| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Tallahassee CC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Playing career | |
| 1990-1993 | Michigan |
| 1998-1999 | Georgia Pride |
| 2000 | Florida Wahoos |
| 2001 | WPSL All-Stars |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994-1995 | Florida State (asst) |
| 1996-2002 | Tallahassee CC (asst) |
| 2003–present | Tallahassee CC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 285-223(.561) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Patti Townsend, formerly Patti Benedict (born c. 1972), is an American softball coach and former player. She has been a softball coach at Tallahassee Community College since 1996 and the head coach since 2003.
Townsend previously played college softball at the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1993, where she was a first-team NFCA All-American in 1993 and the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993. She played professional softball for the Georgia Pride and Florida Wahoos and was named the Most Valuable Player in the Women's Professional Softball League in 2000. She also played for Team USA in 1995 and 1997 and was a member of the USA Team that won the gold medal in the 1995 Pan American Games.