The Michigan Wolverines softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1] The team has had three head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1975 season.[2] The current coach is Bonnie Tholl, who took over the head coaching position in 2023.[3]
Key
General
| #
|
Number of coaches[a]
|
| GC
|
Games coached
|
|
|
Conference
| CW
|
Wins
|
| CL
|
Losses
|
| CT
|
Ties
|
| C%
|
Winning percentage
|
|
Postseason[b]
| PA
|
Total appearances[c]
|
| PW
|
Total wins
|
| PL
|
Total losses
|
| WA
|
Women's College World Series appearances[d]
|
| WW
|
Women's College World Series wins
|
| WL
|
Women's College World Series losses
|
|
Championships
| CC
|
Conference regular season
|
| CT
|
Conference tournament[e]
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1
|
Gloria Soluk
|
1978–1980
|
74
|
49
|
25
|
0
|
.662
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
0
|
| 2
|
Bob De Carolis
|
1981–1984
|
195
|
114
|
81
|
0
|
.585
|
25
|
27
|
—
|
.481
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 3
|
Carol Hutchins
|
1985–2022
|
2,173
|
1,684
|
540
|
5
|
.757
|
662
|
177
|
—
|
.789
|
29
|
12
|
22
|
10
|
1
|
| 3
|
Bonnie Tholl
|
2023–present
|
51
|
26
|
25
|
0
|
.510
|
10
|
13
|
—
|
.435
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
Notes
References
|
|---|
| Venues | |
|---|
| People | |
|---|
| Seasons |
- 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
- 2025
|
|---|
National Championships in bold; Women's College World Series appearances in italics |