Carol Hutchins
| Sport(s) | Softball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1956/1957 (age 59–60) Lansing, Michigan |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1979 | Michigan State |
| Position(s) | Shortstop |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982 | Ferris State |
| 1983–1984 | Michigan (asst.) |
| 1985–present | Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1484–478–4 (.756) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Women's College World Series championship (2005) 17 Big Ten regular season titles (1992, 1993, 1995–1996, 1998–1999, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, 2008–2015) 9 Big Ten tournament championships (1995–1998, 2000, 2002, 2005–2006, 2015) 17 NCAA Regional championships (1995–1998, 2001–2002, 2004–2010, 2012-2015) |
|
| Awards | |
| National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2006) | |
Carol Sue Hutchins (born 1956 or 1957) is an American softball coach. In 32 years as the head coach of Michigan Wolverines softball, (1985–present), she has more than 1,400 career wins, more than any other coach in University of Michigan history in any sport, male or female. Hutchins has a career record of 1,484 wins, 478 losses, and four ties, for a .756 winning percentage. She led the Wolverines to their first NCAA softball championship in 2005.
On April 2, 2016, Hutchins became the winningest head coach in NCAA Division I Softball history when Michigan defeated Indiana, passing Margie Wright's record of 1,457 career wins.
A native of Lansing, Michigan, Hutchins attended Everett High School, where she was an All-City basketball player from 1973 to 1975. Hutchins also played for the Lansing Laurels, an Amateur Softball Association fastpitch team that finished as high as fifth nationally. After graduating from high school, Hutchins attended Michigan State University, where she played on the Spartans varsity basketball and softball teams from 1976 to 1979. Hutchins was a Michigan State starting shortstop as a freshman and helped the Michigan State softball team win an Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Softball Championship.
After graduating from Michigan State in 1979, Hutchins attended Indiana University where she received a master's degree in physical education in 1981. She began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Indiana in 1981 and next became the head coach at Ferris State University in 1982. In 1983, she was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, a position she held 1983-1984.
She became the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines softball team in 1985. When she took over as head coach, Hutchins reportedly "had a tiny salary, an only slightly larger budget, and had to take care of her own field, throwing down lime and riding the lawn tractor." Hutchins joked that there is still a dent in the fence from a day the tractor "just went wild." Since Hutchins became Michigan's coach, the team has never had a losing season. Hutchins' teams have also won 16 Big Ten Conference regular-season titles and 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regional championships. She has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year on ten occasions and National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) National Coach of the Year twice.
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