Mike Smith (softball)

Mike Smith is an American softball coach who is the assistant coach at Union University. ^[1]

Mike Smith

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Union University
Conference	Gulf South Conference
Biographical details
Born	San Diego, California, U.S.
Alma mater	The Master's University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2002	Biola
2003	UC Riverside
2004–2011	California Baptist
2012–2014	McNeese State
2015–2019	Ole Miss
2022–2025	California Baptist
2025–	Union University (Assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	1012–411 (.711)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NAIA National (2009) 8× Pacific West (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) 2× Southland (2013, 2014) SEC Tournament (2017)
Records
CBU All-Time Winningest Coach

He was the head coach at California Baptist before resigning in April of 2025, after a month hiatus from the program. In five years as head coach at Ole Miss, Smith led the team to four NCAA tournament appearances, including two super regional appearances.

Smith 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.^[2]

Coaching career

Ole Miss

On May 29, 2014, Mike Smith was announced as head coach at Ole Miss.^[3]

On December 8, 2019, Smith resigned as head coach of the Ole Miss softball program after being suspended for not meeting university expectations.^[4][5]

Union University

Smith was announced as the assistant coach at Union University on August 11, 2025.

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:		156–72 (.684)
UC Riverside Highlanders (Big West Conference) (2003)
2003	UC Riverside	13–45		7th
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:		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:		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:		187–112 (.625)	47–72 (.395)
California Baptist Lancers (Western Athletic Conference) (2022–present)
2022	California Baptist	30–26	12–12	3rd
2023	California Baptist	28–29	10–14	8th
2024	California Baptist	30-23	17-7	2nd
California Baptist:		576–149 (.794)	44–37 (.543)
Total:		1023–416 (.711)
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