of 1,457 wins, 542 losses and 3 ties. She is the NCAA's all-time winningest softball coach, and also ranks second all-time in career victories among NCAA Division I coaches in all sports, trailing only Texas Longhorns baseball coach (and Fresno State alumnus) Augie Garrido. Wright's significant career milestones include: In March 1980, she won her first game as a head coach by a score of 6-0 over New Mexico. In March 1992, she achieved her 500th career victory with a 2-1 win over Arizona. In March 2000, she broke Judi Garman's mark as the all-time winningest softball coach with career victory No. 914, a 1-0 win over Oklahoma. In March 2002, she became the first softball coach to amass 1,000 wins with a 5-3 win over Boston University. In May 2008, she achieved her 1,300th win by a score of 3-2 against New Mexico State.</ref> In February 2010, Wright achieved her 600th win at Fresno State's home field, Bulldog Diamond. In May 2010, she took Fresno State to a record 29th straight NCAA softball tournament, ultimately losing to the 2010 national championship team from UCLA. Wright has become a popular figure in the Fresno community and was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. Interviewed by the USA Today in May 2000, Wright said, "The city is great. I do a lot of speaking engagements out in the community, and I guess the people like what they hear. Certainly, if you're successful, they'll come out and support you." Bulldog Diamond was renamed Margie Wright Diamond by Fresno State on May 3, 2014 in her honor. Team USA Wright served as an assistant coach on the United States women's softball team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She was the head coach of the United States women's national softball team that won a gold medal at the 1998 International Softball Federation Women's World Championship. Youth softball After leaving Fresno State, Wright became Director of Player Development for the Wheatland Spikes, a premier youth fastpitch softball program located in Aurora, Illinois. Hall of fame inductions Wright was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2001, she became the third softball individual to be inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in New York. The International Women's Sports Hall of Fame was established by Billie Jean King