Kate Drohan

Kate Drohan (born December 24, 1973) is an American softball coach and former collegiate softball player who is the current head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats softball team in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] She led Northwestern to the 2006 Women's College World Series and a national runner up finish in 2022. She has mentored athletes Tammy Williams and Eileen Canney. She played college softball for the Providence Friars from 1992 to 1995 in the Big East Conference, where she was a three-time All-Conference honoree.^[2]

Kate Drohan

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Northwestern
Conference	Big Ten
Record	810–437–2
Biographical details
Alma mater	Providence (1995)
Playing career
1992–1995	Providence
Position(s)	Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1997	Boston College (asst.)
1998–1999	Northwestern (asst.)
2000–2001	Northwestern (associate)
2002–present	Northwestern
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1995–1997	Boston College (Asst. AD for Facilities)
Head coaching record
Overall	810–437–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5× Big Ten regular season (2006, 2008, 2022, 2023, 2024) 2× Big Ten Tournament (2008, 2023)
Awards
6× Big Ten Coach of the Year (2005, 2006, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024) NFCA's Mideast Region Co-Coaching Staff of the Year (2005) NFCA/Speedline National Coaching Staff of the Year (2006)

Early life and education

Drohan graduated from Providence College in 1995 with a degree biology. She played softball at Providence, where she was on the All-Big East team in 1992, 1994, and 1995.^[3]

Coaching career

Northwestern

Kate Drohan was promoted to head coach of the Northwestern softball program after the 2001 season, when long time head softball coach Sharon Drysdale retired.^[4]

Statistics

Providence Friars

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
1992	52	156	23	42	.269	17	0	1	5	49	.314%	14	16	5	5
1993	51	169	23	46	.272	11	1	0	7	56	.331%	11	7	4	7
1994	58	176	24	53	.301	23	0	1	8	63	.358%	12	9	8	8
1995	55	150	26	38	.253	8	0	1	3	43	.286%	12	10	4	6
TOTALS	216	651	96	179	.275	59	1	3	23	211	.324%	49	42	21	26

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (2002–Present)
2002	Northwestern	24–18–1	10–9	5th
2003	Northwestern	36–19	11–9	6th	NCAA Regional
2004	Northwestern	34–20	12–8	4th	NCAA Regional
2005	Northwestern	42–18	15–3	2nd	NCAA Super Regional
2006	Northwestern	50–15	16–3	1st	Women's College World Series Runner-Up
2007	Northwestern	52–13	15–3	2nd	Women's College World Series
2008	Northwestern	40–16	18–2	1st	NCAA Super Regional
2009	Northwestern	31–15	14–6	3rd	NCAA Regional
2010	Northwestern	25–23	10–8	4th
2011	Northwestern	23–20	5–13	10th
2012	Northwestern	29–29	14–10	4th	NCAA Regional
2013	Northwestern	31–22	12–10	5th
2014	Northwestern	35–18	14–9	5th	NCAA Regional
2015	Northwestern	28–23	14–8	4th	NCAA Regional
2016	Northwestern	27–28	15–8	3rd	NCAA Regional
2017	Northwestern	25–29	10–13	8th
2018	Northwestern	38–19	14–8	4th	NCAA Regional
2019	Northwestern	47–13	21–2	2nd	NCAA Super Regional
2020	Northwestern	11–12	0–0		Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Northwestern	30–17	29–15	3rd	NCAA Regional
2022	Northwestern	45–11	19–4	1st	Women's College World Series
2023	Northwestern	42–13	20–3	1st	NCAA Super Regional
2024	Northwestern	35–13	19–3	1st	NCAA Regional
2025	Northwestern	30–20–1	16–6	T-4th	NCAA Regional
Northwestern:		810–437–2 (.649)	343–163 (.678)
Total:		810–437–2 (.649)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion