Michelle Gascoigne

Biography

Michelle Gascoigne, a 2013 NCAA champion and former ace of National Pro Fastpitch's Chicago Bandits, joined the Wildcats' staff as pitching coach in September of 2015. Under Gascoigne, Northwestern has landed a pitcher on the All-Big Ten team in nine of Gascoigne’s first 10 seasons as the program’s pitching coach. The Wildcats have earned nine NFCA All-Region selections among six different pitchers under Gascoigne, as well as two Big Ten Pitcher of the Year award winners in a span of three years from 2022-2024. Northwestern has qualified for eight NCAA Tournaments under Gascoigne while posting a Top 4 finish in the Big Ten in all but one season with the program. The Wildcats secured back-to-back-to-back Big Ten regular season championships in 2022, 2023 and 2024, marking just the second time “three-peating” in program history (also 1984-87). Northwestern has claimed three NCAA Regional titles since Gascoigne arrived in Evanston, and made its return to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series in 2022. A Capital One Academic All-American in 2013, Gascoigne graduated from Oklahoma with a degree in education. She combined with classmate Keilani Ricketts to form the best pitching duo in the nation that season, leading the Sooners to the Women's College World Series championship game, where Gascoigne threw a three-hit shutout to secure the national title for OU. Over her collegiate career, Gascoigne compiled a 49-7 record with a 1.65 ERA and 507 strikeouts in 378.0 inning