Ken Eriksen

Ken Eriksen is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at the University of South Florida and manager of the United States women's national softball team.[1]

Ken Eriksen
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Florida
ConferenceAAC
Record976–502–1 (.660)
Biographical details
BornNew York, New York
Alma materSouth Florida
Playing career
1979–1983South Florida
1984–1992Clearwater Bombers
1993–1995Larry Miller-Toyota, UT
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
College Softball
1993–1995South Florida (asst.)
1996–presentSouth Florida
National Softball
2002–2005USA Women's Softball (asst.)
2009–2010USA Women's Softball (asst.)
2011–presentUSA Women's Softball
Head coaching record
Overall935–483–1 (.659)
TournamentsNCAA: 24–25 (.490)
Conference: 22–23 (.489)
Medal record
Assistant Coach for Women's Softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team competition
Assistant Coach for ISF Women's World Championship
2002 Saskatoon
2010 Caracas
Assistant Coach for World Cup of Softball
2005 Oklahoma City
2009 Oklahoma City
2010 Oklahoma City
Assistant Coach for Softball at the Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo
Head Coach for ISF Women's World Championship
2012 Whitehorse
2014 Haarlem
2016 South Surrey
2018 Chiba
Head Coach for World Cup of Softball
2011 Oklahoma City
2012 Oklahoma City
2013 Oklahoma City
2014 Irvine, CA
2015 Irvine, CA
2016 Oklahoma City
2017 Oklahoma City
2018 Irvine, CA
2019 Columbus, GA
Head Coach for Softball at the Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara
2015 Toronto
2019 Lima

Early life and education

Eriksen graduated high school from Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, New York. Eriksen graduated from South Florida in 1983 with a degree in political science. He returned to South Florida to earn his masters in public administration.[2]

Coaching career

Head coaching record

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Florida Bulls (Conference USA) (1997–2005)
1997 South Florida 51–1312–01stNCAA Regional
1998 South Florida 57–1411–11stNCAA Regional
1999 South Florida 44–266–63rd
2000 South Florida 41–3311–73rd
2001 South Florida 43–3412–9T-3rdNCAA Regional
2002 South Florida 24–33–19–115th
2003 South Florida 54–1917–62ndNCAA Regional
2004 South Florida 60–1418–53rdNCAA Regional
2005 South Florida 42–2815–94thNCAA Regional
South Florida Bulls (Big East Conference) (2006–2013)
2006 South Florida 50–2517–32ndNCAA Super Regional
2007 South Florida 44–2215–52nd
2008 South Florida 44–2016–41stNCAA Regional
2009 South Florida 34–2212–10T-4th
2010 South Florida 24–299–139th
2011 South Florida 33–2113–54th
2012 South Florida 50–1417–53rdWomen's College World Series
2013 South Florida 45–1618–32ndNCAA Regional
South Florida Bulls (American Athletic Conference) (2014–Present)
2014 South Florida 43–1713–52ndNCAA Regional
2015 South Florida 36–206–105th
2016 South Florida 45–1615–31stNCAA Regional
2017 South Florida 32–249–84th
2018 South Florida 39–2314–71stNCAA Regional
2019 South Florida 41–1913–21stNCAA Regional
South Florida: 976–502–1 (.660)285–135 (.679)
Total:976–502–1 (.660)

      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

References
  1. "Ken Eriksen". GoUSFBulls.com. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  2. "Ken Eriksen". GoUSFBulls.com. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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