Pac-12 Conference Softball Coach of the Year

The Pac-12 Conference Softball Coach of the Year is a college softball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding coach. The award has been given annually since 1987. The conference was known as the Pacific-10 before becoming the Pac-12 in 2011. Mike Candrea has won the award a record eleven times.

Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding college softball coach in the Pac-12 Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1987
Most recent	Kelly Inouye-Perez, UCLA

Winners

Season	Player	School	Reference
1987	Mike Candrea Donna Terry	Arizona California	[1]
1988	Mike Candrea (2)	Arizona
1989	Teresa Wilson	Oregon
1990	Sharron Backus	UCLA
1991	Diane Ninemire	California
1992	Sharron Backus (2)	UCLA
1993	Sharron Backus (3)	UCLA
1994	Mike Candrea (3)	Arizona
1995	Sharron Backus (4) Sue Enquist	UCLA
1996	Teresa Wilson (2)	Washington
1997	Mike Candrea (4)	Arizona
1998	Mike Candrea (5)	Arizona
1999	Sue Enquist (2) Kirk Walker	UCLA Oregon State
2000	Mike Candrea (6) Teresa Wilson (3)	Arizona Washington
2001	Mike Candrea (7) John Rittman	Arizona Stanford
2002	Mike Candrea (8)	Arizona
2003	Mike Candrea (9)	Arizona
2004	John Rittman (2)	Stanford
2005	Kirk Walker	Oregon State
2006	Sue Enquist (3)	UCLA
2007	Mike Candrea (10)	Arizona
2008	Clint Myers	Arizona State
2009	Kelly Inouye-Perez	UCLA
2010	Heather Tarr	Washington
2011	Clint Myers (2)	Arizona State
2012	Diane Ninemire (2)	California
2013	Mike White	Oregon	[2]
2014	Mike White (2)	Oregon	[3]
2015	Amy Hogue	Utah	[4]
2016	Mike White (3)	Oregon	[5]
2017	Mike Candrea (11)	Arizona	[6]
2018	Trisha Ford	Arizona State	[7]
2019	Jessica Allister	Stanford	[8]
2021	Kelly Inouye-Perez (2)	UCLA	[9]
2022	Trisha Ford (2)	Arizona State	[10]
2023	Kelly Inouye-Perez (3)	UCLA	[11]
2024	Kelly Inouye-Perez (4)	UCLA	[12]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Arizona	11	1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2017
UCLA	9	1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2006, 2021, 2023, 2024
Arizona State	5	2006, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2022
Oregon	4	1989, 2013, 2014, 2016
California	3	1987, 1991, 2012
Stanford	3	2001, 2004, 2019
Washington	3	1996, 2000, 2010
Oregon State	2	1999, 2005
Utah	1	2015