Jim Littell
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamWichita State
ConferenceThe American
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
2022–presentWichita State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall176–111 (.613)
Tournaments5–6 (.455) (NCAA Division I)
0–0 (–) (Big-12)

James Alan Littell (born September 28, 1955)[1] is a former head coach of the Oklahoma State University women's basketball team.[2] 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.[3]

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

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 14–165–137th
2019–20 Oklahoma State 15–156–128th
2020–21 Oklahoma State 19–913–5T-2ndNCAA second round
2021–22 Oklahoma State 9–203–159th
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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