He is simply one of the winningest coaches in NCAA softball. He has two national titles, 13 regional crowns and more personal accolades then you can mention. Scott Whitlock is the driving force that has made Kennesaw State softball one of the most admired and respected programs in the country.

And for his lifetime of hard work, dedication and success, Whitlock was granted the highest honor of his profession. In December of 2004, he had received the highest accolade of his career when he was voted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in December of 2005 in Orlando, Florida.

Embracing challenges with vest and determination and conquering them with ferocity and vigor, Whitlock faces the newest challenge of his career as he guides the Owls into Division I.

After successful runs at the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels, Whitlock enjoyed success in his first Division I season as he guided Kennesaw State to a 38-17 record and a second-place finish in the Atlantic Sun Conference while also being named A-Sun Co-Coach of the Year. Legendary is a word that is often overused, but it is the perfect word describe Whitlock's career at KSU. The evidence is in the numbers. A total of 51 All-Americans can attest to that. He can inspire his teams to always bring their best games to the diamond. His winning percentage proves that. He also can drive his players to take their games to a higher level against the best competition in the nation. The two national championships are proof enough.

But Whitlock also knows that the success of his career and the accolades that he has received are the hard work of all involved in the program -- from fellow coaches, the multitude of talented players that have come through the dugouts and everyone else associated with helping build one of the nation's finest softball programs.

When Whitlock arrived at Kennesaw State, fresh from Piedmont College, the feet of this program hit the ground quickly and ferociously and never looked back. The Owls made an immediate impact in fast-pitch softball, and now, after fourteen seasons, the program has become the elite showcase of talent at the Division II level.

Whitlock has guided the Owls to back-to-back national titles in 1995 and 1996, and, with a career winning percentage of .850; he is the winningest coach in the NCAA at any level.

Boasting a gaudy 773-136 record over his sixteen seasons of coaching at the fast-pitch level, Whitlock stands .026 points ahead of his next-closest peer, Mike Candrea of Arizona.

The road wasn't easy for Whitlock, but each step along the way has been paved with success. There was no "down time" or learning curve for the stately Bostwick, Georgia native. After managing successful slow-pitch campaigns from 1987-1990, Whitlock moved the Owls program into the fast-pitch world in 1991. As a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the Owls produced a 41-11 record, a three-game sweep in the District 10 Tournament, and the school's first appearance in a National Championship Tournament. Whitlock's team won three tournament games that year and finished the year ranked fourth in the country. It was from that season forward that the foundation of success was laid for Whitlock and the Owls.

Over the eleven years that would follow, Kennesaw State would advance to the National Tournament in every season. In 2003, however, the streak came to an end. In what many observers consider being his best-ever coaching job, Whitlock's Owls finished the year with a 35-11 record. A good season for many, to Whitlock it was a disappointment because the Owls did not win a regional championship nor vie for a national title, the annual goal for Whitlock and Kennesaw State.

Although they were not selected to play in the regional tournament, his Owls finished the year as, far and away, one of the hottest teams in the country. Kennesaw State won 15 of their final 16 regular season games and advanced to the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship game.

In 2005, his final year in Division II, Whitlock led the Owls to a 57-13 record, a South Atlantic Regional Championship, and a spot in the NCAA Division II College World Series, where his team battled its way out of the loser's bracket after dropping the first game to make it to the Championship Game and a National runner-up finish.

In 2004, Whitlock's squad was ranked No. 1 in the country for the better part of the season that included a 38-game winning streak. The winning streak is the second longest in NCAA Division II behind only the Owls 40-game winning streak of 1995. The Owls went on to record a 64-5 record, the most wins in the history of the school.

Under Whitlock, Kennesaw State has posted four winning streaks of more than 30 games, only the University of Arizona, with five, has more 30-plus game winning streaks in their history.

After leading the Owls to the Peach Belt Conference regular season title and the tournament championship as well as sweeping through the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regionals for the fifth time, Whitlock was named both the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year and the South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year. It was the fifth time that Whitlock has received both conference and region honors.

Over his career at the helm of the Owls, Whitlock has produced 16 consecutive 30-win seasons; he has had 14 40-win years and four seasons in which he has won 50 or more games. Whitlock led the Owls to nine consecutive seasons (1992-2000) in which his teams never lost more than a single-digit number of games.

From 1991 through the 2002 season the Owls posted 12 consecutive top ten finishes. Since beginning a fastpitch program, Kennesaw State has never finished ranked out of the Top Twenty-Five.

Perhaps one of the finest two-year runs in softball history came in during the 1999-2000 seasons when the Owls won 108 games over those two seasons. Whitlock's 108-15 mark (.878) marked two of the eight times in which he finished the year ranked in the top four.

Whitlock's ability to coach is surpassed only by his ability to recruit. The Owls have been laden with talent during the past 16 years. Over the manicured turf of Owl Field stepped 48 All-Americans including first baseman Keri McKee.

Whitlock has coached 22 First-Team All-American selections, 18-second team selections and eight third team honorees. During his storied tenure with the Owls, he has also produced a pair of Catcher-of-the-Year Award winners in Audra Thomas and Blake Baskin. Thomas won the award in both 1999 and 2000 while Baskin gave Kennesaw State its third straight award in 2001.

Two-time Olympian Colleen Thorburn (Canada) honed her skills under Whitlock in the early days of the program and Whitlock's international experience helped third baseman Sarah Lockett, as she was selected to participate on the Great Britain national team in 2003.

Before taking the Owls into the fastpitch realm, Whitlock compiled a 153-15 record as a slow-pitch coach. In 2005, Whitlock surpassed the 700-fastpitch win mark for his career and this season he should reach the 800-fastpitch win plateau.

There is no doubt that Whitlock is one of the best coaches and recruiters in fastpitch softball. However, there is more to the Owls' head coach than his on-the-field success. In 2001, Whitlock joined other successful head coaches such as Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden and University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt as a contributor to Dr. Stephen Brennan's book "Six Psychological Factors for Success." In addition, Whitlock has written numerous articles for the NFCA's Fastpitch Delivery Magazine. He is the chair of the NCAA South Atlantic Region Ranking Committee and he is serving his fourth year as a member of the Advisory Staff to Worth Sports.

In December of 2003, Whitlock received another honor when he became a member of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey based "Be the Best You Are Softball Clinics" Speaker Hall of Fame.

In the off-season Whitlock spends a lot of his time working with young softball players. He is the owner of Championship Softball Camps, a regional venture that draws over 500 young softball players annually. Whitlock is also a member of the summer camp staff at University of Arizona head coach Mike Candrea's summer camp.

Whitlock is a member of the coaching staff of the United States National Softball Team. In 2006, he traveled with the squad and was a member of the coaching staff that guided the U.S. to a gold medal wins at the II World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City and the ISF Women's World Championship in Beijing, China.

In the summer of 2003, Whitlock was invited by Coach Candrea to join the support staff of the United States Olympic Softball team as they prepared for the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.

During the nearly two-month tour, Whitlock traveled with the squad to the 2003 U.S Cup in Honolulu, Hawaii and to the 2003 Canada Cup in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada where he served as one of the videotape scouting coordinators. During the summer of 2004, Whitlock again served as a scout for the team, traveling to the west coast and parts of Canada.

Over the winter of 2005, Whitlock was named to the Coaching Staff of the United States National Team; and spend much of the summer of 2005 touring with the team in both North America and Japan.

Whitlock was also a key figure in the Owls move into their new state-of-the-art facility, the Bobbie Bailey Complex. The complex, which opened in February 2004, is considered by many as the crown jewel of fastpitch facilities. In the organizing process, Whitlock aided in fund-raising activities, as well as being instrumental in the field design and amenities.

During the off-season Whitlock's quick humor and affable personality makes him one of the most sought after speakers in the country. His name is a fixture on the program of some of the country's top softball and baseball clinics. His expertise in the field is sought out by his peers, aspiring coaches and coaching professionals, not only from the United States, but from around the world.

Whitlock is an avid golfer and is a fan of college football and NASCAR. Whitlock is also a classic country music aficionado and is a big fan of the works of Hank Williams Sr.

Whitlock is married to Kennesaw State's Senior Women's Advisor and Physical Education instructor Susan Whitlock. He and his wife make their home in Marietta, Georgia and are the proud parents of daughter Lacey (19) and son Blake (11).