List of California Golden Bears head softball coaches

The California Golden Bears softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of California, Berkeley 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 1972 season.[2]

Key

General
# Number of coaches[a]
GC Games coached
Overall
OW Wins
OL Losses
OT Ties
O% Winning percentage
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
NC National championships[f]

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 Debbie Gebhardt 1972–1973 12 4 8 0 .333 Not Available — 0 0 0
2 Coni Staff 1974–1975 16 9 7 0 .563 Not Available — 0 0 0
3 Myrtle Baker 1976–1977 36 21 15 0 .583 5 3 0 .625[h] — 0 0 0
4 Bonnie Johnson 1978–1982 256 185 69 2 .727 Not Available — 3 3 0
5 Donna Terry 1983–1987 264 168 95 1 .638 36 18 0 .667 2 1 1 0
6 Diane Ninemire 1988–2020 2,043 1,355 687 1 .663 337 367 1 .479 30 11 1 1
7 Tammy Lohmann (Interim) 2020 24 13 11 0 .542 0 0 0 .000 — — — —
8 Chelsea Spencer 2021–present 37 17 20 0 .459 3 11 0 .214 0 0 0 0

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ Cal played as an independent in their first season before joining the NCIAC from 1973 to 1976. They then were members of the Northern California Athletic Conference from 1977 through 1982 and the Northern Pacific Conference from 1983 to 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 2021 NCAA Division I softball season.
  8. ^ Only one season of conference records are available

References

  1. ^ "Cal". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  2. ^ 2020 Softball Media Guide (PDF). California Golden Bears. p. 8. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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  • Strawberry Field (198?–1994)
  • Levine-Fricke Field (1995–present)
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics
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California Golden Bears head softball coaches
  • Debbie Gebhardt (1972–1973)
  • Coni Staff (1974–1975)
  • Myrtle Baker (1976–1977)
  • Bonnie Johnson (1978–1982)
  • Donna Terry (1983–1987)
  • Diane Ninemire (1988–2020)
  • Tammy Lohmann # (2020)
  • Chelsea Spencer (2021– )

# denotes interim head coach