The 2020 Big Ten softball season began with practices in January 2020, followed by the start of the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season in February. Conference will start in March 2020 and will conclude in May, followed by the 2020 Big Ten Conference softball tournament at Eichelberger Field in Champaign, Illinois, in May.
Coronavirus impact and cancellation As of March 12, 2020, the NCAA cancelled both the remainder of the season and the tournament due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Head coaches
Coaching changes prior to the season
Maryland On August 7, 2019, Maryland head coach Julie Wright stepped down as head coach. On September 9, 2019, the school hired former Louisiana Tech head coach Mark Montgomery as the next head coach.
Coaches Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school. Team Head coach Previous job Season at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles Big Ten Tournament titles NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals Women's College World Series National ChampionshipsIllinois Ball State 5th 145–86 48–41 0 0 3 0 0 0Indiana Marshall 3rd 62–51 27–19 0 0 0 0 0 0Iowa UCF 2nd 19–32 5-18 0 0 0 0 0 0Maryland Louisiana Tech 1st 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Michigan Michigan (asst.) 36th 1548–493–5 590–162 21 10 27 11 12 1Michigan State Bowling Green 26th 708–739–1 196–356 0 1 4 0 0 0Minnesota Iowa State 3rd 87–31 37–6 0 1 2 1 1 0Nebraska San Jose State (asst.) 28th 978–550 109–72 1 0 20 2 3 0Northwestern Northwestern (AHC) 19th 570–345–1 219–130 2 1 13 5 2 0Ohio State Miami (OH) 8th 234–141–1 94–65–1 0 0 4 0 0 0Penn State UTSA 7th 129–193 48–90 0 0 0 0 0 0Purdue Arkansas (asst.) 4th 70–105 22–46 0 0 0 0 0 0Rutgers Toledo 2nd 29–26 11–12 0 0 0 0 0 0Wisconsin Loyola-Chicago 10th 300–184–1 106–91–1 0 1 5 0 0 0
Conference matrix IllinoisIndianaIowaMarylandMichiganMichigan StateMinnesotaNebraskaNorthwesternOhio StatePenn StatePurdueRutgersWisconsinvs. Illinois – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Indiana0–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Iowa0–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Maryland0–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Michigan0–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Michigan State0–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Minnesota0–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Nebraska0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Northwestern0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–0vs. Ohio State0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-0 – 0–00–00–00–0vs. Penn State0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–0vs. Purdue0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–0vs. Rutgers0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-00–00–00–0 – 0–0vs. Wisconsin0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-00–00–00–00–0 – Total0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
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