Kelly Inouye-Perez

Playing career As a player, she was a catcher for UCLA and helped her team to three National Championships (1989, 1990 and 1992) and a finish as National Runner-Up in her four playing seasons. She missed the 1991 season due to shoulder surgery.

Coaching career She is the current head coach at UCLA Bruins softball, having 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 led them to an appearance in the NCAA Division I softball tournament each year of her tenure. In 2026 she became the all-time winningest coach of the Bruins, themselves the all-time winningest NCAA Division I softball program.

Personal life Inouye-Perez is of Japanese and Hawaiian descent. She is married to Gerardo Perez, a current baseball coach who played at Cerritos College and Loyola Marymount University. The couple has two children, Mikey Perez, a former UCLA Bruins baseball player who was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 2021, and Kylie Perez, a soccer player who played at Long Beach State and the University of San Diego.