Karen Weekly

Karen Weekly
Current team	Tennessee
Current conference	SEC
Alma mater	Washington Pacific Lutheran
Championships	3× SEC Regular Season (2007, 2023, 2024) 3× SEC Eastern Division (2004, 2007, 2012) 3× SEC tournament (2006, 2011, 2023) 5× SoCon Regular Season (1997–2001) 4× SoCon Tournament (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001)
Awards	National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2018) 4× SEC Coach of the Year (2004, 2007, 2023, 2024) 2× Speedline South Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2005, 2007) 3× NFCA Southeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2010, 2012, 2013) 2× UT Daily Beacon Lady Vol Coach of the Year (2001–02, 2002–03) 2× SoCon Coach of the Year (1999, 2001)

Karen Weekly is an American softball coach who is the head coach at Tennessee.^[1] She was the co-head softball coach at Chattanooga from 1997–2001. She served as an assistant at both Chattanooga (1995–1996) and Pacific Lutheran (1987–1994). Weekly served as co-head coach at Tennessee along with her husband, Ralph Weekly, from 2002 through 2021 before her husband’s retirement.

Early life and education

Weekly attended college at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington, where she played softball from 1985 to 1987. She earned her juris doctor degree from the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle in 1990.^[1]

Coaching career

Pacific Lutheran (assistant)

Assistant from 1987-1994

Chattanooga

Assistant from 1995-1996

Co-head softball coach from 1997-2001

Tennessee

On June 23, 2021, Karen Weekly signed an extension with Tennessee and her husband Ralph retired on the same day.^[2] She signed another extension with Tennessee on June 16, 2023, her contract runs through 2028.^[3]

Head coaching record

College

References:^[1]^[4]^[5]

* – Karen Weekly was served as interim head coach at Chattanooga instead of Co-HC during Ralph Weekly's Leave of Absence.

References

^ "Karen Weekly". UTSports.com. University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ Potkey, Rhiannon. "Tennessee’s Ralph Weekly Retires, Karen Weekly Signs Extension". D1Softball.com. D1 Softball. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ Hall, Cora. "Tennessee softball coach Karen Weekly gets nearly 50% raise, extension in season with SEC titles, WCWS trip". KnoxNews.com. www.KnoxNews.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ "2018 SEC Softball Record Book". a.ESPNCDN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ "SoCon Softball Record Book". SoConSports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved 20 February 2019.^{[dead link]}