University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

Mike little was a basketball-football  letterman for UCO in the 1960s who went on to enjoy a long successful career as a football coach in all levels, from junior high to the college ranks.

A letterman on UCO’s 1962 NAIA national championship football team, little also played on the 1962 and ’63 basketball teams for the bronchos and recived both his bachelor’s and master degrees from Central .

He started his career in 1965 as head coach at Putnum City Hefner Junior High, and went to coach for on to coach for 34 years.  Little served as head coach at Putnum City West, Putnum City north, Yukon and Bethany High Schools in additon to spending four years as a volunteer assiatant at Oklahoma and one year as an assistant at Southern Nazerene.

Mike racked up a 175-74-3 record  in 22 years as a head coach, leading the 1981 Putnum City West, and 1991 Putnum City North teams to undeafeated seasons and class 6A satae championships.  He also had three state runner-up finishes.

Little who coached in the 1978 All-State game and the 1979 Oklahoma-Texas Oil Bowl game, was inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame in 1992.