List of Nebraska Cornhuskers head softball coaches

The Nebraska Cornhuskers softball program is a college softball team that represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1] The team has had 5 head coaches since it started playing organized softball in the 1977 season.[2] The current coach is Rhonda Revelle, who took over the head coaching position in 1993.

Revelle holds all major softball coaching records at Nebraska, having served for 33 seasons, recording 1,170 wins, and leading the Huskers to three Women's College World Series appearances.

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Coaches

List of head softball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[g]
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA WA CCs CTs NCs
1 Don Isherwood 1977–1980 191 106 85 .555 16 24 .400
2 Nancy Plantz 1981–1983 130 77 53 .592 17 16 .515 1 1 1 1
3 Wayne Daigle 1984–1986 141 110 31 .780 26 6 .813 2 2 3 3
4 Ron Wolforth 1987–1992 314 188 126 .599 29 25 .537 2 2 2 2
5 Rhonda Revelle 1993–present 1,850 1,170 680 .632 379 256 .594 23 3 4 4

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ Nebraska was a member of the Big Eight Conference from 1977 to 1996, when the Big 8 merged with the remnants of the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 Conference. The Huskers joined the Big Ten Conference in 2012.
  3. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Softball Championship or AIAW Women's College World Series.
  4. ^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Softball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1982.
  5. ^ College World Series appearances include seasons with WCWS bids since the tournament began in 1969.
  6. ^ Women's College World Series sponsored by either the AIAW or NCAA.
  7. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season.

References

  1. ^ "Nebraska". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  2. ^ 2025 Media Guide (PDF). Nebraska Cornhuskers. Retrieved January 13, 2026.