Quick Facts
Biography
Mike White is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Texas.
Coaching career
Oregon
On June 30, 2009, Oregon hired Mike White as head coach of the softball program. In the 2010 season, White lead 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 lead 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. After the 2018 season, it was announced that Mike White would accept the softball head coaching job at the University of Texas. Longtime Oklahoma softball assistant coach Melyssa Lombardi would replace White as Oregon Head Softball Coach.
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.
Head coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Ducks (Pac-12 Conference) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Oregon | 36–21 | 8–13 | 6th | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Oregon | 42–16 | 11–10 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2012 | Oregon | 45–18 | 12–9 | 3rd | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2013 | Oregon | 50–11 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2014 | Oregon | 56–9–1 | 20–3–1 | 1st | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2015 | Oregon | 51–8 | 21–3 | 1st | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2016 | Oregon | 48–10 | 20–4 | 1st | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2017 | Oregon | 54–8 | 17–6 | 2nd | Women's College World Series | ||||
| 2018 | Oregon | 53–10 | 21–3 | 1st | Women's College World Series | ||||
| Oregon: | 435–111–1 (.796) | 149–56–1 (.726) | |||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Big 12 Conference) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Texas | 41–14 | 12–6 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| Texas: | 41–14 (.745) | 12–6 (.667) | |||||||
| Total: | 435–111–1 (.796) | ||||||||
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Coaching Tree
Assistants who served as NCAA Division I softball head coaches:
- Jessica Allister: Minnesota (2011–2017), Stanford (2018–Present)
- Jimmy Kolaitis: UAB (2019–Present)
Former Players who served as NCAA Division I head coaches: