Tyra Perry

Tyra Perry is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Illinois.[1]

Tyra Perry

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Illinois
Conference	Big Ten
Record	112–61 (.647)
Biographical details
Born	Zachary, Louisiana
Alma mater	LSU
Playing career
1994–1995	Nicholls State
1997–1998	LSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2007	Birmingham-Southern
2008–2013	Western Kentucky
2014–2015	Ball State
2016–present	Illinois
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006–2007	Birmingham-Southern (Assistant AD/Senior Woman Administrator)
Head coaching record
Overall	521–449–1 (.537)
Tournaments	NCAA: 6–8 (.429)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt Regular Season Champion (2013) MAC Regular Season Champion (2014) MAC West Champion (2015) MAC Tournament (2015)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (2014) 2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2009, 2013)
Records
Birmingham-Southern Softball First Winning Record Season (2006) First 40-plus-win Season in Western Kentucky Program History (2013) First Sun Belt Title in Western Kentucky Program History (2013) Winningest Coach in Western Kentucky Softball History (196) First ever NCAA Regional in Western Kentucky Program History (2013) Finished ranked #26 in NCAA RPI the Highest Final Ranking in Program History (2013) First NCAA Regional Victory in Ball State Program History (2015)

Coaching career

Illinois

On June 24, 2015, Tyra Perry was announced as the new head coach of the Illinois softball program.[2]

Head coaching record

College

References:[3][4][5][6]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Birmingham-Southern Panthers (NCAA Division I Provisional Member) (2002–2003)
2002	Birmingham-Southern	17–42
2003	Birmingham-Southern	26–32
Birmingham-Southern Panthers (Big South Conference) (2004–2007)
2004	Birmingham-Southern	25–34	6–6	T-3rd
2005	Birmingham-Southern	25–32	5–7	5th
2006	Birmingham-Southern	28–21	7–5	4th
2007	Birmingham-Southern	25–37	5–10	5th
Birmingham-Southern:		146–198 (.424)	23–28 (.451)
Western Kentucky Lady Toppers (Sun Belt Conference) (2008–2013)
2008	Western Kentucky	28–30	8–15	8th
2009	Western Kentucky	35–19	14–9	3rd
2010	Western Kentucky	27–25	6–15	9th
2011	Western Kentucky	30–29	9–15	7th
2012	Western Kentucky	33–25–1	11–12–1	5th
2013	Western Kentucky	43–18	20–3	1st	NCAA Regional
Western Kentucky:		196–146–1 (.573)	68–69–1 (.496)
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2014–2015)
2014	Ball State	33–19	12–4	1st (West)
2015	Ball State	34–25	14–5	1st	NCAA Regional
Ball State:		67–44 (.604)	26–9 (.743)
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference) (2016–Present)
2016	Illinois	36–23	12–11	7th	NCAA Regional
2017	Illinois	39–20	14–8	4th	NCAA Regional
2018	Illinois	37–18	13–8	6th
2019	Illinois	33–25	9–14	T-8th	NCAA Regional
2020	Illinois	11–11	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Illinois
Illinois:		156–97 (.617)	48–41 (.539)
Total:		565–485–1 (.538)
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. "Tyra Perry". FightingIllini.com. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
2. "TYRA PERRY NAMED ILLINOIS HEAD SOFTBALL COACH". FightingIllini.com. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
3. "Big South Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
4. "Sun Belt Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). SunBeltSports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
5. "MAC Softball Record Book" (PDF). GetSomeMACtion.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
6. "Big Ten Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 21 February 2019.