| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach | 
| Team | Wichita State | 
| Conference | The American | 
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 28, 1955 Wichita, Kansas  | 
| Alma mater | Southwestern College (Kansas) | 
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978–1983 | Oxford High School | 
| 1983–1988 | Friends | 
| 1990–1991 | Garden Plain High School (Girls Head) | 
| 1991–2005 | Seward County CC | 
| 2005–2011 | Oklahoma State (assoc. HC) | 
| 2011–2022 | Oklahoma State | 
| 2022–present | Wichita State (assistant) | 
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 176–111 (.613) | 
| Tournaments | 5–6 (.455) (NCAA Division I)  0–0 (–) (Big 12)  | 
James Alan Littell (born September 28, 1955) [1] is a former head coach of the Oklahoma State University women's basketball team. [2] He is currently an assistant coach for the Wichita State.
Littell spent 14 seasons as the head coach at Seward County Community College, where he had a record of 418–61 (.873) and recorded nine conference titles. In 2005 he became an assistant coach at Oklahoma State under new coach Kurt Budke.
After Budke's death in a plane crash on November 17, 2011, Littell was promoted to head coach, and led the team to the 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament championship. [3]
On March 7, 2022, it was announced that Littell and Oklahoma State agreed to part ways after 11 years as head coach.[ citation needed ]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State Cowgirls (Big 12 Conference)(2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Oklahoma State | 21–12 | 8–10 | T–6th | WNIT Champions | ||||
| 2012–13 | Oklahoma State | 22–11 | 9–9 | T–5th | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Oklahoma State | 25–9 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2014–15 | Oklahoma State | 20–12 | 9–9 | T–3rd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Oklahoma State | 21–10 | 11–7 | T–4th | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Oklahoma State | 17–15 | 6–12 | 7th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Oklahoma State | 21–11 | 11–7 | T-3rd | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Oklahoma State | 14–16 | 5–13 | 7th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Oklahoma State | 15–15 | 6–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Oklahoma State | 19–9 | 13–5 | T-2nd | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Oklahoma State | 9–20 | 3–15 | 9th | |||||
| Oklahoma State: | 204–140 (.593) | 92–106 (.465) | |||||||
| Total: | 204–140 (.593) | ||||||||
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