JoAnne Graf

JoAnne Graf is an American former softball coach and Associate Professor in Sport Management at Florida State University. As coach of the Florida State Seminoles women's softball team from 1979 to 2008, she logged more wins than any coach in the history of NCAA Division I softball. On April 2, 2005, Florida State University renamed their softball stadium in her honor as the JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex.

Education Graf earned her Bachelor degree from Florida State University (FSU) in 1975. She completed her PhD at FSU in 1992. Over her 30-year coaching career at Florida State from 1979 to 2008, she led the team to 7 College World Series Games, 17 NCAA tournaments, and 10 Atlantic Coast Conference titles. From 1995 until 2000, she coached the Seminoles to a record breaking six straight ACC Championship titles. By 2001, she had the most wins of any active coach in Division I softball and was awarded the Florida State Alumni Association Circle of Gold Award.

On February 18, 2004, she became the second Division I coach, and third overall, to reach 1,000 wins. In honor of her achievements, Florida State University renamed the softball stadium JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex on April 2, 2005. In April 2006, she became the second NCAA Division 1 coach to reach 1,110 wins.

By the time Graf retired in 2008, she had logged more wins than any other coach in the history of Division I softball, with a record of 1,437 wins.

In 2013, she was inducted into Florida State University's Hall of Fame. In 2018, she was honored by Florida State University as a distinguished alumna.