{{short description|American college baseball coach (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Mike Littlewood | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = | current_team = | current_conference = | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1985–1988 | player_team1 = BYU | player_years2 = 1988 | player_team2 = Beloit Brewers | player_positions = Third baseman / Shortstop | coach_years1 = 1993–1995 | coach_team1 = Salt Lake City (UT) Alta | coach_years2 = 1996–2012 | coach_team2 = Dixie State Red Storm<sup>(''Rebels'' until 2009)</sup> | coach_years3 = 2013–2022 | coach_team3 = BYU Cougars | overall_record = 867–457 | tournament_record = | championships = * 3× WCC regular season (2016, 2017, 2019) * WCC tournament (2017) | awards = * WCC Coach of the Year (2019) | coaching_records = }} '''Michael Rory Littlewood''' is an American baseball coach. He played college baseball at BYU from 1985 to 1988, before playing professionally in 1988. He then served as the head coach of then ''Dixie State Rebels'' (later called "Red Storm", now Utah Tech Trailblazers) from 1996-2012, and then the BYU Cougars (2013–2022.)<ref name=byubio>{{cite web|url=http://byucougars.com/staff/m-baseball/mike-littlewood|title=Mike Littlewood Staff Bio|publisher=BYU Cougars|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name=des>{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580730/BYU-baseball-coach-Mike-Littlewood-got-Cougars-close-to-NCAA-postseason.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610221500/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580730/BYU-baseball-coach-Mike-Littlewood-got-Cougars-close-to-NCAA-postseason.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2015|newspaper=Deseret News|title=BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood got Cougars close to NCAA postseason|author=Dick Harmon|date=May 27, 2013|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name=moon>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/byu/byu-baseball-littlewood-gives-up-moonlighting-gig-to-go-full/article_c6edd096-c167-11e1-90a6-001a4bcf887a.html|newspaper=Daily Herald|title=Littlewood gives up moonlighting gig to go full-time at alma mater|date=June 28, 2012|author=Jason Franchuk|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2012/06/28/byu-hires-littlewood-for-baseball-post-search-is-on-for-new-dixie-state-skipper/|publisher=stgnews.com|date=June 28, 2012|author=Andy Griffin|title=BYU hires Littlewood for baseball post; Search is on for new Dixie State skipper|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=BYU announces the abrupt in-season resignation of baseball coach Mike Littlewood |url=https://www.deseret.com/2022/4/11/23020840/byu-basketball-coach-mike-littlewood-resigns-stepping-down-tom-holmoe-trent-pratt-interim-coach |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref>
==Playing career== Littlewood was a third baseman at BYU, earning All-Conference as both a junior and senior. He was drafted in the 27th round of the 1988 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers and played one season at Class-A Beloit Brewers.<ref name=byubio />
==Coaching career== Shortly after his playing career ended, Littlewood accepted the head coaching position at Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. He remained for three seasons before moving to Dixie State, then a junior college in St. George, Utah. Under Littlewood, the Rebels ''(and Red Storm)'' won 563 games, won one national championship, made four appearances in the National Junior College World Series, and claimed eight league titles. Littlewood was named National JUCO Coach of the Year in 2004.<ref name=byubio /> Dixie State transitioned to the Division II level under Littlewood in 2007. Littlewood also served during this time as an NCAA basketball referee, working three NCAA Sweet 16s and two Elite 8s.<ref name=moon />
After being a finalist for the BYU head coaching position in 2000, when Vance Law earned the job, Littlewood was hired at BYU prior to the 2013 season. In his first season, the Cougars tied for second in the West Coast Conference and qualified for the first WCC tournament.<ref name=des />
He was named the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wccsports.com/news/2019/5/21/wcc-announces-2019-baseball-all-conference-teams.aspx |title=WCC Announces 2019 Baseball All-Conference Teams |date=May 21, 2019 |publisher=West Coast Conference |work=www.wccsports.com |accessdate=June 2, 2019}}</ref> On April 11, 2022, Littlewood resigned midseason for personal reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2022/04/11/byu-baseball-coach-mike/ |title=BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood resigns in the middle of season |date=April 11, 2022 |author=Kevin Reynolds |publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune |work=www.sltrib.com |access-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== This table shows Littlewood's record as a head coach at the Division I level. {{CBB Yearly Record Start|type=coach}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Dixie State Rebels|conference=Scenic West Conference|startyear=1996|endyear=2006}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Dixie State Rebels/Red Storm |conference=Independent |startyear=2007 |endyear=2008}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2007 | name = Dixie State | overall = 25–20 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2008 | name = Dixie State | overall = 25–22 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Dixie State Red Storm |conference=Pacific West Conference |startyear=2009 |endyear=2012}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = conference | season = 2009 | name = Dixie State | overall = 33–19 | conference = 15–9 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2010 | name = Dixie State | overall = 31–19 | conference = 19–13 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = conference | season = 2011 | name = Dixie State | overall = 32–15 | conference = 22–10 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2012 | name = Dixie State | overall = 35–20 | conference = 25–15 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = NCAA Regional }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal |name=Dixie State |overall=605–249 ({{Winning percentage|605|249}}) |confrecord=}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=BYU Cougars |conference=West Coast Conference |startyear=2013 |endyear=2022}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2013 | name = BYU | overall = 32–21 | conference = 15–9 | confstanding = T-2nd | postseason = WCC tournament{{efn|The top four finishers in the nine team WCC qualified for the tournament in 2013.}} }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2014 | name = BYU | overall = 22–31 | conference = 12–15 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2015 | name = BYU | overall = 28–25 | conference = 16–11 | confstanding = T-3rd | postseason = WCC tournament{{efn|The top four finishers in the nine team WCC qualified for the tournament in 2015.}} }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = conference | season = 2016 | name = BYU | overall = 37–17 | conference = 18–9 | confstanding = T-1st | postseason = WCC tournament{{efn|The top four finishers in the nine team WCC qualified for the tournament in 2016.}} }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = confboth | season = 2017 | name = BYU | overall = 38–21 | conference = 20–7 | confstanding = T-1st | postseason = NCAA Stanford Regionals }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2018 | name = BYU | overall = 22–28 | conference = 11–16 | confstanding = T-9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = conference | season = 2019 | name = BYU | overall = 36–17 | conference = 19–8 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = WCC tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2020 | name = BYU | overall = 7–9 | conference = 0–0 | confstanding = | postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19 }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2021 | name = BYU | overall = 23–27 | conference = 15–12 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2022 | name = BYU | overall = 17–12 | conference = 7–3 | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=BYU|overall=262–208 ({{Winning percentage|262|208}})|confrecord=133–90 ({{Winning percentage|133|90}})}} {{CBB Yearly Record End|overall=867–457 ({{Winning percentage|867|457}})}} {{notelist}}
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