Janet Mitten Hutchinson

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Jan Hutchinson is a graduate of Newton High School and East Stroudsburg State College. In high school she played varsity field hockey, basketball, track and field, but was unable to participate in sports in college due to an injury. Janet initiated the women’s physical education and field hockey, basketball and softball teams at Blair Academy and coached there from the fall of 1971 through December 1977. Her field hockey record at Blair was 65-14-8 and softball record was 51-13. Janet is presently the field hockey and softball coach at Bloomsburg University where she has been since 1978. Her field hockey record is 546-73-20. Her teams have been NCAA National Champions 14 times, NCAA National Runner-ups 8 times and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Champions 14 times. She was named National Coach of the Year in 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006. Her softball record is 1041-243-2. Her teams were National Champions in 1981, NCAA National Runner-ups in 1991 and 1995 and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Champions 4 years. She was named National Coach of the Year in 1992. Janet is the first female coach in NCAA history to reach 1000 wins (April 1997). She was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Hall of Fame in 2004 and the National Field Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005. She is the winningest NCAA field hockey coach in all Divisions (I, II, III) and the winningest NCAA Division II softball coach. Janet resides in the Berwick area.