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Heather
Tarr

Position Head Coach
College Women's National Team
Medals 1 Silver Medal
Hometown Washington Head Coach
College Women's National Team
Website https://info.collegesoftballcamps.com/uwsoftball/
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OLYMPIC EXperience
  • 2020 Tokyo Olympics (Assistant Coach) – Silver Medal
World Championship Experience
  • 2024 WBSC World Cup (Head Coach) – Silver Medal Finish
  • 2022 World Games (Head Coach) – Gold Medal Finish
  • 2019 WBSC U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup (Head Coach) – Gold Medal Finish
  • 2018 WBSC World Championship (Assistant Coach) – Gold Medal Finish

Career Highlights
  • 2023 Pan American Games – Gold Medal Finish
  • 2022 WBSC Americas Qualifier (Head Coach) – Gold Medal Finish
  • 2022 Japan All-Star Series (Head Coach)
  • 2022 Canada Cup (Head Coach) – Championship Win
  • 2019 U-19 USA Softball International Cup (Head Coach) – Bronze Medal Finish
  • 2017 WBSC Americas Qualifier (Assistant Coach) – Gold Medal Finish

Collegiate coaching Highlights (2005–current)
  • Tarr was named the Head Coach of the Huskies in 2005 and has gone on to become the most winningest coach of any sport in Washington history.
  • In addition to leading the Huskies to a National Championship in 2009 – the program’s first – Tarr has guided 36 All-Americans, including two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Danielle Lawrie. 
  • During her tenure, Tarr has led the Huskies to the WCWS eight times, most recently in 2023, while also making it to NCAA postseason play in every season under Tarr.
  • Tarr earned Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2010 following a single-digit loss season.
  • In 2009, Tarr and her staff were named the NFCA Coaching Staff of the Year after bringing Washington to its first-ever national championship.

Click here to view Heather Tarr’s full collegiate coaching bio

Playing EXPERIENCE
  • As a player, Tarr was a four-year letter-winner at Washington. A part of Washington’s first team to reach the NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS), Tarr helped the Huskies earn a runner-up finish in 1996 and a third-place finish in 1997.
  • In her four years, Tarr earned three Pac-12 All-Academic merits and was named First-Team All-Pac-12 three times. 

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