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The UConn Huskies softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Connecticut in the American Athletic Conference . The Huskies compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I . The current head coach is Laura Valentino , who coached her first season in 2020.
The first season of softball at UConn was in 1975. The team has had five recorded head coaches.
The Huskies have appeared in the Women's College World Series once, in 1993 , when they finished tied for fifth with a 1–2 record.
Karen Mullins is the longest-tenured coach and holds nearly all coaching records as a result.
General
#
Number of coaches[ a]
GC
Games coached
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
DC
Division regular season[ f]
CC
Conference regular season
CT
Conference tournament[ g]
List of head Softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[ h]
#
Name
Term
Awards
1
Linda Hanson 1976-1981
27
12
15
0
.444
0
—
2
Ruth Mead 1982–1983
53
31
22
0
.585
0
—
3
Karen Mullins 1984–2014
1493
862
626
5
.579
222
196
0
.531
8
9
15
1
1
2
2
6
7
0
Big East Coach of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997)
4
Jen McIntyre 2015–2019
207
74
133
0
.357
16
55
0
.225
0
—
5
Laura Valentino 2020–present
119
76
43
0
.639
32
13
0
.711
1
0
—
^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
^ The Huskies played in ECAC from 1975 until the Big East Conference began sponsoring softball in 1990. When that organization split, they joined the American Athletic Conference beginning with the 2014 season. They rejoined the Big East Conference beginning with the 2021 season.
^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I softball championship .
^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I softball championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
^ Women's College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
^ The Big East Conference used a divisional format for three seasons: 1996–1998. Regular season conference championships were not recognized in those seasons.
^ The Big East Conference softball tournament began in 1990.
^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2021 college softball season .
Venue People Seasons College World Series appearances in italics
