Gordon Eakin is an American college softball coach and the current head coach of the BYU Cougars softball team. Eakin is a graduate of the University of Utah and is a former Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. Eakin also serves as the USA National Team Hitting Coach.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | BYU |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Record | 800–372 (.683) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Sandy, Utah |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Softball | |
| 2000–2002 | BYU (asst.) |
| 2003–present | BYU |
| 2009–2010 | USA Women's Softball (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 800–372 (.683) |
Career
editEakin was hired as an assistant coach to Mark Kay Amicone in 2001. After the 2002 season Amicone decided to resign, and Eakin became the coach of BYU Softball.[2] During his span as BYU coach, Eakin has coached the Cougars to 6 consecutive conference titles in four separate leagues. He led BYU to their first super regional appearance in 2008[3] and has coached 12 All-Americans. Two of Eakin's players have gone on to play professionally. Eakin has won conference coach of the year four times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) and has never finished lower than third in the conference. Eakin has guided BYU to top-ten national finishes in slugging percentage six times, home runs per game six times, batting average four times and scoring four times.[4]
Coaching record
editEakin has won 6 straight conference titles, 7 of 8, and 8 of 10 since 2005. He has also won the two conference tournaments that he has had a chance to win since 2005. The MWC last held a conference tournament in 2005, and the PCSC and WCC didn't have conference tournaments.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU Cougars (Mountain West Conference) (2003–2011) | |||||||||
| 2003 | BYU | 36–17 | 10–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 2004 | BYU | 34–18 | 11–8 | 3rd | |||||
| 2005 | BYU | 45–14 | 16–2 | 1st | 2005 Regionals | ||||
| 2006 | BYU | 43–22 | 15–5 | 2nd | 2006 Regionals | ||||
| 2007 | BYU | 43–20 | 16–4 | 1st | 2007 Regionals | ||||
| 2008 | BYU | 44–20 | 14–6 | 2nd | 2008 Regionals | ||||
| 2009 | BYU | 40–18 | 12–2 | 1st | 2009 Regionals | ||||
| 2010 | BYU | 46–13 | 12–3 | 1st | 2010 Super Regionals | ||||
| 2011 | BYU | 40–18 | 11–2 | 1st | 2011 Regionals | ||||
| BYU (Western Athletic Conference[5]) (2012) | |||||||||
| 2012 | BYU | 45–15 | 15–4 | 1st | 2012 Regionals | ||||
| BYU (Pacific Coast Softball Conference[6]) (2013) | |||||||||
| 2013 | BYU | 33–25 | 19–5 | 1st | 2013 Regionals | ||||
| BYU Cougars (West Coast Conference) (2014–2023) | |||||||||
| 2014 | BYU | 34–23 | 12–2 | 1st | 2014 Regionals | ||||
| 2015 | BYU | 40–14 | 13–2 | 1st | 2015 Regionals | ||||
| 2016 | BYU | 34–18 | 11–2 | 1st | 2016 Regionals | ||||
| 2017 | BYU | 46–13 | 14–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2018 | BYU | 36–22 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2019 | BYU | 30–26 | 12–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2020 | BYU | 14–9 | 0–0 | 1st | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | BYU | 38–17 | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2022 | BYU | 42–10 | 13–2 | T-1st | |||||
| 2023 | BYU | 35–17 | 11–4 | 2nd | |||||
| BYU Cougars (Big 12 Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | BYU | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| BYU: | 800–372 (.683) | 262–67 (.796) | |||||||
| Total: | 800–372 (.683) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ Oram, Bill (2010-04-02). "BYU coach Eakin will continue to assist USA Softball". Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ Call, Jeff (2003-01-31). "New start in softball excites the Cougars". Deseret News. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved 2003-01-31.
- ^ Olson, Jason (2010-06-14). "Five questions with BYU softball coach Gordon Eakin". Deseret News. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Gordon Eakin Coaching Profile at BYU". BYU athletics.
- ^ "BYU Softball makes WAC debut" (Press release). The Digital Universe. March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ^ "After a year in the WAC, BYU Softball is switching conferences, again" (Press release). Provo Daily Herald. June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.