Mike Lightfoot is an American retired
college basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
coach known for his career at
Bethel College. He was Bethel coach from 1987 to 2017. He was the fastest winning coach in college basketball history, to reach the 300, 400, and 500 win plateau. Coach Lightfoot also won more games than any other college basketball coach in the history of the state of Indiana, passing the likes of Bob Knight and Gene Keady. Lightfoot retired at the end of the 2016–17 season.
He was inducted into the
NAIA Hall of Fame in 2009 with
John Wooden
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, Los Angeles, Westwood, he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I men's basket ...
. Coach Lightfoot currently works for Nations of Coaches as a regional director and the
ACC Network
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as a color commentator for basketball.
Wins by a basketball coach when coaching in the state of Indiana:
Personal life
He coached both of his sons, Robbie and Ryne, at Bethel College. Robbie is the creator of Box out sports graphic and Ryne is the assistant coach for Western Carolina University. He and his wife Jacci have been married for 44 years
See also
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List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins
This is a list of college men's basketball coaches by number of career wins across all three divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the two divisions of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).(The ...
References
External links
Bethel College Hall of Fame profile
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Living people
American men's basketball coaches
Bethel Pilots men's basketball coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)