| Duke Blue Devils | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Duke University |
| Head coach | Marissa Young (7th season) |
| Conference | ACC |
| Location | Durham, NC |
| Home stadium | Duke Softball Stadium (Capacity: 500) |
| Nickname | Blue Devils |
| Colors | Duke blue and white
[1] |
| NCAA Super Regional appearances | |
| 2022, 2023 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| Conference Tournament championships | |
| 2021 | |
Duke Blue Devils Softball joined the Atlantic Coast Conference as a Division I varsity program in 2017. In July 2015, former Big Ten Player of the Year Marissa Young was named as Duke University's first head softball coach. Young spent the previous two years as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina. [2]
History
Coaching history
| Years | Coach | Record | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–present | Marissa Young | 245–101 | .708 |
Coaching staff
| Name | Position coached | Consecutive season at Duke in current position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marissa Young | Head coach | 7th | |
| Olivia Watkins | Assistant coach | 2nd | |
| Taylor Wike | Assistant coach | 1st | |
| Bryan Jones | Assistant coach | 1st | |
| Reference: [3] | |||
Year-by-year record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marissa Young ( Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–Present) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Marissa Young | 29–27 | 13–11 | 6th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2019 | Marissa Young | 25–31 | 11–13 | 3rd (Coastal) | |||||
| 2020 | Marissa Young | 23–4 | 1–2 | T-9th (Coastal) | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Marissa Young | 44–12 | 26–10 | 3rd (ACC) | Durham Regional | ||||
| 2022 | Marissa Young | 44–11 | 19–3 | 2nd (ACC) | Los Angeles Super Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Marissa Young | 48–12 | 19–5 | 2nd (ACC) | Durham Super Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Marissa Young | 34–4 | 13–2 | ||||||
| Marissa Young: | 245–101 (.708) | 102–46 (.689) | |||||||
| Total: | 245–101 (.708) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
- ^ "Duke Athletics Quick Facts". GoDuke.com. September 5, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ Art Chase (29 July 2015). "Duke Tabs Young as Program's First Head Coach". NFCA.org. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "2023 Duke Softball Coaches". GoDuke.com. Duke Athletics. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
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