Mickey Dean
# Mickey Dean

Mickey Dean is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Auburn.

## Early life and education

Dean graduated from Elon University in 1987. Dean pitched for the Phoenix baseball team and was a four-year letter winner.

## Coaching career

### Auburn

On September 14, 2017, Mickey Dean was announced as the new head coach of the Auburn Softball program, replacing Clint Myers who resigned in August 2017, amid accusations against him and his assistants.

## Personal life

Dean is married to his wife Liz, and they have two adult children.

## Head coaching record

### College

References:

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference) (2007–2012) ||||||
| 2007 | Radford | 44–27 | 9–6 | 3rd | |
| 2008 | Radford | 46–15 | 13–2 | 2nd | |
| 2009 | Radford | 41–15 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2010 | Radford | 38–17 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2011 | Radford | 38–21 | 14–4 | 1st | |
| 2012 | Radford | 34–21 | 16–5 | 1st | |
| Radford: | Radford: | 241–116 (.675) | 84–21 (.800) | | |
| James Madison Dukes (Colonial Athletic Association) (2013–2017) ||||||
| 2013 | James Madison | 42–17 | 18–3 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2014 | James Madison | 45–15 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2015 | James Madison | 48–10 | 19–0 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2016 | James Madison | 50–6 | 18–1 | 1st | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2017 | James Madison | 52–8 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| James Madison: | James Madison: | 237–56 (.809) | 88–9 (.907) | | |
| Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2018–Present) ||||||
| 2018 | Auburn | 41–17 | 11–12 | 9th | NCAA Regional |
| 2019 | Auburn | 39–21 | 10–14 | 10th | NCAA Regional |
| 2020 | Auburn | 16–11 | 0–3 | | Postseason not held |
| 2021 | Auburn | 27–24 | 7–17 | 12th | NCAA Regional |
| 2022 | Auburn | 40–17 | 11–13 | 10th | NCAA Regional |
| 2023 | Auburn | 43–19 | 15–9 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| Auburn: | Auburn: | 206–109 (.654) | 54–68 (.443) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 641–262 (.710) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

* ↑ The season was not played past March 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
