Margie Wright
| Sport(s) | Softball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Director of player development |
| Team | Wheatland Spikes |
| Conference | Wheatland Athletic Association |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 28, 1952 Warrensburg, Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| 1971–1974 | Illinois State |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975–1977 | Metamora Twp HS |
| 1978–1979 | Eastern Illinois (asst.) |
| 1980–1985 | Illinois State |
| 1986–2012 | Fresno State |
| 2013–present | Wheatland Spikes (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,457–542–3 |
| Tournaments | 76–50 (NCAA) →26–21 (WCWS) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Marjorie Ann "Margie" Wright (born December 28, 1952) is a former college softball coach. She was the head softball coach at California State University, Fresno—more commonly known as Fresno State—from 1986 to 2012. She led the Fresno State Bulldogs to the NCAA national softball championship in 1998 and is the NCAA's second all-time winningest softball coach. She also ranks second all-time in career victories among NCAA Division I coaches in all sports. She was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000 and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. She retired at the end of the 2012 season.
Wright grew up in Warrensburg, Illinois and graduated from Warrensburg-Latham High School. She attended Illinois State University, where she was a pitcher for the 1973 Illinois State softball team that was the national runner-up at the AIAW Women's College World Series. Wright pitched all 16 innings in the title game as the Redbirds narrowly fell to Arizona State, 4-3. On the day of that final, Wright heroically hurled 30 innings in three games. Ironically, for pitching too many innings in one day, a three-woman Illinois sports commission suspended her from pitching in any game in her upcoming senior season and also banned the softball team from post-season play in 1974. Wright went on to pitch for the St.Louis Hummers in the women's professional softball league.
Wright graduated from Illinois State in 1974. She became head softball coach at Metamora Township High School right after graduation. Wright then became an assistant softball coach at Eastern Illinois University in 1978. Returning to Illinois State, Wright began as head softball coach in 1980. In six years at Illinois State, Wright compiled a record of 163 wins, 92 losses, and 2 ties, including a 40-win season in 1981.
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