Courtney Deifel
American softball catcher (born 1980)
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Courtney Scott Deifel (born Courtney Lynn Scott; November 24, 1980)[1] is an American former collegiate softball catcher and current head coach at Arkansas.[2][3]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Arkansas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 406–192 (.679) |
| Annual salary | $375,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 24, 1980 Merced, California, U.S. |
| Education | California |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2003 | California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008–2009 | Oklahoma (GA) |
| 2009–2010 | Maryland (assistant) |
| 2011–2014 | Louisville (assistant) |
| 2015 | Maryland |
| 2016–present | Arkansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 433–219 (.664) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 22–18 (.550) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Personal
Deifel graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Business and Globalism and American Studies. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma in 2008 while she was a graduate assistant with the Sooners softball team. Deifel's sister, Amanda Scott, is currently the head softball coach at Missouri–St. Louis and won a Women's College World Series title at Fresno State in 1998.
Deifel and her husband, Joe, are the parents of two sons, Trip and Walt.
Career
Deifel played college softball for the California Golden Bears from 2000 to 2003, winning a national championship in 2002 and batting .263 (218/827) with 13 home runs and 127 RBIs for her career.[4][5][6]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland (Big Ten Conference) (2015–present) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Maryland | 27–27 | 9–14 | 6th | |||||
| Maryland: | 27–27 (.500) | 9–14 (.391) | |||||||
| Arkansas (Southeastern Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Arkansas | 17–39 | 1–23 | 13th | |||||
| 2017 | Arkansas | 31–24 | 7–17 | 12th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2018 | Arkansas | 42–17 | 12–12 | 7th | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2019 | Arkansas | 38–20 | 12–12 | T-6th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2020 | Arkansas | 19–6[a] | 1–2 | — | Postseason not held | ||||
| 2021 | Arkansas | 43–11 | 19–5 | T–1st | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2022 | Arkansas | 48–11 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Arkansas | 40–19 | 14–10 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Arkansas | 37–18 | 14–10 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2025 | Arkansas | 44–14 | 14–10 | 5th | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2026 | Arkansas | 47-13 | 15–9 | 7th | Women's College World Series | ||||
| Arkansas: | 406–192 (.679) | 128–115 (.527) | |||||||
| Total: | 433–219 (.664) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- The season was not played past March 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
