University of South Dakota Athletic Director David Herbster has announced the hiring of Robert Wagner as head softball coach.
Wagner has more than 20 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level including eight years at Arizona State where he produced two national championships. Wagner was associate head coach at ASU from 2006-11, the program’s top assistant in 2015 and its co-interim head coach throughout this past season.
In addition to Arizona State, Wagner has been an assistant softball coach at his alma mater, University of Washington (2005), at University of Utah (2001-02), and at Central Arizona College (1999-2000). His first head coaching gig at the collegiate level was at Odessa College from 2003-04. His second was at Scottsdale Community College from 2012-14, in between his two stints with Arizona State.
Arizona State qualified for the NCAA Tournament in all eight seasons with Wagner on staff. The Sun Devils advanced to the Women’s College World Series five times and won national championships in 2008 and 2011. ASU was 392-127 under Wagner (.755) including a 45-13 record in the NCAA Tournament.
