Karen Weekly
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Tennessee |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1308–437–2 (.749) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3× SEC Regular Season (2007, 2023, 2024)3× SEC Eastern Division (2004, 2007, 2012) | |
Awards | |
National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2018)
4× SEC Coach of the Year (2004, 2007, 2023, 2024) | |
Records | |
Tennessee first SEC team to reach WCWS Championship Series Tennessee first SEC team to reach #1 in polls (2007) | |
Karen Weekly is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at
Early life and education
Weekly attended college at
Coaching career
Pacific Lutheran (assistant)
Chattanooga
Tennessee
On June 23, 2021, Karen Weekly signed an extension with Tennessee, while her husband Ralph retired.[2] Weekly signed another extension with Tennessee on June 16, 2023, that would extend her through 2028.[3]
Head coaching record
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Chattanooga Mocs (Southern Conference) (1997–2001) | |||||||||
1997 | Chattanooga | 32–19 | 5–3 | 1st | |||||
1998 | Chattanooga | 47–15 | 10–2 | 1st | |||||
1999 | Chattanooga | 48–18* | 16–0 | 1st | |||||
2000 | Chattanooga | 47–27* | 15–5 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2001 | Chattanooga | 49–18 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
Chattanooga: | 223–97 (.697) | 64–12 (.842) | |||||||
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference ) (2002–Present)
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2002 | Tennessee | 35–25–1 | 8–17 | 4th (East) | |||||
2003 | Tennessee | 45–25 | 14–15 | 4th (East) | |||||
2004 | Tennessee | 55–16 | 20–8 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2005 | Tennessee | 67–15 | 20–8 | 2nd (East) | Women's College World Series
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2006 | Tennessee | 61–12 | 21–9 | 2nd (East) | Women's College World Series
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2007 | Tennessee | 63–8 | 23–4 | 1st (East) | Women's College World Series Runner-Up
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2008 | Tennessee | 50–16 | 14–12 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2009 | Tennessee | 40–18–1 | 12–12–1 | 3rd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2010 | Tennessee | 49–15 | 17–8 | 3rd (East) | Women's College World Series
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2011 | Tennessee | 49–12 | 20–8 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2012 | Tennessee | 52–14 | 22–6 | 1st (East) | Women's College World Series
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2013 | Tennessee | 52–12 | 16–6 | 2nd (East) | Women's College World Series Runner-Up | ||||
2014 | Tennessee | 46–12 | 17–7 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2015 | Tennessee | 47–17 | 15–9 | T-4th | Women's College World Series | ||||
2016 | Tennessee | 43–16 | 16–7 | T-3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2017 | Tennessee | 48–12 | 16–7 | T-3rd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2018 | Tennessee | 48–14 | 14–10 | 4th | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2019 | Tennessee | 43–17 | 14–10 | T-2nd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2020 | Tennessee | 14–9 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
2021 | Tennessee | 42–15 | 12–11 | 7th | NCAA Regional | ||||
2022 | Tennessee | 41–18 | 15–8 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2023 | Tennessee | 51–10 | 19–5 | 1st | Women’s College World Series | ||||
2024 | Tennessee | 44–12 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
Tennessee: | 1085–340–2 (.761) | 363–192–1 (.654) | |||||||
Total: | 1308–437–2 (.749) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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* – Karen Weekly was served as interim head coach at Chattanooga instead of Co-HC during Ralph Weekly's Leave of Absence.
References
- ^ a b c "Karen Weekly". UTSports.com. University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Potkey, Rhiannon. "Tennessee's Ralph Weekly Retires, Karen Weekly Signs Extension". D1Softball.com. D1 Softball. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Hall, Cora. "Tennessee softball coach Karen Weekly gets nearly 50% raise, extension in season with SEC titles, WCWS trip". KnoxNews.com. www.KnoxNews.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "2018 SEC Softball Record Book" (PDF). a.ESPNCDN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "SoCon Softball Record Book" (PDF). SoConSports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved 20 February 2019.