The Texas Longhorns softball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate softball competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.
The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in softball in 1997; the softball team competed as a club team for one year in 1996. Texas has an all-time varsity winâÂÂloss record of 1,189âÂÂ494âÂÂ5 () as of the end of the 2025 season. The Longhorns have won five regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships. (The Big 12 did not hold a softball tournament during the 2011 to 2016 seasons.) Texas has made 25 of 28 possible appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 29 seasons of varsity competition through the end of the 2025 season, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) eight times. The Longhorns have won the national championship once, in 2025.
The Longhorns play their home games at Red & Charline McCombs Field, where they have compiled a record of 624âÂÂ154âÂÂ3 () as of the end of the 2025 season. Texas hired seventh-year head coach Mike White, formerly head coach of the Oregon Ducks, on June 25, 2018.
<small>Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide â All-Time Series Records section</small>
National seeding began in 2005. The Texas Longhorns have been a national seed 11 of the 20 tournaments.
*Through February 10, 2025.<br /> Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide â All-Time Series Records section<br> 2019 Season Results
*Through February 7, 2023.<br /> Information Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns Softball Media Guide â All-Time Series Records section<br> 2019 Season Results
Three Texas players have won national player of the year awards in five seasons. Texas is the only Division I program with three USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards. Pitcher Cat Osterman, who won the award all three times, is the only player in NCAA history to have won the award more than twice.
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Through 2024 Season
Last updated: February 9, 2025
Texas pitchers have thrown 57 no-hitters, including 10 perfect games.