John Bargfeldt Hometown: Gary, Indiana High School: Calumet HS Last College: Anderson University ('81) Position: Head Coach Experience: 6th Year

In his six years at the helm of The University of Tulsa softball program, John Bargfeldt has become the winningest coach in school history and built a program predicated on winning championships. Under Bargfeldt, the Golden Hurricane has won five Conference USA Championships - 2006 regular season and tournament, 2009 regular season and tournament titles and the 2011 regular season title - and reached the NCAA Tournament three times - 2006, 2008 and 2009.

Bargfeldt is the only coach in Tulsa history to post six winning seasons, and has a career 215-130 record. He has the most wins and the highest winning percentage (.623) of any softball coach in TU history.

Under Bargfeldt, Tulsa has become one of the premier programs in Conference USA, winning five league championships, and making four NCAA Tournament appearances, both of which lead the conference. In the six seasons since Bargfeldt took over, TU has never finished lower than third place, has a .623 overall winning percentage and a .679 conference winning percentage. The Hurricane leads C-USA in first-team all-conference selections and is second in all-conference players during that time.

Bargfeldt's players have broken into the school's top 10 on the individual season charts in nearly every category, and his five teams have set school records in 16 categories. In addition, 15 of Bargfeldt's pupils rank among the top-10 in every major individual category for a career.

Under Bargfeldt's tutelage, Tulsa has produced two All-Americans, 26 all-conference players and three NFCA all-region players. In addition, the Golden Hurricane boasts 10 C-USA Academic Medalists, five C-USA All-Academic Team members, two ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and three Academic All-District student-athletes.

Since 2006, the TU offense has set nine separate single-season school records, including batting average, hits, runs, RBI, home runs, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. The Hurricane defense has twice matched the school fielding percentage record (.975) and in 2010 committed a program-low 36 errors. His pitching staffs have set seven records, including strikeouts, fewest hits allowed and opponent batting average.

Bargfeldt's 2011 squad won its third C-USA regular season title and reached the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time. Tulsa, the No. 2 seed in the regional for the first time, advanced to the final round of the NCAA Norman Regional, within one win of the Super Regionals. The Golden Hurricane, driven by pitching and defense, set five school pitching records and matched the school record for highest fielding percentage. Pitcher Aimee Creger became Tulsa's second NFCA Third-Team All-America selection, and the first freshman to receive the honor.

In 2010, Bargfeldt became the winningest coach in school history. His squad finished among the top three in C-USA and won at least 13 league games for the fifth straight year. TU produced four all-conference selections. Lauren Lindsay (2007-10) became Tulsa's All-American when she was selected as a 2010 NFCA Third-Team All-America.

The 2009 season was one of the greatest and most accomplished in school history. The Hurricane posted record of 40-17 overall and 16-4 in C-USA play, and won the programs' second C-USA regular season and tournament championships to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history. The Golden Hurricane won its first NCAA Regional game, and advanced to the championship round of the NCAA Norman Regional.

In addition, the 2009 team set 10 team single-season school records, including batting average (.294), runs scored (273), hits (452), home runs (43), RBI (252), total bases (675), slugging percentage (.439), on-base percentage (.369), fewest hits allowed (308) and batters struck out (364). In addition, the 2009 Hurricane set five individual single season school records. Lauren Lindsay broke records for batting average (.406), on-base percentage (.486), runs scored (49) and hits (76). Jackie Lawrence set the school record for most strikeouts (186), and tied another for most complete games (24). Brooke Smart also recorded a higher on-base percentage (.482) than the previous school record.

In 2008, Bargfeldt led Tulsa to a 34-25 overall record and 14-10 in C-USA play and its second NCAA Regional appearance. That squad tied a school record in on-base percentage with .352, set by his 2006 team. Hurricane players in 2008 set or tied seven single-season school records.

In 2007, he led Tulsa to a 30-28 record to become the first coach in program history to post winning seasons in his first two years at the helm. In his first season as skipper, Bargfeldt led TU to the program's first-ever conference championship, in addition to the school's first-ever NCAA Regional bid by winning Conference USA's automatic bid. In that campaign, Bargfeldt led TU to a 34-24 record and three tournament titles to go along with its regular-season and post-season conference championships. Tulsa also set team records for walks drawn and on-base percentage, all while playing in the fourth fewest games in the program's history.

Prior to coming to Tulsa, Bargfeldt served as assistant coach at Georgia Tech for the 2003-04 season. While at Tech, his primary duties involved working with the pitchers and catchers. He was the recruiting coordinator, served as the bench coach and was a batting practice pitcher for the Yellow Jackets.

While at Georgia Tech, the Yellow Jackets finished the 2004 season with a 49-17 record and an NCAA Regional appearance. Ranked as high as 18th in the country that season, Georgia Tech and third-team All-American Jessica Sallinger broke 15 school records while finishing fourth nationally in earned run average with a 0.97 mark. Tech also registered 29 shutouts in 2004, while defeating two top-10 teams for the first time in school history.

Before his one-year stint at Georgia Tech, Bargfeldt coached at Pendleton Heights High School and Pendleton Middle School for 22 years, including the 2004-05 school year. While there, he helped lead the Arabian varsity baseball team to five sectional championships and one regional title.

From 1980-82, Bargfeldt was an assistant baseball coach at Anderson University in Anderson, Ind., serving as pitching and hitting coach. He completed his bachelor's degree in 1981 while serving as an assistant coach at Anderson.

An NAIA Honorable Mention All-American in football and baseball, Bargfeldt was drafted in the 31st round of the 1977 Major League Baseball amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs.

Bargfeldt, a former ASA National Player Representative, was also a member of the ASA National Board of Directors (2000-2004). He served on the Men's National Team Selection Committee during that time as well. As a member of the board, he assisted with the selection of the coaching staff and the national team members. The 2002 team won the program's first Pan-American Qualifier Gold Medal.

As a member of the ASA's Men's Fast Pitch national team in 1991, Bargfeldt won a silver medal at the Pan American Games as the starting shortstop. In 1993, he was on the gold medal-winning team at the U.S. Sports Festival. He was also a five-time ASA Men's Fastpitch All-American.

Bargfeldt and his wife, Barbara, have three children: Kenny, Alexya and Jeb.