Tony Draves enters his eighth season as the head softball coach in 2022.
Draves brings a wealth of experience, having served as assistant on the softball staff for 12 years. In his first season on staff, Marian won the 2003 Lake Michigan Conference title and qualified for the NCAA tournament. The following season, the Sabres won the 2004 regular season crown with a 10-2 league record. In 2018, Draves led Marian to their first NACC Championship after a 15-7 record earning him NACC Coach of the Year recognition.
In 2010, he provided stability, serving as interim head coach until the next full-time replacement was hired.
From 1997-2002, Draves was the head coach at North Fond du Lac High School, guiding the program to regional titles in 1999 and 2001, while leading the ’99 squad to the sectional final. He was also manager of Oakfield in the Rock River League – the oldest amateur baseball league in Wisconsin – from 1997-2001. His teams qualified for the playoffs in each of his five seasons and won three division titles.Â
Draves is an alumnus of UW-Oshkosh, where earned his bachelor’s (1995) and master’s (2000) degrees in mathematics education.
He, his wife, Tricia, and their two children, Erin and Tony, Jr., currently reside in Fond du Lac.
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| Year |
Record |
Win% |
NACC Record |
NACC Win% |
Postseason |
Awards |
| 2015 |
14-24 |
.368 |
8-14 |
.364 |
|
1 NFCA All-Region
2 NACC All-Conference |
| 2016 |
22-18 |
.550 |
11-11 |
.500 |
|
1 NFCA All-Region
2 NACC All-Conference
1 NACC All-Freshman |
| 2017 |
27-16 |
.628 |
13-9 |
.591 |
NACC Tournament (1-2) |
2 NACC All-Conference
3 NACC All-Freshman |
| 2018* |
26-13 |
.667 |
17-5 |
.773 |
NACC Tournament (1-2) |
NACC Coach of the Year
1 NFCA All-Region
NACC Freshman of the Year
4 NACC All-Conference |
| 2019 |
26-15 |
.634 |
15-7 |
.682 |
NACC Tournament (3-2) |
1 NFCA Player of the Year Finalist
1 NFCA All-American
1 NFCA All-Region
1 CoSIDA Academic All-American
4 NACC All-Conference |
| 2020^ |
8-6 |
.571 |
0-0 |
|
|
|
| 2021 |
23-20 |
.535 |
10-10 |
.500 |
NACC North Tournament (1-2) |
5 NACC All-North |
| 2022 |
15-18 |
.455 |
10-12 |
.455 |
|
2 NACC All-Conference |
| 2023 |
17-21 |
.447 |
12-12 |
.500 |
NACC Tournament (0-2) |
2 NACC All-Conference |
| 2024 |
25-20 |
.556 |
12-12 |
.500 |
NACC Tournament (3-2) |
2 NACC All-Conference |
| 2025 |
20-19 |
.513 |
15-9 |
.625 |
NACC Tournament (0-1) |
5 NACC All-Conference |
| Totals |
223-190 |
.540 |
123-110 |
.528 |
|
|
*Indicates Conference Championship
2020 Season Cut Short Due to CoVID-19^
