Robert Iamurri
Napels High School
Impact Statement
Iamurri has led teams to success on both the high school level and the junior college level. He is the winningest softball coach in Florida.
Biography
In 25 years at the helm Iamurri has presided over a team that not only owns many of the state’s softball records but has become one of the nation’s most highly regarded programs.
Iamurri led the Golden Eagles to seven 4A state titles in an eight-year span – from 1989-96 – and their 10 state titles are more than any other Florida school. Iamurri has guided his teams to 646 victories, including a sparkling 115-8 record the past four years. That run included Naples’ most recent state title in 2008, an accomplishment that earned Iamurri Spring Coach of the Year honors from the Naples Daily News.
A perennial fixture at or near the top of the national polls, the Golden Eagles finished 28-2 this season and were ranked No. 1 nationally before falling in the state championship game 3-2 in a nine-inning marathon. Of Iamurri’s 646 wins, 70 have come in state tournament play – also a state record – against just 12 losses. He has guided Naples to 22 state playoff appearances and recorded at least one win in 21 of those.
Named the state’s Coach of the Year in 1994 and 1996, Iamurri was inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2009.
Iamurri continued to lead Naples upon being honored until he stepped down in 2014. He is the winningest coach in Florida’s history with 817 wins.
He was hired as the Head Coach for Softball at Florida Southwestern State. In the past five years his record is 226-31. The Bucs have had three berths to the NJCAA National Tournament. He’s coached five NJCAA 1st Team All-Americans during his time thus far.
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