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Coaching Staff the Coaching Staff Head Coach Tyra Perry // Fourth Season “It Is a Great Honor to Be Named the Head Softball Coach at the University of Illinois COACHING STAFF THE COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH TYRA PERRY // FOURTH SEASON “IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE NAMED THE HEAD SOFTBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL GAME OF SOFTBALL AND WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP LEAD OUR PROGRAM TO PROMINENCE IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE AND ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.” – Tyra Perry Tyra Perry was hired as the University of registered a seventh place finish in the Big Ten Conference with a 12-11 record in the Illinois’ second-ever head coach in June, standings The Illini’s 36 wins was the most wins the team has notched since posting 2015 Entering her 18th season as a NCAA 45 victories during the 2010 campaign, while the 36-23 mark is also the best start ever Division I softball head coach and fourth at by any first year Illinois softball or baseball head coach the helm of the Illini, Perry has totaled over 500 career victories as the head coach at Under Perry’s guidance, the Illini have notched 12 National Fastpitch Coaches Illinois, Ball State, Western Kentucky and Association (NFCA) honors as Nicole Evans (First-Team), Allie Bauch (Second-Team) and Birmingham Southern Breanna Wonderly (Third-Team) were recognized in 2016 and Stephanie Abello joined Evans and Wonderly as first-team honorees in 2017, while Alyssa Gunther and Annie Perry has made an immediate impact in her Fleming also garnered second-team accolades in 2017 Last season, the Illini had a time at the helm of Illini softball, leading quartet of student-athletes earn NFCA with Carly Thomas, Kiana Sherlund and Abello all the program to its first back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances since 2010 after collecting First-Team accolades and Bella Loya receiving Second-Team honors advancing to postseason play in 2016 and 2017 and has guided the Illini to 36 wins or more for three-straight seasons for the first time in program history The Perry era in Champaign-Urbana started with a bang as UI registered a 5-1 win over then-No 10 Florida State in the team’s season-opening tournament in Miami, Fla, with In just three seasons at the lead of the Illinois softball program, Perry earned her 100th the victory over the Seminoles marking the first win over a ranked opponent since the win as an Illini with a 20-2 beat down of Maryland on April 8 and is 112-61 (647) during Illini defeated No 4 Michigan on April 25, 2014 at Eichelberger Field It was also just her time in the Orange and Blue the seventh win against a top-10 foe and just the fourth win against a top-10 team not named Michigan In Perry’s third campaign in Champaign, the 2018 Illini posted a 37-18 overall record and a sixth-place finish with a 13-8 mark in the Big Ten Conference, with the 37 total During her two seasons at Ball State, Perry directed the Cardinals to 67 wins with a victories ranking as the fourth-most wins in the conference The Illini also tallied one combined nine All-MAC selections and 13 Academic All-MAC honorees This year’s team of their best home seasons in program history with a 15-2 record at Eichelberger Field went 34-25 and won the Mid-American Conference West Division before claiming the in 2018, including posting the second-highest win percentage and most victories in 2015 MAC Tournament Championship, earning the Cardinals an automatic bid to the program history NCAA Tournament Ball State defeated 16th-seeded Notre Dame in postseason action to record its first-ever NCAA Regional victory Perry led the 2017 squad to a 39-20 record, tying for the fourth-most wins in program history and a top-four finish in the Big Ten Conference with a 14-8 mark, while also Perry was named 2014 MAC Coach of the Year during her first season at Ball State after advancing to the conference tournament semifinals for the first time since 2004 The guiding the program to a 33-19 mark and overall conference title during the regular Illini ended the 2017 season with their third-highest RPI ranking in program history season The Cardinals had a program-record five first-team All-MAC selections, led by at No 27 and made an appearance or received votes in both the USA Today/National Player of the Year Jennifer Gilbert, who also earned All-America honors Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and the ESPNcom/USA Softball top-25 polls 10 out of the 16 weeks throughout the season, including the final nine weeks of the 2017 Prior to Ball State, Perry spent six seasons as head coach at Western Kentucky, guiding campaign The Illini finished the season with appearances in both the USA Today/ the Lady Toppers to 196 victories to become the winningest coach in program history National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and the ESPNcom/USA Softball top-25 In 2013, WKU earned its first-ever NCAA Regional appearance, advancing to the polls, finishing at No 24 in the ESPNcom/USA Softball poll and in the receiving four championship game of the Tuscaloosa Regional Western Kentucky finished the year votes section of the USA Today/NFCA poll ranked No 26 in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), the highest final ranking in program history In her first season in Champaign-Urbana, Perry took the Illini back to NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2010 and fifth overall in program history UI wrapped Perry’s Perry also guided the Lady Toppers to several other firsts during the 2013 campaign first year with the fifth-most wins in program history with a 36-23 overall record and The program posted its first 40-plus-win season (43-18) and earned its first Sun Belt Head Coach Tyra Perry at her introductory press conference on April 25, 2015 Perry and assistant coach Laura Trout speaking with the 2018 team 8 // 2019 ILLINOIS SOFTBALL THE COACHING STAFF Conference regular season title with a 20-3 league record The two-time Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2009 and 2013), Perry helped Emily Rousseau earn PERRY YEAR-BY-YEAR the program’s first SBC Pitcher of the Year honor in 2013 In her six seasons with the Lady AT ILLINOIS Toppers, Perry helped her players garner 14 All-SBC honors and eight SBC All-Tournament Year Record Accomplishments Team selections 2018 37-18 (13-8 B1G) 6th B1G In the classroom, Perry’s Western Kentucky student-athletes earned five CoSIDA Academic 2017 39-20 (14-8 B1G) 4th B1G; NCAA Regional Qualifier All-District selections, 22 recognitions on the Sun Belt Commissioner’s List and 34 Sun Belt 2016 36-23 (12-11 B1G) 7th B1G; NCAA Regional Qualifier Academic Honor Roll awards HEAD COACHING TOTAL 112-61 (.647) over 3 season Perry guided Birmingham-Southern to 146 victories in seven years as head coach (six seasons of competition), despite the Panthers being a provisional NCAA Division I member during the AT BALL STATE 2002 and 2003 seasons In 2006, she led Birmingham-Southern to its first winning season in program history with a 28-21 record Year Record Accomplishments 2015 34-25 (14-5 MAC) 1st MAC West; NCAA Regional Qualifier Her Panthers squads posted at least 25 wins in each of her final five seasons with the program 2014 33-19 (12-4 MAC) 1st MAC In addition, 15 Birmingham-Southern student-athletes received postseason honors from the Big South Conference during Perry’s tenure HEAD COACHING TOTAL 67-44 (.603) over 2 seasons In 2006, Perry added the title of Assistant Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator to AT WESTERN KENTUCKY her duties and served as the school’s compliance director Perry also was the head coach for a Southeastern All-Star team that played the United States Olympic squad prior to the 2004 Year Record Accomplishments games in Athens 2013 43-18 (20-3 Sun Belt) 1st Sun Belt; NCAA Regional Qualifier 2012 33-25-1 (11-12-1 Sun Belt) 5th Sun Belt A 1997 and 1998 graduate of Louisiana State University, Perry earned a bachelor’s degree in 2011 30-29 (9-15 Sun Belt) 7th Sun Belt kinesiology in 1997 and added a master’s degree in sports administration in 1998 After two 2010 27-25 (6-15 Sun Belt) 9th Sun Belt seasons at Nicholls State, Perry followed her head coach to LSU as the second signee in the first signing class of the newly created Tiger softball program After sitting out in 1996, she 2009 35-19 (14-9 Sun Belt) 3rd Sun Belt became a two-year letterwinner for the Tigers (1997-98), helping the program post a combined 2008 28-30 (6-15 Sun Belt) 8th Sun Belt 102-28 record over her career, including a 58-14 mark in Southeastern Conference play She HEAD COACHING TOTAL 196-146-1 (.573) over 6 seasons also helped the Tigers pick up a pair of SEC West Division titles and make the program’s first- ever NCAA Regional Tournament appearance where it finished second AT BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN In her first season at LSU, Perry led the Tigers with a 345 batting average, 11 home runs, 40 Year Record Accomplishments runs scored, 416 on-base percentage and 612 slugging percentage Those numbers helped 2007 25-37 (5-10 Big South) 5th Big South her earn recognition on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-South Region Second 2006 28-21 (7-5 Big South) 4th Big South Team, as well as First-Team All-Louisiana honors and a slot on the SEC’s All-Tournament Team 2005 25-32 (5-7 Big South) 5th Big South Perry led the team with five homers in 1998 while posting a 324 average with 29 runs scored 2004 25-34 (6-6 Big South) 5th Big South and 38 RBI Off the field, she was twice named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll 2003 26-32 NCAA Division I Provisional Member Prior to entering the coaching profession, Perry served a two-year internship in the compliance 2002 17-42 NCAA Division I Provisional Member department at LSU 2001 N/A Establishing program Perry was inducted into the
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