In surprising news that more or less came out of left field, legendary Michigan Softball head coach Carol Hutchins is retiring after 38 years at the helm: Her legacy will live on forever. Thank you for 38 incredible years, Hutch. Happy retirement. #ThankYouHutch #ForeverGoBlue Michigan Softball (@umichsoftball) August 24, 2022 Hutchins, 65, was said to be on a five-year rolling contract with the ability to stay as long as she wanted. While the timing in this stage of the summer is a bit surprising, the decision to ultimately step away is not. An exodus of players to the transfer portal seemed to be an omen of this and today we get the news. I will keep this short, because I will have a post on her in full in the coming days, but it's hard to overstate what Carol Hutchins meant not just to Michigan Softball, as the only face the program has ever had, but to the sport at large. While at Michigan, Hutchins won 22 B1G regular season titles, including 12 of 13 between 2008 and 20