Kenny Gajewski (born October 23, 1971[1]) is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Oklahoma State.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Oklahoma State |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 365–149 (.710) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 23, 1971[1] Los Alamitos, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Oklahoma (Class of 1994) |
| Playing career | |
| 1991 | Cerritos College |
| 1992–1993 | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
| 1994 | Oklahoma |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995 | Oklahoma (Graduate asst.) |
| 1996 | Kansas State (Volunteer asst.) |
| 2013–2015 | Florida (asst.) |
| 2016–present | Oklahoma State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1997–2006 | Oklahoma (Turf/Maintenance Dir.) |
| 2011–2012 | Tennessee (Dir. of Baseball Operations) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 365–149 (.710) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 31–16 (.660) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Early life and education
editGajewski graduated from the University of Oklahoma. He played baseball for the 1994 Oklahoma baseball team that won the national championship.[3][4]
Coaching career
editFlorida (asst.)
editOn July 13, 2012, Florida added Gajewski to the softball staff as an assistant coach under head coach Tim Walton.[4]
Oklahoma State
editOn July 13, 2015, Kenny Gajewski was announced as the new head coach of the Oklahoma State softball program.[5][6]
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State Cowgirls (Big 12 Conference) (2016–Present) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 32–26 | 6–11 | 5th | NCAA Athens Regional | ||||
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 38–25 | 12–6 | 3rd | NCAA Gainesville Regional | ||||
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 39–22 | 12–6 | T-2nd | NCAA Fayetteville Regional | ||||
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 45–17 | 13–5 | 2nd | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 19–5 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 48–12 | 15–3 | 2nd | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 48–14 | 14–4 | 2nd | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2023 | Oklahoma State | 47–16 | 10–8 | 3rd | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 49–12 | 21–6 | 3rd | Women's College World Series | ||||
| Oklahoma State: | 365–149 (.710)[7] | 103–49 (.678) | |||||||
| Total: | 365–149 (.710) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "Kenneth W Gajewski". California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Kenny Gajewski". OKState.com. Oklahoma State Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "1994 Baseball Roster". SoonerStats.com. SoonerStats. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Kenny Gajewski Joins Florida Softball Coaching Staff". FloridaGators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Cowgirls Hire Kenny Gajewski as New Softball Coach". KFOR.com. KFOR. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "OSU Softball: Cowgirls look to NCAA champion for coach". NewsOK.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ https://okstate.com/documents/2022/2/7/2022_Oklahoma_State_Softball_Guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]