Lu Harris-Champer

Lu Harris-Champer is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Georgia.[1]

Lu Harris-Champer

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Georgia
Conference	SEC
Record	902–340 (.726)
Biographical details
Born	San Diego, California
Alma mater	Western Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1996	Western Illinois (asst.)
1996–1997	Nicholls State
1998–2000	Southern Miss
2001–present	Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall	1106–402–1 (.733)
Tournaments	81–49 (.623)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As a Head Coach: Southland Regular Season Champions (1996) 2× Southland Tournament Champions (1996, 1997) Conference USA Regular Season Champions (2000) Conference USA Tournament Champions (2000) 2× SEC Regular Season Champions (2003, 2005) 3× SEC Eastern Division Champions (2003, 2005, 2006) SEC Tournament Champions (2014) As an Assistant: Gateway Tournament Champions (1992) Mid Continent Regular Season Champions (1993) Mid Continent Tournament Champions (1993) Mid Continent West Division Champions (1996)
Awards
3× SEC Coach of the Year (2003, 2005, 2018) NFCA South Region Coach of the Year (1999) NFCA South Region Coach of the Year (1996) Southland Coach of the Year (1996)

Early life and education

Coaching career

Nicholls State

At Nicholls State, Harris-Champer had an overall record of 90–40–1 (.691) in her two years as head coach from 1996 to 1997.

Southern Miss

At Southern Miss, Harris-Champer had an overall record of 115–22 (.839) in her two years as head coach from 1999 to 2000.

Georgia

Harris-Champer has been the head softball coach of the Georgia Bulldogs softball team since 2001.

Personal life

Lu is married to her husband Jerry, they have twin daughters, Jenna and Emma, and another daughter named Mya.[2]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Nicholls State Colonels (Southland Conference) (1996–1997)
1996	Nicholls State	42–17–1	19–5	1st	NCAA Regional
1997	Nicholls State	48–23	16–7	2nd	NCAA Regional
Nicholls State:		90–40–1 (.691)	35–12 (.745)
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Conference USA) (1998–2000)
1998	Southern Miss	No team
1999	Southern Miss	51–9			Women's College World Series
2000	Southern Miss	63–13	16–1	1st	Women's College World Series
Southern Miss:		114–22 (.838)	16–1 (.941)
Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2001–Present)
2001	Georgia	33–26	9–18	4th (East)
2002	Georgia	59–17	18–12	2nd (East)	NCAA Regional
2003	Georgia	57–14	23–6	1st (East)	NCAA Regional
2004	Georgia	55–17	20–10	2nd (East)	NCAA Regional
2005	Georgia	55–15	26–4	1st (East)	NCAA Super Regional
2006	Georgia	54–15	24–6	1st (East)	NCAA Regional
2007	Georgia	46–28	13–15	3rd (East)	NCAA Regional
2008	Georgia	46–24	14–14	3rd (East)	NCAA Super Regional
2009	Georgia	47–12	18–7	2nd (East)	Women's College World Series
2010	Georgia	50–13	18–8	2nd (East)	Women's College World Series
2011	Georgia	51–14	17–9	3rd (East)	NCAA Super Regional
2012	Georgia	45–17	17–11	3rd (East)	NCAA Super Regional
2013	Georgia	40–21	14–9	4th (East)	NCAA Regional
2014	Georgia	49–15	15–9	T-3rd	NCAA Super Regional
2015	Georgia	44–17	14–9	6th	NCAA Super Regional
2016	Georgia	46–20	12–12	8th	Women's College World Series
2017	Georgia	35–23	6–18	13th	NCAA Regional
2018	Georgia	48–13	16–8	2nd	Women's College World Series
2019	Georgia	42–19	12–12	T-6th	NCAA Regional
2020	Georgia	23–5	2–1		Season canceled due to COVID-19
Georgia:		925–345 (.728)	308–198 (.609)
Total:		1129–407–1 (.735)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Lu Harris-Champer". GeorgiaDogs.com. University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
2. "Lu Harris-Champer". GeorgiaDogs.com. University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2019.