[3] De Carolis remained on Michigan's athletic department staff until 1998 when he accepted a post with Oregon State University.

When she took over as head coach, Hutchins reportedly "had a tiny salary, an only slightly larger budget, and had to take care of her own field, throwing down lime and riding the lawn tractor.

[6] Hutchins' teams have also won 19 Big Ten Conference regular-season titles and 18 NCAA regional championships.

She led the Michigan softball team to its first NCAA Women's College World Series championship in 2005.

[7][9] The decisive game was won in dramatic fashion, with a Samantha Findlay home run in the top of the 10th inning, producing a 4–1 final.

[9][10][11] (Hutchins played shortstop for Michigan State when they won the AIAW WCWS national championship in 1976.)

[6] In 2007, she became the seventh coach in NCAA softball history, and the first in any sport at the University of Michigan, to reach 1,000 career wins.

"[5] When she was inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame, her players presented her with a scrapbook with a note from one saying, "I came here a girl with potential and left here a woman with no limits."

[14] In 2015, behind the hitting of Sierra Romero and the pitching of Megan Betsa and Haylie Wagner, Michigan won its ninth Big Ten tournament and its eighth consecutive Big Ten regular season championship, and were the 2015 Women's College World Series runner-up.

At the time of her retirement, she was the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history, compiling a record of 1,684–540–5 at Michigan.