Teresa Wilson

Teresa Wilson

Current position
Title	Head coach
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1989	Oregon
1990–1991	Minnesota
1993–2003	Washington
2004–2008	Texas Tech
2008–2011	Arizona (pitching coach)
2012	Carolina Diamonds
2017–2018	Beijing Shougang Eagles
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Big Ten Coach of the Year (1991) 3× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (1989, 1996, 2000)

Teresa Wilson is an American, former collegiate softballpitcher and head coach. She played college softball at Missouri from 1980 to 1983. For her years of eligibility in the NCAA Division I, she is the career leader in ERA and WHIP for the Tigers, which also rank top-10 in the NCAA.^[1][2] She served as the softball head coach at Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, and Texas Tech. She was a coach for the Carolina Diamonds and Beijing Eagles of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF).^[3]

Coaching career

It was during her 11-year stint leading the University of Washington that she achieved her greatest coaching accomplishments. Her Huskies reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women's College World Series six times, making the national championship game in 1996 and 1999. However, UW removed Wilson as head coach amidst revelations the team physician had improperly distributed prescription drugs to the players. She sued the university in U.S. federal court, but the judge ruled against her claim of gender discrimination.^[4]

Wilson also led the University of Oregon to the Women's College World Series, in 1989.

She had a long coaching career in college softball, most recently as pitching coach for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 2009 to 2011. Before that, she served as the head coach at Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, and Texas Tech, compiling 839 wins overall, 526 losses, and 1 tie, coaching athletes Heather Tarr, Jennifer Spediacci and Jenny Topping and achieving No. 1 ranking for Washington, as well as two national runner up finishes.

At a press conference in China, the 2017 NPF expansion team Beijing Shougang Eagles announced that Wilson would be their first head coach.^[5] She most recently served as a coach for the Carolina Diamonds and Beijing Eagles of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF).^[6]

Statistics

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Missouri Tigers

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1982	25	11	37	30	30	18	0	249.1	113	25	12	25	221	0.33	0.55
1983	25	10	39	29	29	14	3	249.2	122	28	14	21	241	0.39	0.57
TOTALS	50	21	76	59	59	32	3	499.0	235	53	26	46	462	0.36	0.56

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oregon Ducks(Northern Pacific Conference)(1986–1986)
1986	Oregon	17–30	2–8
Oregon Ducks(Pac-10 Conference)(1987–1989)
1987	Oregon	23–30	2–8	4th
1988	Oregon	32–26	9–11	3rd
1989	Oregon	52–18	13–7	2nd
Oregon:		107–74 (.591)	24–26 (.480)
Minnesota Golden Gophers(Big Ten Conference)(1990–1991)
1990	Minnesota	31–32	12–12
1991	Minnesota	48–27	20–4
Minnesota:		79–59 (.572)	32–16 (.667)
Washington Huskies(Pac-10 Conference)(1993–2003)
1993	Washington	31–27	7–18	7th
1994	Washington	44–21	14–10	3rd
1995	Washington	50–23	17–11	3rd
1996	Washington	59–9	23–4	1st	Women’s College World Series
1997	Washington	50–19	16–11	3rd	Women’s College World Series
1998	Washington	52–15	19–9	2nd	Women’s College World Series
1999	Washington	51–18	15–12	3rd	Women’s College World Series
2000	Washington	62–9	17–4	1st	Women’s College World Series
2001	Washington	40–23	11–10	T-3rd
2002	Washington	46–18	13-8	3rd
2003	Washington	47–16-1	9-12	4th
Washington:		532–198 (.729)	161–109 (.596)
Texas Tech Red Raiders(Big 12 Conference)(2005–2008)
2005	Texas Tech	23–25	3-15	9th
2006	Texas Tech	19–35	4-13	9th
2007	Texas Tech	24–27	4-12	8th
2008	Texas Tech	23–36	8-10	5th
Texas Tech:		89–123 (.420)	19–50 (.275)
Total:		824–484 (.630)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion        Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion      Conference tournament champion

References

1. "2020 Mizzou Softball Media Guide"(PDF). Mutigers.com. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
2. "Division I Records"(PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
3. "Carolina Diamonds homepage". Archived from the original on September 19, 2012.
4. "Judge Dismisses Discrimination Claims By Former UW Softball Coach". KOMO News. March 29, 2005. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
5. "BEIJING SHOUGANG EAGLES ANNOUNCE 2017 COACHING STAFF". NFCA Home Plate. May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
6. "Carolina Diamonds homepage". Archived from the original on September 19, 2012.
7. "Final 1982 Women's Softball Statistics Report"(PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
8. "Final 1983 Women's Softball Statistics Report"(PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 10, 2020.