Mike Smith (softball)

American softball coach

Mike Smith

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
Overall| 1012–411 (.711)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

* 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]

## Coaching career

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### Ole Miss

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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

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Biola Eagles (Western League) (1999–2002)
1999  | Biola  | 22–23 |  | 5th |
2000  | Biola  | 38–19 |  | 3rd |
2001  | Biola  | 50–13 |  | 1st |
2002  | Biola  | 46–17 |  | 2nd | NAIA 10th place
Biola: | 156–72 (.684) |  |
UC Riverside Highlanders (Big West Conference) (2003)
2003 | UC Riverside  | 13–45 |  | 7th |
UC Riverside: | 13–45 (.224) |  |
California Baptist Lancers (Pacific West Conference) (2004–2011)
2004  | California Baptist  | 45–15 |  | 1st | NAIA 6th place
2005  | California Baptist  | 55–7 |  | 1st | NAIA 2nd place
2006  | California Baptist  | 57–7 |  | 1st | NAIA 2nd place
2007  | California Baptist  | 59–5 | 20–1 | 1st | NAIA 3rd place
2008  | California Baptist  | 60–8 | 23–1 | 1st | NAIA 4th place
2009  | California Baptist  | 61–5 | 20–2 | 1st | NAIA Champions
2010  | California Baptist  | 64–4 | 26–1 | 1st | NAIA 3rd place
2011  | California Baptist  | 66–5 | 18–2 | 1st | NAIA 2nd place
California Baptist: | 467–56 (.893) | 107–7 (.939) |
McNeese State Cowgirls (Southland Conference) (2012–2014)
2012 | McNeese State  | 34–21 | 12–8 | 3rd |
2013 | McNeese State  | 38–15 | 19–5 | 1st |
2014 | McNeese State  | 40–17 | 20–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional
McNeese State: | 112–53 (.679) | 51–19 (.729) |
Ole Miss Rebels (Southeastern Conference) (2015–2019)
2015 | Ole Miss  | 30–25 | 6–18 | 12th |
2016 | Ole Miss  | 41–22 | 11–13 | 10th | NCAA Regional
2017 | Ole Miss  | 43–20 | 10–14 | 9th | NCAA Super Regional
2018 | Ole Miss  | 32–25 | 7–17 | 12th | NCAA Regional
2019 | Ole Miss | 41–20 | 13–10 | 5th | NCAA Super Regional
Ole Miss: | 187–112 (.625) | 47–72 (.395) |
California Baptist Lancers (Western Athletic Conference) (2022–present)
2022  | California Baptist  | 30–26 | 12–12 | 3rd |
2023  | California Baptist  | 28–29 | 10–14 | 8th |
2024  | California Baptist  | 30-23 | 17-7 | 2nd |
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

## References

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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.

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McNeese Cowgirls softball

Venues|

* Unknown (1979–2002)
* Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond (2003– )

Culture & lore|

* History

Coaches|

* Cathy Cunningham (1979–1980)
* Jim Draudt (1981–1982)
* Vicky Chapman (1983)
* Cheryl Manuel (1984–1985)
* Cherilyn Lantrip (1986–1987)
* Rose Ruffino (1988–1992)
* Scott Eastman (1993–2004)
* Chris Malveaux (2005–2008)
* Natalie Poole (2009–2011)
* Mike Smith (2012–2014)
* Joanna Hardin (2015–2016)
* James Landreneau (2017–present)

NCAA tournament appearances|

* 1994
* 2005
* 2010
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018

Seasons|

* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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Ole Miss Rebels head softball coaches

* Joyce Maudie (1997–1998)
* Candi Letts (1999–2005)
* Missy Dickerson (2006–2011)
* Windy Thees (2012–2014)
* Mike Smith (2015–2019)
* Ruben Felix # (2020)
* Jamie Trachsel (2021–)

# denotes interim head coach.
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