Title: Head coach, Colorado State
Sport: Fastpitch Softball
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Colorado State University has attained national prominence and consistent winning seasons behind the guidance and leadership of Mary Yori, one of the game’s most successful coaches.

Yori was named Colorado State’s head softball coach in July of 2000, and immediately put in place a plan to build the school’s softball program into one of the nation’s finest. Her goals are based on the success she achieved throughout her coaching and playing career.

In 2008, Yori led the Rams to a 29-22 overall record while reaching three important milestones in her career. Yori won her 200th game at CSU against Texas-San Antonio on Feb. 18 and coached in her 400th game at the university on April 4 against BYU.

Yori also led the Rams atop the Mountain West Conference in several categories. As a squad, the Rams knocked 68 homers with 12 different CSU players contributing. During the 2007 campaign, Yori led the Rams to a 30-28 overall record and a third place finish in the MWC.

With seasons like the Rams had in 2003 and 2004, it is understandable that Yori was voted back-to-back Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year.
Yori came to the Rams after having served as the head coach at the University of Nebraska-Omaha from 1988-99. During that time, she guided the program to 10 consecutive NCAA regional tournament appearances. UNO won the North Central Conference championship in 1994, `95, `96, and `97.

Yori has the well-deserved reputation as one of the nation’s premier collegiate softball coaches. When the 2009 season began, she held an impressive career coaching record of 680-355, having won 66 percent of her games as the head coach.

At UNO, she won nearly 75 percent of the games she coached, the fifth-highest figure in NCAA Division II history. On Nov. 7, 2007, Yori was inducted into the UNO Hall of Fame for her coaching accomplishments. Prior to becoming the head coach at UNO, Yori was an assistant at Creighton University, her alma mater. She played for the Blue Jays, earning All-America honors twice and leading her team to the College World Series three consecutive years from 1980-82. Yori was inducted in the Creighton Hall of Fame in 1992.

Twice in her coaching career at UNO she was selected by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year, in `94 and again in `96.