Title: Head coach, Brigham Young University
Sport: Fastpitch Softball
BYU Record: 284-127 (.691)
Career Record: 371-140

BYU head coach Gordon Eakin is enterting his 11th season as the Cougars head coach and his 13th season at BYU overall.

Eakin was named head coach in July 2002 after working as an assistant coach since the softball programs inception in 2000. Since that time he has led the Cougars to five Mountain West Conference championships (three consecutive) and seven NCAA tournament appearances.

The MWC Coach of the Year in 2011, 2010 and 2009, Eakin has coached eight All-Americans, eight MWC Players of the Year and three MWC Freshmen of the Year during his tenure.

In 2010, Eakin guided the Cougars to 46 wins, the most in school history, as BYU advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time ever with wins over East Carolina and host Texas before ending its season at national runner-up Arizona.

Known as one of the best hitting coaches in the country, Eakin helped the Cougars finish second in the country in batting average, seventh in scoring and ninth in slugging percentage as a team last season. Overall BYU has finished in the top-ten nationally in slugging percentage six times, home runs per game six times, batting average four times and scoring four times.

In addition to his duties at BYU, Eakin has also been an assistant coach and the hitting coach for the USA National Team since 2009. In the summer of 2010, Eakin helped guide the National Team to a 17-2 record as USA won the World Championship in Venezuela, the World Cup in Oklahoma and the Japan Cup championship in Sendai, Japan.

Playing Career: Before entering the coaching ranks, Eakin was a successful baseball and softball player. After playing collegiate baseball at the University of Utah, Eakin signed with the Oakland Athletics organization where he played for three years.

Eakin went on to join the United States All-Star team, playing in three U.S. Olympic sports festivals in 1986, 1993 and 1994, winning bronze, silver and gold, respectively. While on the team, Eakin was honored on the ISC All-World First Team and was an ASA All-American.

He would later go on to play shortstop on the internationally ranked Larry H. Miller Toyota Fast Pitch team, eventually earning induction into the Utah Fast Pitch Hall of Fame in 1998.

Family: Eakin grew up in Holladay, Utah, and graduated from Granite High. He currently resides in Sandy, Utah, and is married to Barbi. They are the parents of three children (Alicia, Ryan & Parker) and have four grandsons.