Boo Gillette De Oliveira is an American, former collegiate softball catcher and former softball head coach originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the former head coach for the Purdue Boilermakers softball team.[1] Oliveira played college softball at Wisconsin from 2002 to 2005 and was a two-time All-Big Ten Conference honored player.[2] She was the head coach at Madison Area Technical College in 2007.

Boo De Oliveira
Biographical details
BornFort Lauderdale, Florida
Alma materWisconsin
Playing career
2003–2006Wisconsin
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006Edgewood College (asst.)
2007MATC
2008–2010Purdue (asst.)
2011–2013North Carolina (asst.)
2014–2015Arizona State (asst.)
2016Arkansas (asst.)
2017–2023Purdue
Head coaching record
Overall161–210 (.434)

Coaching career edit

Arkansas edit

On July 2, 2015, Arkansas announced that Oliveira would be added to the Arkansas softball staff as an assistant.[3]

Purdue edit

On August 4, 2016, Boo De Oliveira was named the head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers softball program.[4][5]

On May 9, 2023, Purdue announced Oliveira would not return as head coach.[6]

Statistics edit

[7]

Wisconsin Badgers
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2002 53 156 10 39 .250 9 1 0 5 47 .301% 13 36 0 0
2003 45 125 12 37 .296 18 4 3 4 59 .472% 17 24 5 6
2004 57 177 19 58 .327 34 5 0 14 87 .491% 13 31 0 0
2005 55 177 36 62 .350 34 10 2 10 106 .599% 9 29 0 0
TOTALS 210 635 77 196 .308 95 20 5 33 299 .471% 52 120 5 6

Head coaching record edit

College edit

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
MATC Wolfpack (North Central Community College Conference) (2007)
2007 MATC 11–8
MATC: 11–8 (.579) – (–)
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (2017–2023)
2017 Purdue 20–36 9–14 T-9th
2018 Purdue 16–40 7–15 10th
2019 Purdue 34–29 6–17 T-9th NISC Regional
2020 Purdue 15-10 Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Purdue 18–26 18–26 11th
2022 Purdue 24–31 7–15 11th
2023 Purdue 23–30 6–17 13th
Purdue: 150–202 (.426) 53–104 (.338)
Total: 161–210 (.434)

      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

References edit

  1. ^ "Boo De Oliveira". PurdueSports.com. Purdue University. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Softball Record Book 2018-19" (PDF). Uwbadgers.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  3. ^ "Boo De Oliveira". ArkansasRazorbacks.com. University of Arkansas. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Purdue hires Boo De Oliveira as softball coach". JCOnline.com. Journal & Courier. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Purdue Hires Boo Gillette De Oliveira". D1SoftballNews.com. D1 Softball Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Purdue Athletics Announces Change in Softball Leadership". purduesports.com. Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.