Mike Little
The late Mike Little started his coaching career at Hefner Junior High and coached football in Oklahoma for 34 years. He took Putnam City West to the school's only state title when the Patriots finished unbeaten in 1981. 10 years later, he did the same at Putnam City North when the Panthers finished undefeated and won the 1991 state title. He also had two state runner-up teams at West and one at North. Mike coached the 1978 All-State game and the 1979 Oil Bowl All-Star Game. He was inducted into the Coaches' Association Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UCO Hall of Fame (where he was an athlete) in 2007.
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4x Daily Oklahoman City Coach of the Year (1973, 1981, 1990, 1991)
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2x State Runners-Up at PC West (1976, 1977)
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Coached All-State Game (1978)
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Oil Bowl All-Star Game Coach (1979)
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Coached PC West to a Football State Title (1981)
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Daily Oklahoman State Coach of the Year (1981)
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State Runner Up at PC North (1990)
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Coached PC North to a Football State Title (1991)
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Inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1993)
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Friday Paper All-Decade Coach (1999)
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Inducted into the UCO Athletics Hall of Fame (2007)