CHRIS BELLOTTO
Softball Coach, 1980-2020
FSC's first softball program head coach, Chris Bellotto spent 40 seasons at the helm for the Mocs. She started Florida Southern in slow-pitch competition in 1982, winning the SSC Championship three years in a row before moving to fast-pitch in the 1985 season. Winning the NCAA National Championship in 1993, Bellotto took the Mocs to 20 NCAA post-season tournaments, with five NCAA Regional Championships. A 1980 graduate of FSC, Bellotto compiled a 1256-562-1 career record to rank among the NCAA Division II leaders in terms of winning percentage and victories. As a member of the Sunshine State Conference, the Mocs had won 19 consecutive league championships before having their streak snapped in 2001. To add to her three slow-pitch SSC titles, Bellotto won 24 conference championships. Bellotto was named National Coach of the Year two times (1989 & 1993) and is a seven-time South Region Coach of the Year recipient. In the SSC, Bellotto was named SSC Coach of the Year 15 times. She is also a member of the National Fast-pitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame, and Polk County Sports Hall of Fame. Coach Bellotto retired at the end of the 2020 season. At that time, she was ranked second in all-time wins in the NCAA Division II with 1,256 victories.