Rhonda Revelle is an American

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

coach and former collegiate

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

, who is the current head coach for

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

. Revelle played at Nebraska from 1981 to 1983, reaching the inaugural

Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States. Eight teams participate in the WCWS, which begins with a double-elimination tournament. In other wo ...

. She later led the Huskers to the

1998 Women's College World Series The 1998 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the seventeenth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1998, thirty-two Division I college softball teams contested the champions ...

, becoming one of three people to reach the WCWS as a player and a head coach, and the first to do so at their alma mater.

Coaching career

Nebraska

Revelle was hired as Nebraska's fifth head coach in 1993 and is currently the school's all-time wins leader. She has led the Cornhuskers to the NCAA Tournament 20 times, reaching the Women's College World Series in 1998, 2002, and 2013. On July 10, 2019, Revelle was placed on paid administrative leave while school administration investigated complaints of verbal and emotional abuse against players. On August 30, 2019, Revelle was reinstated as head coach.

Head coaching record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Revelle, Rhonda Female sports coaches American softball coaches Living people Softball players from Oregon Nebraska Cornhuskers softball players Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves softball coaches Cal State East Bay Pioneers softball coaches San Jose State Spartans softball coaches Nebraska Cornhuskers softball coaches Year of birth missing (living people)