Jacquie Joseph

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Jacquie Joseph is an American former collegiate softball player and coach who last served as the head coach at Michigan State. Joseph played college softball at Central Michigan from 1982 to 1985.

Jacquie Joseph

Current position
Record	888–944–1 (.485)
Biographical details
Born	Flint, Michigan
Alma mater	Central Michigan
Playing career
1982–1985	Central Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–87	Central Michigan (asst.)
1988	Indiana (asst.)
1989–1993	Bowling Green
1994–2022	Michigan State
Head coaching record
Overall	864–916–1 (.485)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Ten tournament (2004) MAC Regular Season (1993)
Awards
National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2016) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2003) Great Lakes Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2002) MAC Coach of the Year (1993) Carman-Ainsworth High School Hall of Fame (2002)

Early life and education

Joseph attended school at Central Michigan and played softball for the school from 1982 to 1985. She graduated from Central Michigan in 1985 with a degree in business administration. She went back to Central Michigan and earned her master's degree in business in 1987.

Coaching career

Bowling Green

Joseph was hired in 1989 as Bowling Green's head softball coach. She won 37 games in the 1992 season at Bowling Green, the most in program history.

Michigan State

Joseph was hired by Michigan State in 1994 as head coach of the softball program. In 2016, Joseph was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame as a contributor.

Personal life

Jacquie Joseph resides in Holt, Michigan and has one daughter named Emma.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Bowling Green (Mid-American Conference) (1989–1993)
1989	Bowling Green	21–35	12–18	6th
1990	Bowling Green	19–32	10–17	7th
1991	Bowling Green	25–32	11–17	7th
1992	Bowling Green	37–16	19–10	2nd
1993	Bowling Green	34–18	26–9	1st	NCAA Regional
Bowling Green:		136–133 (.506)	78–71 (.523)
Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten Conference) (1994–2022)
1994	Michigan State	19–38	6–22	T-6th
1995	Michigan State	24–29	9–19	8th
1996	Michigan State	37–19	14–10	5th
1997	Michigan State	47–22	14–9	3rd	NCAA Regional
1998	Michigan State	34–20	11–13	5th
1999	Michigan State	41–23	13–9	4th	NCAA Regional
2000	Michigan State	30–23	5–10	7th
2001	Michigan State	21–39	5–15	10th
2002	Michigan State	24–35	4–15	9th
2003	Michigan State	40–19	13–6	3rd	NCAA Regionals
2004	Michigan State	36–26	8–12	7th	NCAA Regionals
2005	Michigan State	25–28–1	7–9	8th
2006	Michigan State	34–25	9–11	7th
2007	Michigan State	33–26	7–9	7th
2008	Michigan State	27–29	8–12	T-6th
2009	Michigan State	21–28	5–14	9th
2010	Michigan State	21–31	5–15	9th
2011	Michigan State	27–27	6–14	9th
2012	Michigan State	11–42	0–27	12th
2013	Michigan State	24–25	9–10	7th
2014	Michigan State	12–37	4–19	12th
2015	Michigan State	19–36	4–19	14th
2016	Michigan State	27–28	8–15	10th
2017	Michigan State	34–24	11–12	7th
2018	Michigan State	24–28	10–12	8th
2019	Michigan State	16–34	4–18	13th
2020	Michigan State	6–16	–	–	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Michigan State	14–26	14–26	12th
2022	Michigan State	24–28	4–16	12th
Michigan State:		752–811–1 (.481)	214–398 (.350)
Total:		888–944–1 (.485)
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