Jessica Allister

Jessica Allister
Sport(s) Softball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Stanford
Conference Pac-12
Record 24–31 (.436)
Biographical details
Born (1982-10-07) October 7, 1982
Nacogdoches, Texas
Playing career
2001–2004 Stanford
2004–2005 New England Riptide
Position(s) Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006 Georgia (asst.)
2007–2009 Stanford (asst.)
2010 Oregon (asst.)
2011–2017 Minnesota
2018–present Stanford
Head coaching record
Overall 314–138 (.695)
Tournaments NCAA: 11–11 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

As player:

  • Second-team NFCA Pacific All-Region (2001)
  • 2× honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2002, 2003)
  • First-team All-Pac-10 (2004)
  • Second-team All-American (2004)

As head coach:

  • Big Ten Coach of the Year (2017)

Jessica Lynne Allister (born October 7, 1982) is an American softball coach and former catcher who is the current head coach at Stanford, her alma mater. Previously, Allister was head coach at Minnesota from 2011 to 2017.

Early life and education

Raised in Nacogdoches, Texas, Allister graduated from Nacogdoches High School in 2000.[1] At Stanford University, Allister had a stellar playing career for the Stanford Cardinal softball team. Allister holds the school record for games played with 266. A three-time all-conference selection, she led her team to four appearances in the NCAA tournament and to two trips to the 2001 Women's College World Series. She was the starter for the Cardinal from day one to the end of her playing career. Allister earned second-team NFCA All-American honors and first-team All-Pac-10 honors in 2004,[2][3] her senior season during which Stanford again made the Women's College World Series. Allister graduated with her name all throughout the program’s record book, including top-three in many offensive categories (including home runs and RBI) and top-ten in several others.[1] Allister graduated in 2004 with a degree in economics.[4]

Professional playing career

Allister played the 2004 and 2005 summer seasons as a member of the New England Riptide of National Pro Fastpitch.[4]

Coaching career

Allister’s first coaching job was with the University of Georgia under coach Lu Harris-Champer. She spent the 2005 & 2006 seasons with the Bulldogs, helping lead the team to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances as well as an SEC championship.

Following her stint with the Bulldogs, Allister went back to her alma mater and joined John Rittman’s coaching staff at Stanford. Under Allister’s tutelage, Rose Neill won back-to-back conference Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2008 and 2009. Allister was also a part of the 2009 West Regional Coaching Staff of the Year, as awarded and honored by the NFCA. Allister’s streak of appearances in the NCAA tournament continued, as the Cardinal made the postseason tournament in all three seasons of her 2nd go-around in Palo Alto.

Allister’s third assistant-coaching position came at the University of Oregon. She was Mike White’s do-it-all coach, with her role as hitting coach as well as position-specific instruction. She also handled recruiting coordination and “served as the program’s primary contact for admissions, compliance, and eligibility”.[5]

After just one season in Oregon, Allister was hired as the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers program. She was hired on August 10, 2010. In seven seasons at Minnesota, Allister's career win-loss record is 290-107.

Following the Golden Gopher's epic 2017 season that saw them set numerous records and achieve the first #1 National ranking in program history, Allister agreed to return to her alma mater, Stanford, and revive the once proud program. 2017-18 will mark Allister's return to the Farm and signal a new chapter in Stanford softball history.

Head coaching record

Sources:[6][7]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (2011–2017)
2011 Minnesota 31–249–11T–6th
2012 Minnesota 31–2210–14T–9th
2013 Minnesota 36–1914–63rdNCAA Regionals
2014 Minnesota 44–1216–63rdNCAA Super Regionals
2015 Minnesota 49–1120–32ndNCAA Regionals
2016 Minnesota 43–1419–32ndNCAA Regionals
2017 Minnesota 56–521–11stNCAA Regionals
Minnesota: 290–107 (.730)109–44 (.712)
Stanford Cardinal (Pac-12 Conference) (2018–present)
2018 Stanford 24–313–218th
Stanford: 24–31 (.436)3–21 (.125)
Total:314–138 (.695)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 "Jessica Allister". Stanford University. 2004. Archived from the original on April 12, 2005. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I 2004 All-America Teams Announced". Stanford Cardinal. May 26, 2004. Archived from the original on June 10, 2004. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "John Rittman Named Pac-10 Softball Coach Of The Year". Stanford Cardinal. May 19, 2004. Archived from the original on June 10, 2004. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Jessica Allister". Stanford University. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jessica Allister Bio". Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 4 Sep 2014.
  6. ↑ "Big Ten Softball Regular Season Standings" (PDF), 2017-18 Big Ten Records Book, Big Ten Conference, p. 341, 2017
  7. ↑ http://pac-12.com/softball/standings
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