Marjorie Ann Wright was born on December 28,1952 and is an American former college softball coach.
20 Facts About Margie Wright
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Margie Wright led the Fresno State Bulldogs to the NCAA national softball championship in 1998 and is the NCAA's second all-time winningest softball coach.
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Margie Wright was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000 and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Margie Wright retired at the end of the 2012 season.
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Margie Wright grew up in Warrensburg, Illinois and graduated from Warrensburg-Latham High School.
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Margie Wright attended Illinois State University, where she was a pitcher for the 1973 Illinois State softball team that was the national runner-up at the AIAW Women's College World Series.
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Margie Wright pitched a no-hitter in a loss in the semifinals of the 1972 Women's College World Series.
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Margie Wright went on to pitch for the St Louis Hummers in the women's professional softball league.
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Margie Wright became head softball coach at Metamora Township High School right after graduation.
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Margie Wright then became an assistant softball coach at Eastern Illinois University in 1978.
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In six years at Illinois State, Margie Wright compiled a record of 163 wins, 92 losses, and 2 ties, including a 40-win season in 1981.
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In 1985, Margie Wright was hired by California State University, Fresno as its head softball coach, a position she held for 27 years.
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Margie Wright led Fresno State to a national championship in 1998, the first national championship won by Fresno State in any team sport.
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In 33 years as a head softball coach, Margie Wright compiled a record of 1,457 wins, 542 losses and 3 ties.
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Margie Wright is the NCAA's all-time winningest softball coach, and ranks second all-time in career victories among NCAA Division I coaches in all sports, trailing only Texas Longhorns baseball coach Augie Garrido.
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Margie Wright has become a popular figure in the Fresno community and was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Margie Wright served as an assistant coach on the United States women's softball team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Margie Wright was the head coach of the United States women's national softball team that won a gold medal at the 1998 International Softball Federation Women's World Championship.
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Margie Wright was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Margie Wright has been inducted into the Illinois ASA Hall of Fame, the Illinois State University Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame.