
Term
1
Amy Dahl
1975–1976
34
18
16
0
.529
—
—
—
—
—
1
0
—
0
2
Marita Hynes
1977–1984
275
257
18
0
.935
—
—
—
—
—
3
0
0
0
3
Michelle Thomas
1985–1993
456
226
230
0
.496
31
75
0
.292
0
0
0
—
0
4
Jim Beitia
1994
73
58
15
0
.795
5
7
0
.417
1
0
0
—
0
5
Patty Gasso
1995–present
1,740
1,395
344
2
.802
388
91
0
.810
26
14
13
8
7
Notes
^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
^ Oklahoma competed in multiple conference organizations in its early years, with varying systems of conference play and championships. They played as part of the Oklahoma Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, the Southwest Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, and Big Eight Conference from 1976. Records for Big 8 play only exist beginning in 1985. Oklahoma joined the Big 12 Conference beginning in 1996.
^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I softball championship or AIAW Women's College World Series .
^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I softball championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
^ College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
^ The Big 12 Conference softball tournament began in 1996, but was not held from 2011–2016.
^ Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season .
References
^ "Oklahoma". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 7, 2021 .
^ "OU Softball Coaches". SoonerStats.com . Retrieved 8 June 2019 .
Venues Head coaches
Amy Dahl (1975–1976)
Marita Hynes (1977–1984)
Michelle Thomas (1985–1993)
Jim Beitia (1994)
Patty Gasso (1995–present)
Seasons
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics