Duke Blue Devils softball
# Duke Blue Devils softball

Duke Blue Devils Softball joined the Atlantic Coast Conference as a Division I varsity program in 2017. In July 2015, former Big Ten Player of the Year Marissa Young was named as Duke University's first head softball coach. Young spent the previous two years as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina.

## History

### Coaching history

| Years | Coach | Record | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2018–present | Marissa Young | 119–72 | .623 |

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position coached | Consecutive season at Duke in current position |
| - | - | - |
| Marissa Young | Head coach | 6th |
| Sydney Romero | Assistant coach | 1st |
| Olivia Watkins | Assistant coach | 1st |
| Nicole Schaffer | Volunteer Assistant Coach | 3rd |
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## Year-by-year record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–Present) ||||||
| 2018 | Duke | 29–27 | 13–11 | 6th (Atlantic) | |
| 2019 | Duke | 25–31 | 11–13 | 3rd (Coastal) | |
| 2020 | Duke | 23–4 | 1–2 | T-9th (Coastal) | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Duke | 44–12 | 26–10 | 3rd (ACC) | Durham Regional |
| 2022 | Duke | 44–11 | 19–3 | 2nd (ACC) | Los Angeles Super Regional |
| 2023 | Duke | 48–12 | 19–5 | 2nd (ACC) | Durham Super Regional |
| Marissa Young: | Marissa Young: | 213–97 (.687) | 89–44 (.669) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 213–97 (.687) | | | |
| 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 ||||||
