Jim Littell

James Alan Littell (born September 28, 1955)[1] is a former head coach of the Oklahoma State University women's basketball team.[2]

Jim Littell
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOklahoma State
ConferenceBig 12
Record176–111 (.613)
Biographical details
Born (1955-09-28) September 28, 1955
Wichita, Kansas
Alma materSouthwestern College (Kansas)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1983Oxford High School
1983–1988Friends
1990-1991Garden Plain High School (Girls Head)
1991–2005Seward County CC
2005–2011Oklahoma State (assoc. HC)
2011–2022Oklahoma 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] He retired as head coach in March 2022.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference) (2011–present)
2011–12 Oklahoma State 21–128–10T–6thWNIT Champions
2012–13 Oklahoma State 22–119–9T–5thNCAA Second Round
2013–14 Oklahoma State 25–911–7T–3rdNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2014–15 Oklahoma State 20–129–9T–3rdNCAA First Round
2015–16 Oklahoma State 21–1011–7T–4thNCAA First Round
2016–17 Oklahoma State 17–156–127thWNIT First Round
2017–18 Oklahoma State 21–1111–7T-3rdNCAA Second Round
2018–19 Oklahoma State 14–165–137thNONE
2019–20 Oklahoma State 15-156-128thNONE
2020-2021 Oklahoma State 19-913-5T-2ndNCAA Second Round
2021-2022 Oklahoma State 9-203-159thNONE
Oklahoma State: 204–140 (.593)92–106 (.465)
Total:204–140 (.593)

      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
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 27 Sep 2015.
  2. "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.
  3. Bishop, Jordan (February 23, 2016). "Legend of Littell: Cowgirl basketball coach carrying out the pact". ocolly.com.
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