Marissa Veronica Young (born August 30, 1981)[2] is an American softball coach who is the current head softball coach at Duke University, a position she has held since 2016.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Duke |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 263–106 (.713) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 30, 1981 Santa Ana, California |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2003 | Michigan |
| 2004 | Texas Thunder |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2011 | Concordia (MI) |
| 2012–2013 | Eastern Michigan (asst.) |
| 2014–2015 | North Carolina (asst.) |
| 2016–present | Duke |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 289–210 (.579) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
Playing career
editYoung played her college softball as a pitcher for Michigan, and was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in 2002 and Big Ten Player of the Year in 2003.
Coaching career
editPrior to joining Duke, Young was an assistant coach at North Carolina from 2014 to 2015.[1]
In July 2015, Young became the inaugural head coach at Duke, whose softball program began play during the 2016 season.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Cardinals (Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference) (2009–2011) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Concordia (MI) | 10–37 | 5–23 | 7th[3] | |||||
| 2010 | Concordia (MI) | 8–36 | 3–25 | 8th[4] | |||||
| 2011 | Concordia (MI) | 8–31 | 6–19 | 6th[5] | |||||
| Concordia (MI): | 26–104 (.200) | 14–67 (.173) | |||||||
| Duke Blue Devils (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–Present) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Duke | 29–27 | 13–11 | T-3rd (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2019 | Duke | 25–31 | 11–13 | T-3rd (Coastal) | |||||
| 2020 | Duke | 23–4 | 1–2 | T-9th | Canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Duke | 42–10 | 26–10 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2022 | Duke | 44–11 | 19–3 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Duke | 48–12 | 19–5 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Duke | 52–9 | 20–4 | 1st | Women's College World Series | ||||
| Duke: | 263–106 (.713) | 109–48 (.694) | |||||||
| Total: | 289–210 (.579) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b Keeley, Laura (July 30, 2015). "Marissa Young named Duke's first softball coach". The News & Observer. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "2003 Michigan Softball: Marissa Young". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on July 6, 2004. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ^ "2009 Softball".
- ^ "2010 Softball".
- ^ "2011 Softball".
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