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Softball Coaches Named NFCA Staff of the Year
June 20, 2024 | Softball
NORMAN – The Oklahoma softball coaching staff has been named the 2024 ATEC/NFCA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year for the third straight season, announced Thursday by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
The Sooner coaching staff, consisting of head coach Patty Gasso, associate head coaches Jennifer Rocha and JT Gasso and assistant coach Falepolima Steele, guided the program to its fourth consecutive and eighth overall national title in 2024.
It marks the third straight and seventh overall national coaching staff of the year honor for Gasso and her staffs, also receiving the award in 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2023.
Under the coaches' tutelage, the Sooners earned their NCAA-record fourth-straight national championship while going 59-7 (.894) with a 22-5 record in Big 12 play. OU opened Love's Field to a record season attendance of 108,156 (4,326 average) and enjoyed a perfect 5-0 postseason at its new home.
Oklahoma led the nation in wins and on-base percentage while ranking top-five nationally in multiple statistical categories including home runs, batting average, shutouts, slugging percentage, doubles, fielding percentage and OPS.
The Sooners recorded 27 run-rule wins and 23 shutouts while going 38-6 against power five opponents.
A nation-high five Sooners were named NFCA All-Americans, nine Sooners earned All-Big 12 accolades and five were tabbed WCWS All-Tournament Team selections, including the Most Outstanding Player, pitcher Kelly Maxwell.
The National Coaching Staff of the Year award is voted on by NCAA DI member head coaches.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma Softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter/X and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
The Sooner coaching staff, consisting of head coach Patty Gasso, associate head coaches Jennifer Rocha and JT Gasso and assistant coach Falepolima Steele, guided the program to its fourth consecutive and eighth overall national title in 2024.
It marks the third straight and seventh overall national coaching staff of the year honor for Gasso and her staffs, also receiving the award in 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2023.
Under the coaches' tutelage, the Sooners earned their NCAA-record fourth-straight national championship while going 59-7 (.894) with a 22-5 record in Big 12 play. OU opened Love's Field to a record season attendance of 108,156 (4,326 average) and enjoyed a perfect 5-0 postseason at its new home.
Oklahoma led the nation in wins and on-base percentage while ranking top-five nationally in multiple statistical categories including home runs, batting average, shutouts, slugging percentage, doubles, fielding percentage and OPS.
The Sooners recorded 27 run-rule wins and 23 shutouts while going 38-6 against power five opponents.
A nation-high five Sooners were named NFCA All-Americans, nine Sooners earned All-Big 12 accolades and five were tabbed WCWS All-Tournament Team selections, including the Most Outstanding Player, pitcher Kelly Maxwell.
The National Coaching Staff of the Year award is voted on by NCAA DI member head coaches.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma Softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter/X and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
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