| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Arkansas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 238–128 (.650) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 24, 1980 Merced, California |
| Alma mater | California |
| Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
| 2008–2009 | Oklahoma (GA) |
| 2009–2010 | Maryland (assistant) |
| 2011–2014 | Louisville (assistant) |
| 2015 | Maryland |
| 2016–present | Arkansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 265–155 (.631) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 10–10 (.500) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Courtney Scott Deifel (born Courtney Lynn Scott; November 24, 1980) [1] is an American former collegiate softball catcher and current head coach at Arkansas. [2] [3]
Personal
Deifel graduated from the University of California in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in American Business and Globalism and American Studies. She earned her master's of arts in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma in 2008 while she was a graduate assistant with the Sooners softball team. Deifel's sister, Amanda Scott, is currently the head softball coach at Missouri-St. Louis and won a Women's College World Series title at Fresno State in 1998.
Deifel and her husband, Joe, are the parents of two sons, Trip and Walt.
Career
Deifel played college softball for the California Golden Bears from 2000 to 2003, winning a national championship in 2002, and batting .263 (218/827) with 13 home runs and 127 RBIs for her career. [4] [5] [6]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland ( Big Ten Conference) (2015–present) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Maryland | 27–27 | 9–14 | 6th | |||||
| Maryland: | 27–27 (.500) | 9–14 (.391) | |||||||
| Arkansas ( Southeastern Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Arkansas | 17–39 | 1–23 | 13th | |||||
| 2017 | Arkansas | 31–24 | 7–17 | 12th | Norman Regional | ||||
| 2018 | Arkansas | 42–17 | 12–12 | 7th | Norman Super Regional | ||||
| 2019 | Arkansas | 38–20 | 12–12 | T-6th | Stillwater Regional | ||||
| 2020 | Arkansas | 19–6 [a] | 1–2 | — | Postseason not held | ||||
| 2021 | Arkansas | 43–11 | 19–5 | T–1st | Fayetteville Super Regional | ||||
| 2022 | Arkansas | 48–11 | 19–5 | 1st | Fayetteville Super Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Arkansas | 40–19 | 14–10 | 4th | Fayetteville Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Arkansas | 17–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Arkansas: | 295–151 (.661) | 85–86 (.497) | |||||||
| Total: | 322–178 (.644) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- ^ The season was not played past March 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ "Courtney Scott". CalBears.com. University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on August 5, 2003. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Arkansas softball coach Courtney Deifel began coaching career at Oklahoma". The Oklahoman. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Courtney Deifel". arkansasrazorbacks.com. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2002 CAL STATS". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "2020 Golden Bears California Record Book" (PDF). Calbears.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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