Patty Gasso

In her 28th season at the University of Oklahoma, head coach and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee Patty Gasso has molded the OU softball program into a national powerhouse and permanently placed herself among the elite college softball coaches in the country. Under her leadership, the Sooners have won five national championships and are one of only three programs in NCAA history to win more than two national titles. She’s led the Sooners to the Women’s College World Series 14 times during her tenure and, in the process, advanced to the postseason in each of her 27 seasons. With 31 seasons as a head coach to her name, Gasso has a career collegiate coaching record of 1,497-400-3 and holds an overall record of 1,336-341-2 at the University of Oklahoma—both winning percentages at nearly 80%. She has more Big 12 wins, 359, than any coach in the league’s history and has more than twice as many overall wins as any other coach in OU history. The Sooners have claimed fourteen Big 12 regular season titles, including an unprecedented ten straight since 2012, and seven championship titles under her direction. Gasso’s Sooners have finished second or higher 21 different times in the 25 years since the Big 12’s inception. And, the high standards she sets for her athletes is evident in the classroom, with more than 150 earning academic all-conference honors and nine becoming Academic All-Americans. Gasso makes her home in Norman with her husband Jim and enjoys time with her sons and their families. Patty was presented for induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame by her husband Jim.