Patty Gasso

Patty Gasso
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOklahoma
ConferenceSEC
Record1,515–352–2
Annual salary$1.775 million annually
Biographical details
Born (1962-05-27) May 27, 1962 (age 62)
Los Angeles, California
Alma materLong Beach State (Class of 1984)
Playing career
1981–1982El Camino
1983–1984Long Beach State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1994Long Beach City
1995–presentOklahoma
Head coaching record
OverallJunior college: 161–59–1 (.731)
NCAA: 1,515–352–2 (.811)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 7× NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022–2024)
  • 10× NFCA Central Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2012–2019, 2021, 2022)
  • 3× Speedline/NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year (1999–2001)
  • C.Vivian Stringer Coaching Award (2017)
  • CCCAA Coach of the Year (1992)
  • NFCA West Regional Coach of the Year (1992)
  • 15× Big 12 Coach of the Year (1996, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2012–2019, 2021–2023)
  • National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2012)
Records
  • Most Big 12 wins by a coach in league History (428)
  • Most Wins by a coach at Oklahoma (1,515)

Patricia Marie Gasso (née Froehlich; born May 27, 1962)[1] is an American softball coach for the Oklahoma Sooners. She has been the head softball coach at the University of Oklahoma since 1995. She has led the Sooners team to eight national championships (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024) and has compiled a career record of 1,515–352–2 and a winning percentage of .811.

  1. ^ "Patty Gasso". The Oklahoman. May 27, 2001.