Florida Southern College

Chris Bellotto is a legendary former head softball coach at Florida Southern College (FSC) in Lakeland, Florida, celebrated for building one of the premier NCAA Division II softball programs in the nation. Over an extraordinary 40-season career from 1980 to 2020, Bellotto guided the Florida Southern Moccasins to sustained national prominence, beginning in slow-pitch softball before successfully transitioning the program to fast-pitch competition in 1985.

Under her leadership, FSC captured the 1993 NCAA Division II National Championship, along with five South Region titles and an impressive 24 conference championships. Bellotto’s excellence on the field earned her two National Coach of the Year honors (1989, 1993) and 15 Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year awards.

Bellotto earned her degree from Florida Southern College in 1980. She has been inducted into the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame (2000), Florida Southern College Athletic Hall of Fame (2002), Polk County Sports Hall of Fame (2005), and the NFCA Hall of Fame (2010).