| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Stanford |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Record | 248–129 (.658) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 7, 1982 Moscow, Idaho |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | Stanford |
| 2004–2005 | New England Riptide |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2006 | Georgia (asst.) |
| 2007–2009 | Stanford (asst.) |
| 2010 | Oregon (asst.) |
| 2011–2017 | Minnesota |
| 2018–present | Stanford |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 538–236 (.695) |
| Tournaments | NCAA Division I: 11–11 (.500) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Jessica Lynne Allister (born October 7, 1982) is an American softball coach and former catcher who is the current head coach at Stanford. Allister played college softball at Stanford and earned second-team All-American honors in her senior season of 2004. After a two-year professional softball career with the New England Riptide of National Pro Fastpitch, Allister began a coaching career as an assistant coach at Georgia, Stanford, and Oregon.
From 2011 to 2017, Allister was head coach at Minnesota, where she had 290 wins and five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2013 to 2017. The 2017 Minnesota team set new program records, including single season wins with a 56–5 record, for which Allister won Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. Allister then returned to Stanford to become head coach at her alma mater. Inheriting a struggling Stanford program, Allister led Stanford to an NCAA Tournament appearance in her second season in 2019 and won Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors as a result.