Margie Wright

Article summary

Marjorie Ann Wright (born December 28, 1952) is an American former college softball coach. She was the head coach of the Fresno State Bulldogs softball team from 1986 to 2012, and led them to the NCAA national softball championship in 1998. She is the NCAA's second all-time winningest softball coach. She also ranks second all-time in career victories among NCAA Division I coaches in all sports. She was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000 and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. She retired at the end of the 2012 season.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1952-12-28 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1974 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367787553