| HEAD SOFTBALL COACH /
ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Name:
John Brackett
Office
Phone:
252.985.5217
E-mail:
jbrackett@ncwc.edu
John Brackett is entering his 19th season as head softball coach
for the Battling Bishops and first as Academic Advisor for the
Department of Athletics. Prior to accepting his current advising
position, Brackett served as head women's basketball coach for 20
seasons, compiling a program-best 193 victories. He also holds the
career wins mark on the softball diamond, having amassed 365 victories,
three regular season league titles, and two conference tournament
championships.
Brackett was named Conference
Coach of the Year in 1996 after leading the Battling Bishops to their third
straight regular season conference championship. He went on to earn East Region Coach of the Year
accolades in 1998 after helping Wesleyan to a program-best 31-13 overall
record and the team's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
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, North Carolina
Wesleyan was ranked
both regionally and nationally.
In 2006 and 2007, Brackett led NCWC to back-to-back
20-win seasons and coached the program's first All-American selection in the
form of Ashlee Bass. Most recently at the 2009 USA South Conference
Tournament, his Bishops made their second semifinal appearance in the last
four years.
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 and Ashlee. The family currently resides in Rocky Mount
and are proud members of Southside Baptist Church.
SOFTBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER
JOHN BRACKETT
Conference Regular Season and/or
Tournament 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... |