OU softball coach Patty Gasso says her new role with Team USA could affect her job as the Sooners' coach in 2028, but choice "is the highest honor." ...

Patty Gasso has done an outstanding job piecing national championship softball teams at Oklahoma. The legendary coach is now charged with putting together a world-caliber roster for the 2028 Olympics.

Patty Gasso of the University of Oklahoma is set to become the first female head coach of a U.S. Olympic softball team after being named national team head coach through the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

“It is truly a remarkable moment in my career and a dream come true to be asked to coach Team USA,” Gasso ... Japan in 2008 and 2020. Softball was taken off the Olympic program after the ...

There could be several other 2,000-point scorers in the sport later this winter, which makes this an appropriate time for USA ... Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women’s National Team ...

After being an Olympic sport from 1996-2008, women's softball was left out of the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. With the 2020 ... of USA TODAY Sports. "It is truly a remarkable moment in my career and a ...

OU softball coach Patty Gasso has been named the USA Softball Women’s National Team coach, USA Softball announced Monday.

Gasso was selected by the USA Softball Selection Review panel and will lead the U.S. Olympic Team through the 2025-28 quadrennial cycle, which includes the LA28 Olympic Games. Gasso becomes the ...