Current position | |
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Title | Assistant coach |
Team | Wichita State |
Conference | The American |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1955-09-28) September 28, 1955 (age 69) 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) is a former head coach of the Oklahoma State University women's basketball team. 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.
On March 7, 2022, it was announced that Littell and Oklahoma State agreed to part ways after 11 years as head coach.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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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) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 27 Sep 2015.
- "Oklahoma State University Athletics – 2015–16 Women's Basketball Roster". www.okstate.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- Bishop, Jordan (February 23, 2016). "Legend of Littell: Cowgirl basketball coach carrying out the pact". ocolly.com.
External links
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