Mike Littlewood

Michael Rory Littlewood is an American college baseball coach currently serving as head coach of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference's BYU Cougars. He was named to that position prior to the 2013 season.[1][2][3][4]

Mike Littlewood
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBYU
ConferenceWest Coast
Record222–169
Biographical details
Born1966 (age 54–55)
Playing career
1985–1988BYU
1988Beloit Brewers
Position(s)Third baseman / Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995Salt Lake City (UT) Alta
1996–2012Dixie State
2013–presentBYU
Head coaching record
Overall827–148
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× WCC regular season (2016, 2017, 2019)
  • WCC tournament (2017)
Awards
  • WCC Coach of the Year (2019)

Playing career

Littlewood was a third baseman at BYU, earning All-Conference as both a junior and senior. He was drafted in the 27th round of the 1988 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers and played one season at Class-A Beloit Brewers.[1]

Coaching career

Shortly after his playing career ended, Littlewood accepted the head coaching position at Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. He remained for three seasons before moving to Dixie State, then a junior college in St. George, Utah. Under Littlewood, the Red Storm won 563 games, won one national championship, made four appearances in the National Junior College World Series, and claimed eight league titles. Littlewood was named National JUCO Coach of the Year in 2004.[1] Dixie State transitioned to the Division II level under Littlewood in 2007. Littlewood also served during this time as an NCAA basketball referee, working three NCAA Sweet 16s and two Elite 8s.[3]

After being a finalist for the BYU head coaching position in 2000, when Vance Law earned the job, Littlewood was hired at BYU prior to the 2013 season. In his first season, the Cougars tied for second in the West Coast Conference and qualified for the first WCC Tournament.[2]

He was named the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2019.[5]

Head coaching record

This table shows Littlewood's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dixie State Rebels/Red Storm (Scenic West Conference) (1996–2006)
Dixie State Red Storm (Independent) (2007–2008)
2007 Dixie State 25–20
2008 Dixie State 25–22
Dixie State Red Storm (Pacific West Conference) (2009–2012)
2009 Dixie State 33–1915–91st
2010 Dixie State 31–1919–132nd
2011 Dixie State 32–1522–101st
2012 Dixie State 35–2025–152ndNCAA Regional
Dixie State: 605–249 (.708)
BYU Cougars (West Coast Conference) (2013–present)
2013 BYU 32–2115–9T-2ndWCC Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2014 BYU 22–3112–157th
2015 BYU 28–2516–11T-3rdWCC Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
2016 BYU 37–1718–9T-1stWCC Tournament[lower-alpha 3]
2017 BYU 38–2120–7T-1stNCAA Stanford Regionals
2018 BYU 22–2811–16T-9th
2019 BYU 36–1719–81stWCC Tournament
2020 BYU 7–90–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
BYU: 222–169 (.568)111–75 (.597)
Total:827–418 (.664)

      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

  1. The top four finishers in the nine team WCC qualified for the tournament in 2013.
  2. The top four finishers in the nine team WCC qualified for the tournament in 2015.
  3. The top four finishers in the nine team WCC qualified for the tournament in 2016.

See also

References
  1. "Mike Littlewood Staff Bio". BYU Cougars. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  2. Dick Harmon (May 27, 2013). "BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood got Cougars close to NCAA postseason". Deseret News. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. Jason Franchuk (June 28, 2012). "Littlewood gives up moonlighting gig to go full-time at alma mater". Daily Herald. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  4. Andy Griffin (June 28, 2012). "BYU hires Littlewood for baseball post; Search is on for new Dixie State skipper". stgnews.com. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  5. "WCC Announces 2019 Baseball All-Conference Teams". www.wccsports.com. West Coast Conference. May 21, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
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