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Amy Hogue begins her second season as the head coach of the University of Utah softball team and is looking to build on the foundation established during her first season. Hogue looks to lead the Utes' return to a prominent position in the Mountain West Conference and on the national stage. Hogue was hired as the program's fifth head coach in the summer of 2007 and went 28-27 in her first season with a 10-10 mark in conference play. Hogue has a 225-109 (.674) career record in six seasons.
Last season, Hogue led the Utes to a 4.5-game improvement in the conference after a 5-14 MWC record and a last-place finish in 2007. Utah climbed all the way to third place in the MWC standings and won three more games overall in 2008. Hogue cultivated success for the Utes on an individual level as well with outfielder Diana Phillips, first baseman Kara Foster and pitcher Ashley Smuda named to the 20-member Mountain West All-Conference team in Hogue's first season.
Hogue was an integral part of the Utah softball program even before being hired as its head coach, playing for the Utes from 1991-94 and earning second-team All-America honors as a senior. During her All-American season, Hogue hit .455, had 101 hits, 222 at bats and 55 runs scored. All of those numbers still stand as the school's top marks for a single season. Hogue also holds season records for triples (7) and runs scored (55).
Hogue helped the Utes win two conference titles, two conference tournaments and two regional titles in making a pair of Women's College World Series appearances in 1991 and 1994. She captained the 1994 squad that tallied a school-record 51 wins. In addition to the team's success, Hogue was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, first team all-region and second team All-America in 1994. She was also a three-time All-WAC player and was the team MVP in 1994.
Hogue's name appears throughout the career record book at Utah. She still ranks third in at bats (703) and stolen bases (71), fifth in hits (239), and sixth in hitting (.340).Her 101 hits in a season was one of the longest-standing marks in the NCAA, and she still holds the NCAA record for at-bats in a game (14).
Hogue built and mentored Salt Lake Community College's softball team from 1999-2004, instantly creating a successful program. She went 197-82 (.706) in her time with the Bruins. The pinnacle of her tenure with the Bruins came in 2004, when SLCC won the regional championship and placed sixth in the NJCAA Division I National Tournament.
In 2000, the Bruins' inaugural campaign, they won the Scenic West Athletic Conference title and won another championship in 2003.
At SLCC, Hogue coached 36 all-region players (22 first-teamers, 14 second-team nods), and coached nine All-America standouts. In addition to the players' success, Hogue was named the SWAC Coach of the Year for her efforts in 2003.
Prior to moving to SLCC, Hogue was an assistant coach at Utah from 1996-99 where she was involved in all facets of the program.
Hogue got her start in coaching as Utah's graduate assistant coach from 1994-95, before going to Alta High School as an assistant coach from 1994-96.
Since 1995, Hogue has coached an accelerated travel team. Currently called The Sting, she has guided her club to a .725 winning percentage. In the last two seasons, The Sting has racked up 137 wins.
The Utah standout briefly played professional softball. After college, she toured with the WPF Storm and was later drafted and signed to play with the Durham Dragons.
She graduated from Utah in 1994 with a sociology degree and earned a Master's degree from Utah in social work in 1996.
The Sandy, Utah, native is married to Sean Hogue and has three children, Brennan (8), Kai (6) and Tessa (3).
