Name:  John Brackett
Office Phone:  252.985.5217
E-mail:  jbrackett@ncwc.edu

John Brackett begins his 19th season at the helm of the Lady Bishop basketball team and 17th as head softball coach.  As a coach, he holds the all-time career-wins record in Wesleyan softball history.

In softball, Brackett was named Conference Coach of the Year in 1996 and the East Region Coach of the Year in 1998.  His teams have placed first or second in the conference standings and/or tournament 9 out of the past 14 seasons.  Additionally, Brackett has coached his teams to three Conference Tournament Championships.  His teams, in fact, were on a streak of six straight appearances in the Tournament Finals until 2002.

Coach Brackett's teams made it to the NCAA Regional Final in both 1998 and 1999 and narrowly missed the opportunity to compete in the College World Series.  In 1997, 1998, and 1999, NCWC was ranked both regionally and nationally.

A native of Mechanicsville, VA, Brackett is an alumni of North Carolina Wesleyan. He graduated with a degree in Psychology in 1988 after a four-year career with the Bishop men's basketball team.  He and his wife, Suzanne, have two children:  Michael (13) and Ashlee (7).  The family currently resides in Rocky Mount and are proud members of Southside Baptist Church.
 

SOFTBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER JOHN BRACKETT

Conference Champions
1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999

NCAA Tournament Regional Finalist
1998, 1999

Conference Runner-Up
1993, 1997, 2000, 2001

Regional Ranking
1997, 1998, 1999

National Ranking
1997, 1998, 1999
 

     * Best Record:  31-13 (1998)...

     * Numerous players named All-Conference, All-Tournament, and All-Region...

     * Numerous players named Academic All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American...

     * Schedule includes Division I, II, and III teams, including USA South Conference opponents
       (Division III), whose tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament...