title: Kelly Inouye-Perez
text: # Kelly Inouye-Perez
  
  Kelly Keiko Inouye-Perez (born January 2, 1970) is an American softball player and coach, who is the current head coach at UCLA. She assumed that position prior to the 2007 season. She has led the Bruins to five appearances in the Women's College World Series, including the 2010 National Championship and 2019 National Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division I softball tournament each year of her tenure.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  As a player, she was a catcher for UCLA and helped her team to three National Championships and a finish as National Runner-Up in her four playing seasons. She missed the 1991 season due to shoulder surgery. She is a member of the 2022 class of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  Source:
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | UCLA Bruins (Pacific-10/Pac-12 Conference) (2007–Present) ||||||
  | 2007 | UCLA | 37–18 | 12–9 | T–3rd | NCAA Regionals |
  | 2008 | UCLA | 51–9 | 17–4 | 2nd | Women's College World Series |
  | 2009 | UCLA | 45–11 | 16–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals |
  | 2010 | UCLA | 50–11 | 14–7 | 2nd | WCWS Champions |
  | 2011 | UCLA | 36–19 | 9–12 | T–6th | NCAA Regionals |
  | 2012 | UCLA | 36–20 | 12–12 | T–4th | NCAA Regionals |
  | 2013 | UCLA | 40–20 | 10–14 | T–5th | NCAA Regionals |
  | 2014 | UCLA | 52–8 | 19–5 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regionals |
  | 2015 | UCLA | 51–12 | 19–5 | 2nd | Women's College World Series |
  | 2016 | UCLA | 40–16–1 | 16–5–1 | 2nd | Women's College World Series |
  | 2017 | UCLA | 48–15 | 16–8 | T–3rd | Women's College World Series |
  | 2018 | UCLA | 58–7 | 20–4 | T–3rd | Women's College World Series |
  | 2019 | UCLA | 56–6 | 20–4 | T–1st | WCWS Champions |
  | 2020 | UCLA | 25–1 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
  | 2021 | UCLA | 47–7 | 19–2 | 1st | Women's College World Series |
  | 2022 | UCLA | 51–10 | 19–5 | 2nd | Women's College World Series |
  | 2023 | UCLA | 52–7 | 21–3 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
  | UCLA: | UCLA: | 775–197–1 (.797) | 259–104–1 (.713) | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 775–197–1 (.797) | | | |
  | 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 ||||||
  