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Teresa Wilson Named Associate Head Coach
September 19, 2019 | Softball
Legendary Coach Assumes Full-Time Role on BGSU Staff
Bowling Green State University softball head coach Sarah Willis has announced the hiring of Teresa Wilson as associate head coach. Wilson, who served as a volunteer coach for the Falcons during the 2019 season, brings a veritable plethora of coaching experience to the Falcons' staff.
Wilson, a 10-time participant in the Women's College World Series as a player and a coach, has served as a collegiate head coach at Oregon, Minnesota, Washington and Texas Tech. She also was an assistant coach at Arizona, and has coached several teams in National Pro Fastpitch.
"It is an honor and amazing opportunity for the Falcon softball program to add Coach Wilson to the coaching staff," said Willis. "To say our program is excited would be an understatement as she has provided tremendous knowledge and experience to our coaching staff and players."
Wilson is one of only six coaches to take two different teams to the WCWS, and she has been named her conference's Coach of the Year at three different universities.
She has a 21-year head-coaching record of 824-484-1, good for a winning percentage of .630. She was tied for 46th all time in NCAA Division I wins entering the 2018 season.
"I am excited about the opportunity to work with Coach Willis, her staff and team as they pursue their goal of taking Bowling Green Softball to the next level," said Wilson.
Wilson began her head-coaching career at Oregon in 1986, and also coached at Minnesota before starting the softball program at Washington in 1991. She won conference coach-of-the-year honors at all three schools.
While in Seattle, Wilson guided the Huskies to six WCWS appearances in her 11 years, including a pair of national runner-up finishes. The program qualified for the NCAA Regionals in 1994, just the second year of the team's existence, beginning a run of 10 consecutive seasons of national postseason play for UW.
Wilson coached at Texas Tech from 2005-08, with the current BGSU head coach on her Red Raider pitching staff all four years.
Wilson then served as pitching coach for legendary coach Mike Candrea at Arizona, helping the Wildcats to a national runner-up finish in 2010.
Wilson moved to the professional ranks, coaching the Carolina Diamonds in the 2012 season. She returned to NPF in 2017, when she was named the head coach of the Beijing Shougang Eagles. Beijing is managed by the Chinese Softball Association and is made up primarily of players from the CSA national team pool.
Wilson, a native of Pickering, Mo., attended Missouri, and is one of the top pitchers in that program's history. During her career with the Tigers, she was a two-time all-region selection, and she earned All-America honors in 1983. Wilson owns multiple MU records, including career complete games (118) and shutouts (55). She is second in school history in both career wins (102) and career ERA (0.47), and owns three of the top-10 single-season win totals in program history.
She was the first person to both play and coach in the WCWS.
Wilson earned a bachelor's degree from Missouri in 1984 in secondary physical education and journalism. She was the first softball player inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame, earning that distinction in 1995.
Wilson, a 10-time participant in the Women's College World Series as a player and a coach, has served as a collegiate head coach at Oregon, Minnesota, Washington and Texas Tech. She also was an assistant coach at Arizona, and has coached several teams in National Pro Fastpitch.
"It is an honor and amazing opportunity for the Falcon softball program to add Coach Wilson to the coaching staff," said Willis. "To say our program is excited would be an understatement as she has provided tremendous knowledge and experience to our coaching staff and players."
Wilson is one of only six coaches to take two different teams to the WCWS, and she has been named her conference's Coach of the Year at three different universities.
She has a 21-year head-coaching record of 824-484-1, good for a winning percentage of .630. She was tied for 46th all time in NCAA Division I wins entering the 2018 season.
"I am excited about the opportunity to work with Coach Willis, her staff and team as they pursue their goal of taking Bowling Green Softball to the next level," said Wilson.
Wilson began her head-coaching career at Oregon in 1986, and also coached at Minnesota before starting the softball program at Washington in 1991. She won conference coach-of-the-year honors at all three schools.
While in Seattle, Wilson guided the Huskies to six WCWS appearances in her 11 years, including a pair of national runner-up finishes. The program qualified for the NCAA Regionals in 1994, just the second year of the team's existence, beginning a run of 10 consecutive seasons of national postseason play for UW.
Wilson coached at Texas Tech from 2005-08, with the current BGSU head coach on her Red Raider pitching staff all four years.
Wilson then served as pitching coach for legendary coach Mike Candrea at Arizona, helping the Wildcats to a national runner-up finish in 2010.
Wilson moved to the professional ranks, coaching the Carolina Diamonds in the 2012 season. She returned to NPF in 2017, when she was named the head coach of the Beijing Shougang Eagles. Beijing is managed by the Chinese Softball Association and is made up primarily of players from the CSA national team pool.
Wilson, a native of Pickering, Mo., attended Missouri, and is one of the top pitchers in that program's history. During her career with the Tigers, she was a two-time all-region selection, and she earned All-America honors in 1983. Wilson owns multiple MU records, including career complete games (118) and shutouts (55). She is second in school history in both career wins (102) and career ERA (0.47), and owns three of the top-10 single-season win totals in program history.
She was the first person to both play and coach in the WCWS.
Wilson earned a bachelor's degree from Missouri in 1984 in secondary physical education and journalism. She was the first softball player inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame, earning that distinction in 1995.
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