Bill Berry has coached high school softball in the state of Oklahoma for 18 seasons. In those 18 seasons coaching high school softball, he has coached 20 all-state selections. He has compiled over 449 wins and reached the state softball tournament 8 times with numerous regional and district championships.Â
He has been an assistant coach with the ASA 18U Gold Tulsa Eagles and reached the national tournament five times, placing 9th out of 64 teams in 2003. He has been an invited clinician for the University of Oklahoma, Baylor University, and the University of Louisiana Monroe softball camps.Â
Coach Berry was named the Oklahoma City High School Coaches Association American Legion Baseball Coach of the Year in 1980; Oklahoma High School Softball Coaches Association 5A-6A All-State Fast Pitch Coach of the Year in 2000; Oklahoma High School Softball Coaches Association 5A-6A All-State Fast Pitch West Coach of the Year in 2000; Oklahoma High School Softball Coaches Association 5A-6A All-State West Baseball Coach of the Year in 2003; Oklahoma High School Coaches Association All-State West Slow-Pitch Coach of the Year 2012; and the Arizona Diamondbacks National Native American Softball Coach of the Year in 2013. In June of 2016, Coach Berry was inducted into the Oklahoma High School Fast Pitch Coaches Hall of Fame, and he was selected as the Native American All-State Games Fast Pitch South Coach in 2017. On October 3, 2017, Coach Berry received the Oklahoma AARP Native American Honored Elders Award in Oklahoma City at the Cowboy Hall of Fame for making a difference in native communities.Â
As a player, Coach Berry played 28 years of professional men's fast pitch. He was named the National Indian Athletic Association (NIAA) National Fast Pitch Tournament Most Valuable Player in 1978 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; in 1979 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and in 1980 in Norman, Oklahoma. He was named the ASA National Fast Pitch Tournament Most Valuable Player in 1979 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and International Softball Congress (ISC) World Tournament Most Valuable Player in 1983 in Sioux City, Iowa. Coach Berry is a two-time participant in the International Softball Congress World Tournament in 1983 in Sioux City, Iowa, and in 1994 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.Â
A native of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, Berry is a graduate of Fort Cobb High School where he was named All-State as a pitcher in 1971. Coach Berry played college baseball at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, where he earned his Bachelor's of Science in Physical Education in 1976. He graduated with his Masters of Education with an emphasis in Sports Administration from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma in May of 2016.
