Mike Smith (softball)
# Mike Smith (softball)

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.

## Coaching career

### Ole Miss

On May 29, 2014, Mike Smith was announced as head coach at Ole Miss. On December 8, 2019, Smith resigned as head coach of the Ole Miss softball program after being suspended for not meeting university expectations.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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: | Biola: | 156–72 (.684) | | | |
| UC Riverside Highlanders (Big West Conference) (2003) ||||||
| 2003 | UC Riverside | 13–45 | | 7th | |
| UC Riverside: | 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: | 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: | 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: | Ole Miss: | 146–94 (.608) | 34–62 (.354) | | |
| California Baptist Lancers (Western Athletic Conference) (2022–present) ||||||
| 2022 | California Baptist | 30–26 | 12–12 | 3rd | |
| 2023 | California Baptist | 28–29 | 10–14 | 8th | |
| California Baptist: | California Baptist: | 546–126 (.813) | 27–30 (.474) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 993–393 (.716) | | | |
| 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 ||||||
