Mike Candrea

Mike Candrea
Current position
Title	Interim athletic director
Team	Arizona
Conference	Pac-12
Biographical details
Born	August 29, 1955; New Orleans, Louisiana
Alma mater	Central Arizona College; Arizona State University
Playing career
Baseball
1973–1974	Central Arizona
Position(s)	Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
1976–1980	Central Arizona (asst.)
Softball
1981–1985	Central Arizona
1986–2021	Arizona
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2024–present	Arizona (interim AD)
Head coaching record
Overall	1,674–433–2 (.794)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	8× Women's College World Series (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007); 11× Pac-12/10 Regular Season (1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2017);
Awards
	4× Speedline/NFCA Division I (1994, 1996, 1997, 2007); 3× National Coach of the Year (1994, 1996, 1997); 12× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000–2003, 2007, 2017); NFCA West Region (2017); 3x Pacific Region Coach of the Year (1994, 1995, 1997); Northwest Region Coach of the Year (1988); CAC Hall of Fame (2009); USA National Softball Hall of Fame (2017); National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1996); Arizona Softball Foundation Hall of Fame (2009) ; Pima County Sports Hall of Fame (1998) ;
Records
	1st on List of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins
Medal record
Head Coach for Women's Softball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Head Coach for ISF Women's World Championship
Head Coach for World Cup of Softball
Head Coach for Softball at the Pan American Games

John Michael Candrea (born August 29, 1955) is the former head softball coach and interim Athletic Director (beginning Feb. 2, 2024) at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He was the head coach of the United States women's national softball team in 2004, when Team USA won a gold medal, and in 2008, bringing home silver. At the time of his retirement in 2021, Candrea was the all-time winningest coach in college softball history, and ranked fourth of any coach in any NCAA sport with 1,674 wins.

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