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.
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 CC Conference regular season NC National championships[ f]
List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[ g] # Name Term 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
^ "UCLA" . National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 2, 2019 . ^ 2018 Media Guide (PDF) . UCLA Bruins. p. 39. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
Venues Head coaches Seasons National Championships in bold ; Women’s College World Series appearances in italics