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The UCLA Bruins softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. [1] The team has had 3 head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1975 season. [2] The current coach is Kelly Inouye-Perez, who took over the head coaching position in 2007.

UCLA's first coach, Sharron Backus, led the team from 1975–1988 before becoming co-head coach with Sue Enquist. The two jointly led the team from 1989 through 1996, when Backus retired. Enquist then served as head coach by herself from 1997 to 2006.

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 Sharron Backus 1975–1989 571 451 117 3 .792 119 32 1 .786 9 9 6 5
2 Backus/ Enquist 1989–1996 459 403 56 0 .878 148 28 0 .841 8 8 4 4
3 Sue Enquist 1996–2006 604 484 119 1 .802 154 73 0 .678 10 10 3 3
4 Kelly Inouye-Perez 2007–present 711 544 166 1 .766 180 90 1 .666 12 6 1 1

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ UCLA was a member of the Southern California Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1975 and 1976, and then an independent for three years. They then participated in the Western Collegiate Athletic Association in 1980. 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. ^ 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 2018 college softball season.

References

  1. ^ "UCLA". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ 2018 Media Guide (PDF). UCLA Bruins. p. 39. Retrieved February 2, 2019.