Mike Smith (softball)

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Mike Smith
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Current position
Title Head coach
Team California Baptist
Conference WAC
Biographical details
Born San Diego, California
Alma mater The Master's University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2002 Biola
2003 UC Riverside
2004–2011 California Baptist
2012–2014 McNeese State
2015–2019 Ole Miss
2022–present California Baptist
Head coaching record
Overall1012–411 (.711)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA National (2009)
8 Pacific West (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) 2 Southland (2013, 2014)
SEC Tournament (2017)
Records
CBU All-Time Winningest Coach

Mike Smith is an American softball coach. He is the head coach at California Baptist. He was previously the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels softball team. He was a Western Baseball League Pitcher of the Year with the Mission Viejo (Calif.) team in both 1997 and 1998, and in 2000 was the MVP of the WBL championship series with the St. George team. [1]

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Coaching career

Ole Miss

On May 29, 2014, Mike Smith was announced as head coach at Ole Miss. [2] On December 8, 2019, Smith resigned as head coach of the Ole Miss softball program after being suspended for not meeting university expectations. [3] [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Biola Eagles (Western League)(1999–2002)
1999Biola 22–235th
2000Biola 38–193rd
2001Biola 50–131st
2002Biola 46–172ndNAIA 10th place
Biola:156–72 (.684)
UC Riverside Highlanders (Big West Conference)(2003)
2003 UC Riverside 13–457th
UC Riverside:13–45 (.224)
California Baptist Lancers (Pacific West Conference)(2004–2011)
2004California Baptist 45–151stNAIA 6th place
2005California Baptist 55–71stNAIA 2nd place
2006California Baptist 57–71stNAIA 2nd place
2007California Baptist 59–520–11stNAIA 3rd place
2008California Baptist 60–823–11stNAIA 4th place
2009California Baptist 61–520–21stNAIA Champions
2010California Baptist 64–426–11stNAIA 3rd place
2011California Baptist 66–518–21stNAIA 2nd place
California Baptist:467–56 (.893)107–7 (.939)
McNeese State Cowgirls (Southland Conference)(2012–2014)
2012 McNeese State 34–2112–83rd
2013 McNeese State 38–1519–51st
2014 McNeese State 40–1720–61st NCAA Regional
McNeese State:112–53 (.679)51–19 (.729)
Ole Miss Rebels (Southeastern Conference)(2015–2019)
2015 Ole Miss 30–256–1812th
2016 Ole Miss 41–2211–1310th NCAA Regional
2017 Ole Miss 43–2010–149th NCAA Super Regional
2018 Ole Miss 32–257–1712th NCAA Regional
2019 Ole Miss 41–2013–105th NCAA Super Regional
Ole Miss:187–112 (.625)47–72 (.395)
California Baptist Lancers (Western Athletic Conference)(2022–present)
2022California Baptist 30–2612–123rd
2023California Baptist 28–2910–148th
2024California Baptist 30-2317-72nd
California Baptist:576–149 (.794)44–37 (.543)
Total:1023–416 (.711)

      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

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References

  1. "Mike Smith Bio – Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site – Softball" . Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  2. "Mike Smith Tabbed as New Softball Head Coach". OleMissSports.com. University of Mississippi. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. "Ole Miss Announces Coaching Change for Softball Program". OleMissSports.com. University of Mississippi. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  4. "Mike Smith Steps Down As Ole Miss Softball Coach". ESPN1420.com. Sports Radio ESPN 1420. December 9, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2020.