Mike White (softball)

Mike White is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Texas.[1]

Mike White
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamTexas
ConferenceBig 12
Record41–14 (.745)
Biographical details
BornWellington, New Zealand
Alma materOklahoma
Playing career
1993–1994Central Arizona College
1995–1996Oklahoma
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004Oregon (asst.)
2010–2018Oregon
2019–PresentTexas
Head coaching record
Overall435–111–1 (.796)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5× Pac-12 Regular Season Champions (2013–2016, 2018)
Awards
3× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2016)
3× NFCA Pacifc Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2013, 2014, 2017)
Records
Won Oregon's first Pac-12 Conference Championship (2013)

Claimed the Oregon program’s first-ever No. 1 ranking in 2014 (NFCA poll)
Oregon Program Record 56 wins in a season (2014)
Oregon's first-ever sweep of Washington in a series (2014)

Most Wins by an Oregon Coach (435)

Coaching career

Oregon

On June 30, 2009, Oregon hired Mike White as head coach of the softball program.[2] In the 2010 season, White led Oregon to their first-ever Super Regional bid by beating the eight seeded Georgia Tech. In 2012, Oregon reached their second-ever Women's College World Series, where they finished 5th among eight teams. In 2013, Mike White led Oregon to their first-ever Pac-12 Conference title. In 2014, Oregon had their best ever season finishing with a program-best 56 wins and advanced to the Women's College World Series. During the 2014 season, Oregon acquired their first ever number 1 ranking and swept rival Washington for the first time. In 2015, Oregon sported a program-best 21 Pac-12 Conference wins in a season, as well as, making the Women's College World Series for the third time in four years. In 2016, Oregon won their 4th straight Pac-12 Conference title. In 2017, Oregon made the Women's College World Series and made it to the semis of WCWS. In 2018, Oregon won their 5th Pac-12 Title, and made the Women's College World Series for the 5th time, as well as, reached 50 wins for the 5th time in program history.[3] After the 2018 season, it was announced that Mike White would accept the softball head coaching job at the University of Texas.[4] Longtime Oklahoma softball assistant coach Melyssa Lombardi would replace White as Oregon Head Softball Coach.[5]

Texas

On June 25, 2018, Texas hired Mike White as head coach of the Texas softball program to replace Connie Clark who was the programs only head coach.[6]

Head coaching record

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oregon Ducks (Pac-12 Conference) (2010–2018)
2010 Oregon 36–218–136thNCAA Super Regional
2011 Oregon 42–1611–103rdNCAA Super Regional
2012 Oregon 45–1812–93rdWomen's College World Series
2013 Oregon 50–1119–51stNCAA Super Regional
2014 Oregon 56–9–120–3–11stWomen's College World Series
2015 Oregon 51–821–31stWomen's College World Series
2016 Oregon 48–1020–41stNCAA Super Regional
2017 Oregon 54–817–62ndWomen's College World Series
2018 Oregon 53–1021–31stWomen's College World Series
Oregon: 435–111–1 (.796)149–56–1 (.726)
Texas Longhorns (Big 12 Conference) (2019–Present)
2019 Texas 41–1412–63rdNCAA Super Regional
2020 Texas 24–30–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Texas 0-00–0
Texas: 65–17 (.793)12–6 (.667)
Total:500–128–1 (.796)

      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. "Mike White named Head Softball Coach at Texas". TexasSports.com. Texas Longhorns. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. "Kilkenny completes Oregon coaching staff with softball hire". OregonLive.com. Advance Local Media. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. "Mike White". GoDucks.com. University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. "Mike White leaving Oregon Ducks softball program for Texas". OregonLive.com. Oregon Live. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. "Oregon hires Oklahoma's Melyssa Lombardi as softball coach". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. "Texas hires Oregon softball coach Mike White". USAToday.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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