Colorado State hires NCAA champion Michelle Gascoigne as softball coach | Colorado Sunshine

By Paul Klee June 9, 2026 | updated 33 minutes ago

Oklahoma pitcher Michelle Gascoigne jumps in the pitching circle as Oklahoma defeats Tennessee 4-3 in the seventh inning of the second game of the best of three Women's College World Series NCAA softball championship series in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Oklahoma won the game 4-0 and the best-of-three series in two games.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Colorado State has a new softball coach.

CSU hired Michelle Gascoigne as the 13th softball coach in Fort Collins, Athletics Director John Weber said Monday. Gascoigne replaces Jen Fisher, who retired in May after 16 seasons and 373 wins.

Gascoigne had been the pitching coach at Northwestern for the past 11 seasons and won the 2013 NCAA title as a pitcher at Oklahoma.

“I am excited to welcome Michelle, her husband Tony and children Skyler and Brayden to Fort Collins. Michelle has been a winner on and off the diamond every step of her career, first as a student-athlete at Oklahoma and more recently during her time on staff at Northwestern,” Weber said.

Northwestern went 360-195-1 with Gascoigne on staff. The Wildcats made the NCAA regionals eight times with one Women’s College World Series appearance in those 11 seasons.

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