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Margo F. Jonker
Biographical details
Born1953 or 1954 (age 69–70)[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
College Softball
1977–1979Grand Valley State (asst.)
1978–1979West Ottawa High School
1980–2019Central Michigan
Volleyball
1976Hope College
1977–1978Hope College (asst.)
1979Central Michigan (asst.)
National Softball
1998–2000USA Women's Softball (asst.)
Head coaching record
OverallSoftball: 1246–780–6 (.615)
Volleyball: 12–15 (.444)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
10× MAC Regular Season Champions (1982, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2017)

11x MAC Tournament Champions (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013)
MAC East Division Champions (1984)

7× MAC West Division Champions (1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2017)
Awards
NFCA Hall of Fame (2003)

10× MAC Coach of the Year (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2017)
NFCA Coach of the Year (1987)
NCAA Mideast Region Coach of the Year (1987)
2× NFCA Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year (1994, 2000)
Grand Valley State Hall of Fame (1989)
Michigan Amateur Softball Hall of Fame (2000)
West Ottawa High School Hall of Fame (2001)

Metro Detroit Amateur Softball Association (2014)
Medal record
Assistant coach for Women's Softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Assistant coach for ISF Women's World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Fujinomiya
Assistant coach for Softball at the Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg

Margo F. Jonker is an American softball coach and the current head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas. She was a 2003 inductee in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Career

During her 31 years as head coach, the Chippewas have gone to the NCAA tournament 13 times and have 11 Mid-American Conference (MAC) titles. Jonker was formerly an assistant softball coach at Grand Valley State University and head coach at West Ottawa High School. CMU's Margo Jonker stadium is named after her.

At the 2000 Olympics she served as an assistant coach on the United States Olympic softball team that captured the gold medal in Sydney, Australia.[2]

She is a Holland, Michigan native and attended and played softball for the Grand Valley State Lakers.[3]

Head coaching record

Volleyball

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hope College (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1976–1976)
1976 Hope 12–15 4th
Hope: 12–15 (.444)
Total: 12–15 (.444)

      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

Softball

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Central Michigan () (1980–1981)
1980 Central Michigan 16–12
1981 Central Michigan 30–13–1
Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (1982–2019)
1982 Central Michigan 51–12 1st AIAW Women's College World Series
1983 Central Michigan 36–17–2 6–2–1 2nd (West) NCAA Regional
1984 Central Michigan 34–11–1 8–2 1st (East)
1985 Central Michigan 44–12 12–4 2nd NCAA Regional
1986 Central Michigan 45–20 16–2 1st NCAA Regional
1987 Central Michigan 37–14 11–1 1st Women's College World Series
1988 Central Michigan 38–23 18–14 5th
1989 Central Michigan 29–27 15–17 5th
1990 Central Michigan 32–22 14–9 3rd
1991 Central Michigan 39–22 21–7 1st NCAA Regional
1992 Central Michigan 29–20 14–13 4th
1993 Central Michigan 26–26 17–13 5th
1994 Central Michigan 32–24 23–11 1st NCAA Regional
1995 Central Michigan 26–21 21–12 2nd
1996 Central Michigan 40–21 26–6 1st NCAA Regional
1997 Central Michigan 41–22 22–6 1st NCAA Regional
1998 Central Michigan 31–23–1 22–5 1st (West)
1999 Central Michigan 41–18 20–8 2nd (West) NCAA Regional
2000 Central Michigan 33–13 15–5 2nd (West) NCAA Regional
2001 Central Michigan 37–20 20–4 1st (West) NCAA Regional
2002 Central Michigan 39–16 23–1 1st (West) NCAA Regional
2003 Central Michigan 26–18 14–7 2nd (West)
2004 Central Michigan 32–19 21–3 1st (West) NCAA Regional
2005 Central Michigan 29–16 16–6 1st (West)
2006 Central Michigan 22–27 13–7 2nd (West)
2007 Central Michigan 27–20 11–7 2nd (West)
2008 Central Michigan 25–20 14–7 1st (West)
2009 Central Michigan 12–31 4–17 6th (West)
2010 Central Michigan 27–19 12–8 2nd (West)
2011 Central Michigan 32–21 13–9 5th (West)
2012 Central Michigan 30–27 11–10 3rd (West)
2013 Central Michigan 33–20 15–7 2nd (West) NCAA Regional
2014 Central Michigan 34–22 10–10 2nd (West)
2015 Central Michigan 27–23 12–8 2nd (West)
2016 Central Michigan 24–27–1 11–11–1 4th (West)
2017 Central Michigan 37–15 18–5 1st (West)
2018 Central Michigan 22–26 12–11 4th (West)
2019 Central Michigan 18–22–1 8–5–1
Central Michigan: 1246–780–6 (.615) 551–275–2 (.667)
Total: 1246–780–6 (.615)

      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

See also

References

  1. ^ "'Simply said, a legend': CMU softball coach Margo Jonker quietly retires after 40 years". Detroit News.
  2. ^ "Margo Jonker". Central Michigan Chippewas. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Alumni-Margo Jonker". GVSU Alumni Relations. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
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