Duke Blue Devils softball

Duke Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils
University	Duke University
Head coach	Marissa Young (7th season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Durham, NC
Home stadium	Duke Softball Stadium (Capacity: 500)
Nickname	Blue Devils
Colors	Duke blue and white;
NCAA WCWS appearances
	2024
NCAA Super Regional appearances
	2022, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
	2021, 2024
Regular Season Conference championships
	2024

Duke Blue Devils Softball joined the Atlantic Coast Conference as a Division I varsity program in 2017. In July 2015, former Big Ten Player of the Year Marissa Young was named as Duke University's first head softball coach. Young spent the previous two years as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina.^[2]

History

Years	Coach	Record	%
2018–present	Marissa Young	265–106	.714

Name	Position coached	Consecutive season at Duke in current position
Marissa Young	Head coach	7th
Olivia Watkins	Assistant coach	2nd
Taylor Wike	Assistant coach	1st
Bryan Jones	Assistant coach	1st
Reference:^[3]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marissa Young (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–Present)
2018	Marissa Young	29–27	13–11	6th (Coastal)
2019	Marissa Young	25–31	11–13	3rd (Coastal)
2020	Marissa Young	23–4	1–2	T-9th (Coastal)	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Marissa Young	44–12	26–10	3rd (ACC)	Athens Regional
2022	Marissa Young	44–11	19–3	2nd (ACC)	Los Angeles Super Regional
2023	Marissa Young	48–12	19–5	2nd (ACC)	Durham Super Regional
2024	Marissa Young	52–9	20–4	1st (ACC)	Women's College World Series
Marissa Young:		265–106 (.714)	109–48 (.694)
Total:		265–106 (.714)
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