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Head Coach • 23rd Season Career: 1,253-446-3 Fresno State: 1,090-354-1
In her 23rd season as head coach of the Fresno State softball program, Margie Wright (Illinois State, 1974) has directed the Bulldogs to a national title (1998) while guiding the program to the NCAA Women's College World Series 10 times out of the program's 12 appearances. As the first NCAA Division I softball coach and 24th overall in NCAA Division I history, regardless of sport, to amass 1,000 Division I career victories and the first to tally 1,200 fastpitch wins, she owns an impressive 22-year school mark of 1,090-354-1 (.754) and a 28-year career record of 1,253-446-3 (.737). In the postseason, Wright is 71-44 (.617) with a NCAA title, three national runner-up finishes, three third-place showings and three fifth-place finishes at the NCAA Women's College World Series.
Having become the NCAA's all-time winningest softball coach in 2000, the eight-time conference coach of the year boasts 16 outright or shared conference titles, two WAC tournament championships, 10 regional championship crowns while leading Fresno State to 22 consecutive NCAA postseason appearances.
In addition, she has coached 53 All-Americans, 16 Academic All-Americans, four NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award winners, four Honda Awards Program softball finalists, six NCAA ERA statistical champions, seven professionals, 13 Olympians and two NCAA Top VIII Award winners. Under her tutelage the Bulldogs are averaging 45 wins a year while she has made Fresno State one of just four programs in Division I softball to make 10 or more trips to the WCWS.
While featured in USA Today (May 9, 2000) and showcased in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" (May 22, 2000) for her stellar accomplishments, Wright has been recently featured in two books -- She Can Coach! and Celebrating Women Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary.
Wright is the only head coach in the history of the Bulldogs' softball program to garner region coach of the year honors (seven times) and is the third head coach at Fresno State to be recognized as a National Coach of the Year (1998).
Notching 60 or more wins twice with seven WCWS appearances in the 1990's, Wright owns a 556-108-1 (.837) all-time record at Bulldog Diamond.
In the polls, the Bulldogs set a NCAA-best mark of 178 consecutive weeks nationally ranked. In addition, the program has ranked among the Top 10 in 151 weeks. Overall, the `Dogs have been in the national polls in 228 of 250 weeks since the NCAA's first Top 15 poll in 1983.
Per attendance, Fresno State continues to be a dominant draw on the NCAA Division I level. Fresno State has been the nation's top attendance in average per date 13 times in 15 years (unofficially 18 times in 20 years) and in total attendance per season 10 times in 15 years (unofficially 15 times in 20 years).
A highly sought after public speaker who is nationally and internationally renowned as well as published author, Wright is only the third head coach of the Bulldogs' softball program and is the winningest coach overall at Fresno State.
In October 2005 Wright was inducted into the Women's Sports Foundation International Hall of Fame. In the spring of 2006 she was inducted with the Moline Sexton Ford women's major fastpitch team into the Illinois ASA Hall of Fame. In the fall of 2006, she entered her ninth hall of fame when she was inducted into the Fresno County Women Lawyers.
In the fall of 2001, Wright was honored by the California National Organization for Women in addition to being picked as a support runner for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay.
In the fall of 2000, Wright was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Hall of Fame. In the fall of 1999, she was inducted into the Illinois ASA Hall of Fame and the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame. She was also recognized by the National Women's Political Caucus of Fresno County with the "Promises to Keep Award." Still further, Wright was honored by the United States Olympic Committee as the 1998 USOC National Coach of the Year in Softball. Personally inducted as a pitcher in 1979, she was again inducted into Illinois State University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998 as part of the 1973 ISU national runner-up team at the AIAW College World Series.
On the international stage, Wright led the USA National Team to a gold medal as the head coach at the 1998 ISF World Championship; Team USA captured an unprecedented fourth world title in Japan.
Prior to snagging gold in Japan, Wright took her coaching talents to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games where she served as an assistant coach who was responsible for the pitchers/catchers. Wright helped the first-ever United States' Olympic Softball Team capture the gold medal in the inaugural year of softball as a medal sport.
All under her tutelage and boasting the most representatives by any college or university, five Bulldogs joined Wright on the 1996 USA Olympic Softball Team and another represented Fresno State on the Puerto Rico team: Laura Berg, Kim Maher, Martha Noffsinger, Julie Smith and Shelly Stokes on Team USA, and Lisa Mize pitched for Team Puerto Rico. On the 2000 USA Softball Olympic gold medal team, three more Bulldogs were members of the USA Women's National Team with Berg knocking in the winning run and Stokes and Amanda Scott serving as alternates. For the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, two former Bulldogs captured gold (Berg and Lovie Jung) while Vanessa Czarnecki, a member of the Greece Olympic Softball Team, made history as part of the first Greek National Team.
Prior to her arrival at Fresno State, Wright was 163-92-2 (.638) in six years at Illinois State. She guided the Redbirds to the 1981 AIAW Softball College World Series. She also directed ISU to three State championships from 1980-82. In addition, the Redbirds won two Gateway Conference regular-season crowns (1984-85) and a Gateway Conference Tournament title (1985). While seven Bulldogs have played on the professional level, Scott garnered MVP honors after pitching the NY/NJ Juggernaut to the inaugural 2004 Cowles Cup of the National Pro Fastpitch league. Smith became the first Bulldog to be a head coach and general manager on the pro ranks as she was named to that position for the Juggernaut franchise in January, 2005. Still further, in the summer of 2005, four-time All-American and NCAA Top VIII Award winner Jamie Southern pitched the Akron Racers to the 2005 NPF title.
Last season, Fresno State captured its second WAC Tournament Championship after collecting a 47-18 overall record. The Bulldogs posted the program's 29th consecutive winning season and 26th straight NCAA Tournament appearance -- the only program in the nation to boast such a feat. The `Dogs also have strung together 15 consecutive seasons averaging 1,000 fans while drawing more than 10,000 fans for the 20th consecutive year. While the program has tallied 17 conference crowns in the last 23 years, Fresno State also has recorded 14 straight 20-win seasons at home.
Fresno State had six players earn All-WAC honors and had four players named to the WAC All-Tournament Team. Outside the WAC and following the conclusion of the season, the Bulldogs had four players earn West Region Honors. Robin Mackin, Nichole Willis and Jenna Cervantez were named to the First Team West Region and Kristin Sylvester was named to the Second Team.
Mackin's honors were just beginning. Mackin was named 2007 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Third Team All-American. Mackin was also named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Second Team. Mackin was also named First Team Easton All-American, along with catcher Willis.
Mackin set numerous school records in 2007, including setting a single-season record with 55 appearances. Mackin also tied the single-season win mark with 36.
Willis also earned numerous honors in her senior season. Willis was named First Team All-WAC, First Team All-West Region and named to the WAC All-Tournament Team.
Among the six players that were named All-WAC, four Bulldogs were named to the First Team. Mackin, Haley Perkins, Cervantez and Willis were all named First Team All-WAC. Sylvester and Merryann Barr were named to the Second Team. The four WAC All-Tournament players included Mackin, also named MVP, Willis, Cervantez and Perkins. Mackin and Perkins were also named to the Palo Alto Regional All-Tournament Team. The two were also named to the Academic First Team District VIII.
Hosting its 20th NCAA Regional, Fresno State advanced to the regional championship game for the second straight season. Postseason awards saw five Bulldogs honored to the 2006 All-WAC teams. Sweeping the WAC Player, Pitcher and Freshman of the Year honors, Fresno State has swept these three honors for the fourth time in WAC history (2004, 1999 and 1998).
Boasting the league's first three-time WAC Player of the Year selection in Christina Clark, she went on to garner Second Team All-America honors and became the first Bulldog to be a three-time All-American at shortstop. Wrapping up her career by ranking in five NCAA Division I offensive categories, she also would be ranked in 12 Fresno State all-time marks and in 11 WAC career records. As the program's 18th professional draft pick, Clark would go on to be named to the U.S. Women's National Team's World University Games roster.
Freshman hurler Robin Mackin garnered WAC Pitcher and Freshman of the Year honors. Setting a new single-season school and WAC record for strikeouts (402) and strikeouts per 7/IP (10.3), she paced the Bulldog pitching staff to the NCAA's 16th-best single-season mark for strikeouts per 7/IP (9.1). Named to the Canadian National Team, Mackin also threw two no-hitters and recorded 19 ten-strikeout games while breaking into seven Top 10 single-season school records.
In the final rankings, the `Dogs finished 23rd in both the ESPN.com/USA Softball and USA Today/NFCA coaches' polls. In 2005, the `Dogs went 43-12 and notched a 17-1 conference record as they undefeated on the road in league action. For postseason awards, Southern was named the WAC's top female athlete of the year after receiving the Joe Kearney Award. This came on the heels of being named the Fresno State Female Athlete of the Year (16 times that a softball player has been honored under Wright and 18 times overall). As one of just three Bulldogs in school history to be a No. 1 professional draft pick, Southern went on to garner All-America honors both on and off the field. She also became the fourth Bulldog softball player to be a four-time All-American. In the WAC, six `Dogs garnered nine all-conference honors. Southern became the league's first four-time WAC Pitcher of the Year. Wright picked up her fifth WAC Coach of the Year honor, giving her a total of nine conference coaching honors. Southern finished a brilliant career by ranking in nine of the 11 all-time NCAA Division I pitching marks as well as being the 10th NCAA Division I pitcher to amass 1,300 career strikeouts and to collect at least 118 career wins. In the final polls, the `Dogs finished No. 15 in the final ESPN.com/USA Softball poll and No. 22 in the final USA Today/NFCA coaches' poll.
In 2004, Fresno State won the WAC title after posting an overall record of 48-20 and 20-4 in league play. The Bulldogs finished with a No. 25 ranking in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Top 25 Poll and No. 21 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 Poll. The `Dogs had five All-WAC selections, including the WAC Player, Pitcher and Freshman of the Year, respectively. Still further, Clark and Southern were First Team All-Americans while Southern also captured Third Team Academic All-America honors. Clark set the school's and WAC's single-season home run record in addition to a new Fresno State career mark in home runs. Southern led the nation in ERA for the second time in her career.
In 2003, the squad finished with an overall mark of 36-22. Finishing second in the WAC with a 14-4 mark, Fresno State had six All-WAC picks as Clark and Southern went on to earn All-America honors. Clark became the 10th freshman overall, and first rookie shortstop, in school history to be an All-American. Fresno State bounced back from its slowest start in school history (5-12) and went 29-8 in its last 37 and 41-10 in its final 41 games. The Bulldogs received votes in the final ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll at the end of the year to place 28th.
In 2002, Wright led the Bulldogs to an unprecedented fifth straight WAC conference title (17th overall) and the first to win six WAC crowns overall. Southern became just the second freshman in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in ERA and the third rookie to notch 400 or more strikeouts in a year. Southern, who was named WAC Pitcher and Freshman of the Year, also was a Honda Awards Softball and USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year finalist.
As a team, Fresno State was the top defensive squad in the nation after claiming the NCAA statistical champions plaque with a .977 fielding percentage. The Bulldogs posted a final 50-20 overall record and went 18-6 in the WAC while posting a final No. 17 national ranking.
The 2001 season saw Fresno State become the first program in the WAC to win four straight conference crowns. Finishing with a No. 22 national ranking, the Bulldogs posted a 39-19 mark in 2001 and collected a 13-3 WAC worksheet. In 2000, Wright entered the year as the all-time winningest active coach on NCAA Division I level. Wright became the NCAA's all-time career win leader on March 5 with a 1-0 victory over Oklahoma. With a final record of 54-14, Fresno State was one of only nine schools in the country to post 50 or more wins. The `Dogs also had two NCAA All-Americans and Academic All-Americans. Scott became the program's and the university's first four-time First Team All-American and picked up her second Academic All-America honor. Fresno State again led the nation in team and individual ERA. As the WAC's Joe Kearney Award winner for the second time as the league's top female athlete, Scott collected her second straight individual NCAA statistical title with a 0.41 ERA.
Wright took sole possession of second place in NCAA history in all-time career wins in 1999 as Fresno State captured its 12th regional crown. With a final record of 65-10, the Bulldogs finished in a tie for fifth place with Arizona at the WCWS and ranked No. 5 in the final national poll. Winning the WAC with a perfect 24-0 mark, Fresno State boasted the best pitching staff in the country with a 0.51 ERA. The Bulldogs also had two of the top three pitchers in the country, led by national ERA statistical champion Scott (0.24). The `Dogs recorded the second-highest number of wins (65) in the nation and was one of only three schools to post 60 or more victories. Fresno State reset its own NCAA single-season attendance mark (55,746) it established two years prior and recorded 18 new school records. Setting a school record in home wins (36), they also had seven all-conference picks, six all-region, the WAC's Freshman of the Year for the fourth straight season and five All-Americans.
In 1998, Fresno State captured its first national title by any sport at the 17th WCWS in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Bulldogs, who posted a 7-1 postseason record, entered WCWS play as the seventh seed and defeated No. 1 seed Arizona (1-0), No. 2 seed Nebraska (6-1), No. 3 seed Michigan (8-0, no-hitter in 5 inn.) and No. 4 seed Washington (1-3, 6-1).
The '98 Bulldogs met top-ranked Arizona in the NCAA championship game. Scott, the WCWS MVP, shut down the Wildcats on three hits and struck out six for her 25th win (14th shutout) while Nina Lindenberg hit the game-winning shot in the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run to give the Fresno State softball program its first national title.
Fresno State posted a final overall record of 52-11, including a 27-0 record at home, and finished No. 1 in the final USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Coaches poll. Four Bulldogs earned All-America honors and six earned All-West Region and All-WAC accolades. And, for the first time at Fresno State, three Bulldogs garnered First Team All-America honors in the same year. Fresno State also boasted the Player, Pitcher, Freshman and Coach of the Year as the team established a new league record in conference wins (28).
Still further, Scott captured the prestigious Joe Kearney Award and became the second Bulldog ever - male or female - to garner the award; she followed in the footsteps of Lindenberg, the university's first recipient in 1996.
The 1997 Bulldogs made their 10th trip to the WCWS and tied for third with Washington. Wright guided the Bulldogs to a No. 1 ranking for two straight weeks before finishing No. 3 in the final USA Today/NFCA Top 25 poll. Four Bulldogs collected All-America honors and one was an Academic All-American. Fresno State shattered its own NCAA attendance marks set in 1996 (34,224) with 51,133 fans for an average of 2,557. Fresno State posted a 55-14 overall record while finishing second in the WAC (23-9).
In 1996, Wright guided the Bulldogs to their first WAC title. Named WAC and West Region Coach of the Year, her squad established a school- and WAC-record 19-game win streak en route to setting/tying 44 records under Wright. Lindenberg set the school and WAC record in batting average (.508), set the NCAA single-season mark in doubles (29) and led the nation in total bases (175). Fresno State finished the season with a 51-11 record, a 24-2 WAC mark and a No. 8 national ranking.
In 1995, the Bulldogs went 50-19 and finished third in the WAC with an 18-8 WAC worksheet. Wright had two first team All-American picks. Ranked in the top five all season long in the national poll, the Bulldogs finished No. 8 in the final poll.
The 1994 Bulldogs placed fifth at the WCWS while tying the school record for most All-Americans (5) set in 1990. Ranked in the Top 10 all season, the Bulldogs finished No. 6 in the national rankings after recording a 49-16 record.
The 1993 squad found Fresno State participating in the WAC for the first time, finishing 38-24 overall and 14-10 in the conference for a third place finish.
In 1992, Wright guided the Bulldogs to their sixth consecutive Big West championship in their final year of Big West participation and a sixth straight trip to the WCWS. The team finished the year 52-16 and snagged third place in the World Series for the second straight year.
The 1991 Bulldogs collected a 57-11 record, established a then school-record winning percentage of .838. Fresno State finished third in the WCWS following a 13-inning, 5-1 loss to eventual runner-up UCLA.
Wright guided the 1990 Bulldogs to heights never reached in the program's history as Fresno State led the nation in victories for the second straight year (tying UCLA with 62 wins). She also directed the Bulldogs to a then school-record 62 wins (62-15), a fourth straight Big West Conference Championship (29-7) and a third straight WCWS national runner-up trophy.
In 1989, Wright led Fresno State to its first No. 1 ranking (March 14) before finishing the season ranked No. 3 in the final poll. The 1988 season found Wright guiding the `Dogs to the NCAA championship game and a runner-up finish. Fresno State collected their second straight regional championship and PCAA championship (29-5) after posting a 55-17 overall record. Wright captured PCAA and West Region Coach of the Year accolades in 1987 after guiding Fresno State to a 56-16 overall mark, 31-5 in the PCAA and tying defending national champion CS Fullerton for the conference title. The Bulldogs tied for fifth at the WCWS.
In Wright's initial campaign with Fresno State in 1986, she piloted the Bulldogs to a 40-16-1 mark, the NorPac championship and the NorPac tournament title. Her first Bulldog unit also earned the program's highest national ranking at the time (No. 2 for six weeks) before finishing seventh in the final national poll. Wright garnered Northwest Region and NorPac Coach of the Year honors.
With coaching honors stretching well beyond the city limits of Fresno, Wright had one of her busiest summers ever in 1995. Wright was named to the USA Olympic Softball Team as an assistant coach for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. In her first official role as an Olympic coach, she helped the USA National Team to a gold medal at the 1995 Superball Classic. Prior to her Olympic announcement, Wright directed the USA Junior National Team to its second world title - only its second international championship title - in Normal, Ill.
In the summer of 1994, Wright helped coach the USA National Team to its third consecutive World Championship title in Newfoundland, Canada. In 1993, Wright was selected as one of eight national team coaches for the quadriennium leading up to the 1996 Olympic Games.
Stretching beyond the U.S. borders, Wright served as an assistant coach of the 1991 USA Pan American gold-medal team. Wright also has served as a coaching consultant for three years for the Netherlands Antilles fastpitch team for men and women in both the Latin American and Pan American Games. In August of 1989, Wright became the first softball coach to represent the United States Information Agency (USIA) in Czechoslovakia. Traveling to a communist country as a clinician, she conducted clinics in several cities, including the country's national team.
Serving on the Babe Ruth Advisory Board and a master instructor for the NFCA Masters in Coaching Program, Wright served as a National Governing Body assistant at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival and continues to be heavily involved in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. From 1987-90, she served on the All-American Selection Committee, and in 1991 she served on the Wilson Sporting Goods Advisory Board.
Originally from Warrensburg, Ill., Wright is a 1974 graduate of Illinois State University, where she was a four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball as well as a three-year letterwinner in field hockey. As a junior, she guided the Redbirds to a second-place finish at the softball nationals and that team was inducted into Illinois State's Athletic Hall of Fame in September 1998. Upon graduation from ISU, she accepted the head softball coaching duties at Metamora (Ill.) High School, while taking on the head coaching duties in volleyball, track, basketball, and bowling. In 1975, the Amateur Softball Association also named her second team All-American. Wright then became an assistant softball coach and the head volleyball coach at Eastern Illinois University while teaching physical education.
Inducted into the Decatur Athletic Council Hall of Fame in 1997 and into Illinois State's Athletic Hall of Fame as a player (1979), Wright has played 34 years of softball, including 30 years in the ASA Major Women's Open Division and three years in the Women's Professional Softball League (1977-79). Wright pitched for the St. Louis Hummers (WPSL) and was selected as the 1977 International Pro Softball Association's Rookie of the Year.
MARGIE WRIGHT'S CAREER COACHING RECORDOverall Conference Year School W L T Pct W L Pct Place 1980 Illinois State 28 9 1 .750 1981 Illinois State 40 12 0 .769 1982 Illinois State 24 19 1 .556 1983 Illinois State 16 16 0 .500 1984 Illinois State 24 18 0 .600 15 3 .833 1st 1985 Illinois State 31 18 0 .657 12 4 .750 1st Totals - 6 Seasons 163 92 2 .638 27 7 .794
Overall Conference Year School W L T Pct W L Pct Place 1986 Fresno State *40 16 1 .710 8 2 .800 T1st 1987 Fresno State 54 16 0 .771 31 5 .861 T1st 1988 Fresno State 55 17 0 .763 29 5 .852 1st 1989 Fresno State 58 14 0 .805 29 7 .806 1st 1990 Fresno State 62 15 0 .805 29 7 .806 1st 1991 Fresno State 57 11 0 .838 31 5 .861 1st 1992 Fresno State 52 16 0 .767 26 10 .722 1st 1993 Fresno State 38 24 0 .613 14 10 .583 3rd 1994 Fresno State 49 16 0 .762 21 5 .808 3rd 1995 Fresno State 50 19 0 .725 18 8 .692 3rd 1996 Fresno State 51 11 0 .823 24 2 .923 1st 1997 Fresno State 55 14 0 .803 23 9 .719 2nd 1998 Fresno State 52 11 0 .825 28 2 .933 1st 1999 Fresno State 65 10 0 .882 24 0 1.000 1st 2000 Fresno State 54 14 0 .794 16 2 .889 1st 2001 Fresno State 39 19 0 .672 13 3 .813 1st 2002 Fresno State 50 20 0 .714 18 6 .750 1st 2003 Fresno State 36 22 0 .621 14 4 .778 2nd 2004 Fresno State 48 20 0 .706 20 4 .833 1st 2005 Fresno State 43 12 0 .782 17 1 .944 1st 2006 Fresno State 37 19 0 .661 12 3 .800 1st 2007 Fresno State 47 18 0 .723 15 3 .833 2nd Totals - 22 Years 1090 354 1 .754 460 103 .817 Career - 27 Years 1253 446 3 .737 487 110 .815* Per NCAA, Wright is credited with 38 wins individually as the NCAA does not
includeforfeit wins but do include the forfet wins in the overall team record.
Wright's Accolades2007 WAC Tournament Champions 450th Career WAC Win Led Bulldogs to 26th Straight NCAA Tournament
2006 WAC championship 1,200th career win Hosted 20th NCAA Regional Led program to 25th straight NCAA postseason appearance Inducted into Illinois ASA Hall of Fame (Moline Sexton Ford Women's Major Fastpitch) Inducted into Fresno County Women Lawyers Hall of Fame
2005 Inducted into the International Women's Sports Foundation Hall of Fame on Oct. 17 WAC championship 1,000th school win WAC Coach of the Year
2004 WAC championship 1,100th career victory
2003 Tallied 900th school win
2002 Winters Olympic Support Runner WAC championship First softball coach in NCAA Division I history to notch 1,000 Division I wins 24th NCAA Division I head coach, regardless of sport, to post 1,000 Division I wins
2001 WAC championship WAC Coach of the Year Honored by CANOW Babe Ruth Advisory Board
2000 WAC championship NFCA Hall of Fame NCAA all-time winningest coach
1999 Fifth place at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title WAC championship WAC tournament title WAC Co-Coach of the Year West Region Coach of the Year Illinois ASA Hall of Fame Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame "Promises to Keep Award" National Women's Political Caucus of Fresno County
1998 NCAA Champions - Women's College World Series NCAA regional title WAC championship NFCA/Speedline National Coach of the Year West Region Coach of the Year WAC Coach of the Year USOC National Coach of the Year in Softball USA Softball head coach at ISF World Championship - gold medal Finalist for USA National Team head coach for 2000 Olympics 1973 Illinois State softball team inducted into ISU's Athletic Hall of Fame Top 10 Business Women of Fresno
1997 Third place at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title Inducted into Decatur (Ill.) Athletic Hall of Fame
1996 West Region Coach of the Year WAC Coach of the Year WAC Championship USA Olympic Assistant Softball Coach - gold medal
1995 USA Junior National Team Head Coach - gold medal USA National Team Assistant Coach at Superball Classic - gold medal USA Softball co-head coach for East Team at U.S. Olympic Festival
1994 Fifth place at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title USA National Team Assistant Coach at ISF World Championship - gold medal USA Softball head coach for North Team at U.S. Olympic Festival
1993 USA Softball head coach for West Team at U.S. Olympic Festival Selected as one of eight USA Softball National Team Coaches for the 1996 Quadrinium
1992 Third place at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title Big West Conference Championship
1991 Third place at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title Big West Conference Championship USA Team Assistant Coach at Pan American Games - gold medal
1990 National runner-up at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title West Region Coach of the Year Big West Coach of the Year Big West Conference Championship
1989 National runner-up at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title Big West Conference Championship First softball coach to represent USIA in Czechoslovakia as a clinician
1988 National runner-up at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title West Region Coach of the Year PCAA Coach of the Year PCAA Championship
1987 Fifth place at Women's College World Series NCAA regional title West Region Coach of the Year PCAA Coach of the Year PCAA Championship International consultant for Latin American and Pan American Games National Governing Body Assistant at U.S. Olympic Festival
1986 Northwest Region Coach of the Year NorPac Coach of the Year NorPac Championship International consultant for Latin American and Pan American Games
Wright Coaching Milestones Career Victory No. 1 Illinois State 6, New Mexico 0 (March 8, 1980) Career Victory No. 100 Illinois State 3, Evansville 0 (April 12, 1983) Career Victory No. 200 Fresno State 3, Oregon State 0 (May 9, 1986) Career Victory No. 300 Fresno State 2, Pacific 1 (May 5, 1988) Career Victory No. 400 Fresno State 2, UC Santa Barbara 0 (March 31, 1990) Career Victory No. 500 Fresno State 2, Arizona 1 (March 7, 1992) Career Victory No. 600 Fresno State 3, Arizona 1 (April 26, 1994) Career Victory No. 700 Fresno State 9, Sacramento State 0 (March 30, 1996) Career Victory No. 800 Fresno State 10, San Jose State 1 (March 25, 1998) Career Victory No. 900 Fresno State 10, Kansas 0 (February 11, 2000) Career Victory No. 914 Fresno State 1, Oklahoma 0 (March 5, 2000) Career Victory No. 1,000 Fresno State 5, Boston University 3 (March 8, 2002) Career Victory No. 1,100 Fresno State 8, Long Island 0 (March 16, 2004) Career Victory No. 1,200 Fresno State 5, Hawai'i 2 (April 22, 2006)
