Staff Directory
Mittie, Jeff
Jeff Mittie
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Phone:
- (785) 532-6970
MITTIE'S CAREER RECORD
• 644-370 (.635) - 32nd season in 2023-24; 10th season at K-State, 190-135 (.585)
MITTIE AT K-STATE
• 8 postseason appearances; 5 NCAA Tournament appearances
• Two AP All-American (Ayoka Lee)
• One Big 12 Freshman of the Year (Ayoka Lee)
• U.S. Pan American Games selection (Peyton Williams)
• Three WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (Ayoka Lee)
• Four 20-win seasons
• Four College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans
• Six Big 12 All-Defensive Team honorees
• Five Big 12 All-Freshman Team selections
• Five Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients
• 10 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII honorees
• 25 All-Big 12 selections
• 37 Academic All-Big 12 selections
MITTIE'S TROPHY CASE
• 2024 Naismith Women's Coach of the Year Late Season List
• 2017 KBCA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
• 2016 Missouri Western Distinguished Alumni Award
• 2010 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
• 2002 Conference USA Coach of the Year
• 2001 WAC Coach of the Year
• 1995 MIAA Coach of the Year
• 1994 MIAA Coach of the Year
• 2010 Mountain West Conference Regular Season Champions
• 2005 Conference USA Tournament Champions
• 2003 Conference USA Tournament Champions
• 2002 Conference USA Regular Season Champions
• 2001 WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
• 1995 MIAA Regular Season & Tournament Champions
• 1994 MIAA Regular Season Champions
MITTIE'S COACHING EXPERIENCE
• Head Coach, Kansas State (2014-present; 190-135, .585)
• Head Coach, TCU (1999-2014; 303-176, .633)
• Head Coach, Arkansas State (1995-99; 75-42, .641)
• Head Coach, Missouri Western (1992-95; 76-17, .817)
EDUCATION
• B.S. Sport Management, Missouri Western, 1989
• M.S. Sports Management, U.S. Sports Academy, 1992
MITTIE BY THE NUMBERS
.635 - Career winning percentage
5 - Associated Press All-Americans he has coached
5 - Conference Coach of the Year awards
9 - League titles in four different conferences
18 - 20-win seasons as a head coach
23 - Postseason appearances
30 - Winning seasons in 32 years as a head coach
65 - Academic All-Conference selections he has coached
72 - All-Conference selections he has coached
190 - Wins at Kansas State
644 - Career wins
Jeff Mittie, among the top-20 in wins for active coaches in NCAA Division I, enters his 10th season at the helm of the K-State program in 2023-24.
During the summer of 2022, K-State and Mittie agreed on a contract extension through the 2025-26 season.
Mittie, introduced as the ninth head women’s basketball coach in K-State history before the 2014-15 season, has achieved an overall record of 618-362 (.631) in his previous 31 years as a head coach, including a 164-127 (.564) record at K-State in his previous seven seasons. Mittie has averaged 20 wins per season and experienced only two losing seasons.
His 618 career wins at NCAA programs ranks 16th amongst active NCAA Division I head coaches.
During his time on the sidelines, Mittie has guided his programs to 22 postseason appearances, with a combined mark of 23-20 in all appearances, and nine conference titles while collecting five conference coach of the year honors in 31 years of coaching.
Mittie has received a number of accolades during his coaching career including: 2010 Mountain West Coach of the Year, 2002 Conference USA Coach of the Year, 2001 WAC Coach of the Year and 1994 and 1995 MIAA Coach of the Year. He has also led his programs to nine conference titles.
In addition to personal honors, Mittie has mentored several of his players who have reached the WNBA (Sandora Irvin, Breanna Lewis and Adrianne Ross), played for a U.S. National Team (Peyton Williams) or played overseas (Ebony Gilliam, Lewis, Helena Sverrisdottir, Antoinette Thompson, Williams), been honored as an All-American (Ayoka Lee), earned conference player of the year awards, all-league citations and academic all-conference awards.
The Wildcats have been solid in the classroom during Mittie’s previous nine seasons, charting an APR score of 963 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100 percent in the latest reports. K-State has garnered 51 Academic All-Big 12 selections, five Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients and four College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans since the 2014-15 season.
In his ninth season leading K-State, Mittie led the program to its seventh WNIT appearance, reaching the third round of the postseason event and finishing with a 19-17 overall record.
Prior to the start of the season, the Wildcats retooled its offensive attack after learning of the season-ending surgery for All-American Ayoka Lee in early September.
With the new look offense, K-State registered the fifth-most total points in a season (2,524) and the most by a Wildcat team since the 2002-03 season, a school record for free throws made (579), the school record for free throw percentage (.769) and the second-most 3-point field goals made (265) and 3-point field goals attempted (898).
Mittie helped steer K-State to the program’s 1,000th victory, as the Wildcats downed Wisconsin, in the Brew City Battle in Milwaukee’s American Family Field, 77-63.
Among its victories in the 2022-23 season, K-State knocked off eventual 2023 NCAA national runner-up Iowa. The Wildcats downed the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes, 84-83, on November 17 in Bramlage. It was the highest ranked women’s opponent K-State defeated in Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State also collected a 78-77 win on February 1 over eventual Big 12 tournament champions Iowa State when the Cyclones were ranked 12th in the country.
The Wildcats saw themselves among the Associated Press top-25 twice in 2022-23 and cracked the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
At the conclusion of the season, newcomer Gabby Gregory earned her first career All-Big 12 First Team honor by averaging a career-best 18.5 points per game, which ranked second in the Big 12. Joining Gregory was sophomore Serena Sundell, as she collected her second straight All-Big 12 Honorable Mention citation.
In his eighth season in Manhattan with the Wildcats, Mittie maneuvered K-State to its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance and the fourth during his time in the Little Apple, with a 20-13 overall record and 9-9 Big 12 record despite playing one of the most difficult schedules in program history as the Wildcats faced a school record 11 opponents ranked among the top-15 in the Associated Press poll.
Along its journey in 2021-22, Mittie saw his Wildcats set the school records for blocks in a single-season (170). In Mittie’s eight seasons with the Wildcats, the Wildcats have blocked 140 or more shots in all eight seasons.
In addition to its blocked shots record, the Wildcats also established a new school record for free throw percentage in a season (.762), breaking the previous record by 19 percentage points.
The 2021-22 squad garnered a number of accolades, led by consensus All-American and unanimous All-Big 12 selection Ayoka Lee and the freshman duo of Serena Sundell and Brylee Glenn. Lee achieved new heights, as she became the second player in program history to average a 20-10 double-double for the entirety of a season. Lee was the first player to achieve a season stat line that included 725 or more points, 325 or more rebounds and 90 or more blocks.
Sundell and Glenn collected Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors, while Sundell was also named an honorable mention recipient to the All-Big 12 team. Sundell was the first K-State freshman to achieve 325 or more points, 175 or more assists and 100 or more rebounds.
Mittie steered K-State through four season-ending injuries in the 2019-20 season which depleted the roster by early December. However, the Wildcats recorded the sixth straight winning season with a 16-13 overall record and a 10-8 mark in Big 12 action which tied for fourth in the Big 12, winning seven of their last 10 games in the league.
The Wildcats had their 2020 postseason destination derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which canceled the 2020 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship, the 2020 NCAA Tournament and the 2020 Postseason WNIT.
Mittie’s teams are known for playing a stifling defense and the 2019-20 season was among the best. As a team, the 2019-20 squad tied for the third most blocked shots in program history (163) and set the school record for blocks per game (5.6 bpg).
The Wildcats held opponents to a .374 field goal percentage and 64.7 points per game. The .374 opponent field goal percentage was the second-lowest in Mittie’s tenure at K-State.
On the floor, Mittie’s 2019-20 squad was highly decorated and was paced by All-Big 12 First Team selections Ayoka Lee and Peyton Williams and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient Angela Harris.
Lee earned the program’s second Big 12 Freshman of the Year honor, was a unanimous selection to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, the number two freshman in the nation according to ESPN.com and the Her Hoop Stats Freshman Fab 15.
Williams capped her K-State career as a Senior CLASS All-America Second Team honoree, CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team and the first two-time Big 12 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Lee and Williams combined to set the school record for rebounds by two teammates in a single season with 639. Among her 13 school and Big 12 records, Lee set the school record for rebounds per game (11.4 rpg) and 19 double-doubles.
Mittie led Kansas State to a fifth straight postseason appearance in the 2018-19 season, as the Wildcats reached the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament in the Albany region with a 21-12 overall record. Mittie is the second coach in program history (Lynn Hickey) to guide K-State to five straight postseason appearances to begin at tenure in Manhattan. During the 2018-19 season, Mittie reached the 100-win mark at Kansas State with a 72-59 win over West Virginia in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships on March 9, 2019. Mittie is the fourth K-State women’s basketball head coach to reach the 100-win mark in Manhattan.
K-State aided its postseason resume in the 2018-19 season, as the Wildcats secured seven wins in the team’s final eight regular season games to capture the program’s 25th 20-win season in the program’s 51 seasons and the 16th 20-win season of Mittie’s career. The Wildcats also tallied seven road wins for the season including five straight road wins to close out the season.
On the floor, Mittie’s 2018-19 squad was paced by All-Big 12 First Team selections Kayla Goth and Peyton Williams and Big 12 All-Freshman Team recipient Christianna Carr. Williams also became the second player in Mittie’s tenure at K-State to garner Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors.
In the 2017-18 season, K-State achieved the 15th postseason appearance in the last 17 seasons with a WNIT run to the third round.
On the way to the WNIT, the Wildcats carded one of the top offensive seasons in the last 15 years as K-State averaged 68.0 points per game and scored a total of 2,313 points which were both the most since the 2005-06 season.
The Wildcats also continued to stake their reputation on defense. K-State blocked 160 shots in the 2017-18 season, which ranked third in program history. Kansas State also pocketed 294 steals during the season, which is the fourth straight season with over 275 steals.
In total, K-State registered a combined 454 blocks and steals in the 2017-18 season. This was the second time under Mittie that K-State has registered a combined 450 or more blocks and steals in a season. The 2017-18 season total of 454 ranks fourth in program history.
Off the floor, Mittie’s charges earned several postseason honors including: Kayla Goth with a 2018 All-Big 12 Second Team, Peyton Williams as a 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, Rachel Ranke as a member of the 2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team and Shaelyn Martin as a recipient of the 2018 CoSIDA All-America Second Team.
Kansas State concluded the 2016-17 season with 23 wins, the most since the 2008-09 season. The Wildcats made the 15th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and advanced a round in the tournament for the 11th time. Mittie was the first women’s basketball coach in school history to guide the program to two NCAA Tournament appearances in their first three seasons.
This was the 15th 20-win season for Mittie in his 25 seasons as a head coach. The 23 victories were the most for a Mittie coached team since he guided TCU to 23 wins during the 2007-08 season. He has tallied 24 winning seasons in his 25 years as a head coach. The NCAA Tournament appearance for Mittie was the 18th postseason trip for one of his programs, including his fourth straight.
The Wildcats registered an 11-7 mark in the Big 12 and a fourth-place finish in the league. The 11 wins were the most since K-State won the Big 12 in 2007-08. This was the third straight season under Mittie that K-State improved its league win total from one season to the next.
During the 2016-17 season, Mittie achieved a milestone as he recorded the 500th win of his career with a 70-57 win at Omaha on December 4, 2016. Mittie owns a career mark of 515-273 (.654), including a 61-38 (.616) record in his three seasons at Kansas State. He reached the 50-win mark in his 81st career game at Kansas State with a 68-54 win over Texas Tech on January 7, 2017. He is the fifth K-State women’s basketball head coach to achieve 50 or more victories.
Mittie mentored several players to postseason honors in the 2016-17 season. Heading the list were 2017 All-Big 12 First Team honorees, Breanna Lewis and Kindred Wesemann.
In addition to earning her second straight All-Big 12 First Team citation, Lewis garnered 2017 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Region 3 honors, the first for the program since the 2012-13 season. Lewis reached the 400-point, 225-rebound mark for the second straight season with 471 points (13.9 ppg) and 280 rebounds (8.2 rpg).
In addition to rebounds, she led the Wildcats in a number of statistical categories, including: field goals made and field goal percentage (205-of-367; .559), blocked shots (59, 1.7 bpg) and double-doubles (9). She ranked 12th in the Big 12 in scoring, third in field goal percentage, fourth in rebounding and sixth in blocked shots.
Lewis, who is the only player in program history to be named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, earned her third straight league defensive honor by anchoring one of the Big 12’s top defenses in the 2016-17 season. She was responsible for 41.3 percent of K-State’s blocked shots and set the school recordfor blocked shots in a three-year span with 238.
In mid-April, Lewis was selected with the 23rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings. Lewis was the first WNBA selection during Mittie’s tenure at Kansas State.
In the 2016-17 season, Wesemann earned All-Big 12 First Team honors for the first time in her career by averaging a career-high 13.9 points per game (474 points) and buried a career-high 90 three-pointers on 256 attempts. Her 90 connections from beyond the arc ranked 23rd in the nation and the most by any player in the Big 12 this season. Over the last two seasons, Wesemann has made 175 three-point field goals, the most of any player in the league during this time.
In late-March, Wesemann represented Kansas State at the 29th Annual State Farm College Slam Dunk and 3-point Championships in Phoenix, Arizona. Wesemann captured both the Marines Women’s 3-Point Contest title and the Shoe Carnival Battle of the Champions 3-Point crown.
In addition to the strong efforts on the court, Mittie’s team was also solid in the classroom. The Wildcats tied for the league lead on the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Teams with eight honorees including seven on the first team. Shaelyn Martin garnered College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VII honors, the program’s first recipient since the 2010-11 season.
In the 2015-16 season, the Wildcats were selected for the 14th NCAA Tournament appearance and first since the 2011-12 season. K-State ended the season with a 19-13 overall record, which included a 56-51 win over George Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Kansas State’s defense continued to shine in the 2015-16 season, while the Wildcats’ offensive numbers also rose. K-State blocked 157 shots a season ago, which ranks fourth in school history. The Wildcats led the Big 12 in steals per game with 9.0 (289 steals).
On offense, K-State averaged 64.4 points per game which was the highest scoring average for the program since the 2007-08 season. The Wildcats drained 218 three-pointers during the 2015-16 season and ranked third in the league in 3-point field goals per game (6.8). This was the first time since the 2012-13 season that K-State made 200 or more 3-point field goals in a season.
For their efforts on the floor in 2015-16, Lewis was named K-State’s first All-Big 12 First Team selection since the 2012-13 season and tallied her second straight All-Big 12 Defensive Team honor. Joining Lewis was Kindred Wesemann who was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team after her career year.
In his first season in Manhattan in 2014-15, Mittie guided the program to an overall record of 19-14 and a second round appearance in the Postseason WNIT. The eight-win improvement from the previous season was the third highest improvement from one season to the next in program history. Mittie opened his K-State tenure with 10 wins in the first 11 games, becoming the second coach in program history to begin his or her tenure with 10 wins in 11 games (Judy Akers, 1968-69).
Mittie helped reshape K-State’s defense in his first season, as the Wildcats finished the season ranked 44th in the nation in scoring defense (58.2 ppg allowed), 12th in steals (11.3 spg) and 42nd in blocked shots (4.7 bpg). K-State’s defense ranked first in the Big 12 in steals, second in scoring defense and third in blocked shots.
The Wildcats registered the second-most steals in program history with 374 steals in 2014-15. In addition to the 374 steals, K-State blocked 156 shots which marked the ninth time in school history that K-State blocked 100 or more shots in a season and was the fourth-most in program history for blocks in a season.
K-State was recognized for its quick turnaround, as Breanna Lewis was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and Ashia Woods was named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient. In addition to her All-Big 12 honor, Lewis became the first player in program history to be selected to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team, as she shattered the school record for blocks in a season with a career-high 97 and set a career-high with 50 steals.
Under Mittie, Kansas State has ranked among the top-25 in the nation in attendance as the Wildcats were 21st in the nation in average attendance in 2015-16 and 18th in total attendance.
K-State was recognized for its quick turnaround, as Breanna Lewis was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and Ashia Woods was named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient. In addition to her All-Big 12 honor, Lewis became the first player in program history to be selected to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team, as she shattered the school record for blocks in a season with a career-high 97 and set a career-high with 50 steals.
Under Mittie, Kansas State has ranked among the top-25 in the nation in attendance as the Wildcats were 21st in the nation in average attendance in 2015-16 and 18th in total attendance. K-State’s season ticket numbers have increased incrementally in the first two season of Mittie’s tenure, including a 413-percent increase in first-day season ticket renewals prior to the 2015-16 season.
Mittie made the leap to Manhattan from Big 12-member TCU following the 2013-14 season. Mittie compiled a 303-175 (.634) record in 15 seasons in Fort Worth while exceeding the win total the program accomplished in the first 22 seasons of existence. Prior to Mittie’s arrival, TCU owned a 208-402 (.340) mark. He recorded his milestone 300th victory at TCU on Feb. 19, 2014.
Prior to his tenure at TCU, Mittie pieced together a 75-42 (.641) mark in his four campaigns at Arkansas State, posting a pair of 20-win seasons and winning 17 or more contests in each of his four years with the Lady Indians. Twice his teams topped the Sun Belt Conference in grade point average as well.
Before taking over the Arkansas State program, Mittie fashioned a 76-17 (.817) mark in three years as head coach at Missouri Western. In 1995, Mittie guided the school to a remarkable 31-3 slate, which included a 15-1 conference record, and he led the club to the Division II Final Four. That squad finished the season ranked No. 3 nationally and captured both the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association regular-season and tournament championships. For his efforts, he was tabbed league and district Coach of the Year, and was among eight finalists for the national honor.
Mittie garnered league Coach of the Year honors for the first time in his career in 1994 when his Griffons posted a 29-3 overall and 16-0 league record and captured the MIAA regular-season title. His club also made a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight. Before assuming the head coaching duties, Mittie served one season as assistant basketball and baseball coach at the school.
A native of Blue Springs, Missouri, Mittie earned his undergraduate degree in sports management from Missouri Western in 1989 and his master’s in sports management from the United States Sports Academy in Mobile, Ala., in 1992. During the fall of 2016, Mittie received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Missouri Western.
Mittie and his wife, Dr. Shanna Mittie, who is a native of Junction City, Kansas, and a graduate of Chapman High School, are the proud heads of a growing family. Daughter Logan is married to Cameron Daei and the couple has a daughter, Carter. Daughter Madison is married to Sam Pahls and son Jordan is engaged to be married in September to fiancee, Regan.
Jeff Mittie Year-by-Year Record
• 644-370 (.635) - 32nd season in 2023-24; 10th season at K-State, 190-135 (.585)
MITTIE AT K-STATE
• 8 postseason appearances; 5 NCAA Tournament appearances
• Two AP All-American (Ayoka Lee)
• One Big 12 Freshman of the Year (Ayoka Lee)
• U.S. Pan American Games selection (Peyton Williams)
• Three WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (Ayoka Lee)
• Four 20-win seasons
• Four College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans
• Six Big 12 All-Defensive Team honorees
• Five Big 12 All-Freshman Team selections
• Five Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients
• 10 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII honorees
• 25 All-Big 12 selections
• 37 Academic All-Big 12 selections
MITTIE'S TROPHY CASE
• 2024 Naismith Women's Coach of the Year Late Season List
• 2017 KBCA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
• 2016 Missouri Western Distinguished Alumni Award
• 2010 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
• 2002 Conference USA Coach of the Year
• 2001 WAC Coach of the Year
• 1995 MIAA Coach of the Year
• 1994 MIAA Coach of the Year
• 2010 Mountain West Conference Regular Season Champions
• 2005 Conference USA Tournament Champions
• 2003 Conference USA Tournament Champions
• 2002 Conference USA Regular Season Champions
• 2001 WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
• 1995 MIAA Regular Season & Tournament Champions
• 1994 MIAA Regular Season Champions
MITTIE'S COACHING EXPERIENCE
• Head Coach, Kansas State (2014-present; 190-135, .585)
• Head Coach, TCU (1999-2014; 303-176, .633)
• Head Coach, Arkansas State (1995-99; 75-42, .641)
• Head Coach, Missouri Western (1992-95; 76-17, .817)
EDUCATION
• B.S. Sport Management, Missouri Western, 1989
• M.S. Sports Management, U.S. Sports Academy, 1992
MITTIE BY THE NUMBERS
.635 - Career winning percentage
5 - Associated Press All-Americans he has coached
5 - Conference Coach of the Year awards
9 - League titles in four different conferences
18 - 20-win seasons as a head coach
23 - Postseason appearances
30 - Winning seasons in 32 years as a head coach
65 - Academic All-Conference selections he has coached
72 - All-Conference selections he has coached
190 - Wins at Kansas State
644 - Career wins
Jeff Mittie, among the top-20 in wins for active coaches in NCAA Division I, enters his 10th season at the helm of the K-State program in 2023-24.
During the summer of 2022, K-State and Mittie agreed on a contract extension through the 2025-26 season.
Mittie, introduced as the ninth head women’s basketball coach in K-State history before the 2014-15 season, has achieved an overall record of 618-362 (.631) in his previous 31 years as a head coach, including a 164-127 (.564) record at K-State in his previous seven seasons. Mittie has averaged 20 wins per season and experienced only two losing seasons.
His 618 career wins at NCAA programs ranks 16th amongst active NCAA Division I head coaches.
During his time on the sidelines, Mittie has guided his programs to 22 postseason appearances, with a combined mark of 23-20 in all appearances, and nine conference titles while collecting five conference coach of the year honors in 31 years of coaching.
Mittie has received a number of accolades during his coaching career including: 2010 Mountain West Coach of the Year, 2002 Conference USA Coach of the Year, 2001 WAC Coach of the Year and 1994 and 1995 MIAA Coach of the Year. He has also led his programs to nine conference titles.
In addition to personal honors, Mittie has mentored several of his players who have reached the WNBA (Sandora Irvin, Breanna Lewis and Adrianne Ross), played for a U.S. National Team (Peyton Williams) or played overseas (Ebony Gilliam, Lewis, Helena Sverrisdottir, Antoinette Thompson, Williams), been honored as an All-American (Ayoka Lee), earned conference player of the year awards, all-league citations and academic all-conference awards.
The Wildcats have been solid in the classroom during Mittie’s previous nine seasons, charting an APR score of 963 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100 percent in the latest reports. K-State has garnered 51 Academic All-Big 12 selections, five Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients and four College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans since the 2014-15 season.
In his ninth season leading K-State, Mittie led the program to its seventh WNIT appearance, reaching the third round of the postseason event and finishing with a 19-17 overall record.
Prior to the start of the season, the Wildcats retooled its offensive attack after learning of the season-ending surgery for All-American Ayoka Lee in early September.
With the new look offense, K-State registered the fifth-most total points in a season (2,524) and the most by a Wildcat team since the 2002-03 season, a school record for free throws made (579), the school record for free throw percentage (.769) and the second-most 3-point field goals made (265) and 3-point field goals attempted (898).
Mittie helped steer K-State to the program’s 1,000th victory, as the Wildcats downed Wisconsin, in the Brew City Battle in Milwaukee’s American Family Field, 77-63.
Among its victories in the 2022-23 season, K-State knocked off eventual 2023 NCAA national runner-up Iowa. The Wildcats downed the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes, 84-83, on November 17 in Bramlage. It was the highest ranked women’s opponent K-State defeated in Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State also collected a 78-77 win on February 1 over eventual Big 12 tournament champions Iowa State when the Cyclones were ranked 12th in the country.
The Wildcats saw themselves among the Associated Press top-25 twice in 2022-23 and cracked the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
At the conclusion of the season, newcomer Gabby Gregory earned her first career All-Big 12 First Team honor by averaging a career-best 18.5 points per game, which ranked second in the Big 12. Joining Gregory was sophomore Serena Sundell, as she collected her second straight All-Big 12 Honorable Mention citation.
In his eighth season in Manhattan with the Wildcats, Mittie maneuvered K-State to its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance and the fourth during his time in the Little Apple, with a 20-13 overall record and 9-9 Big 12 record despite playing one of the most difficult schedules in program history as the Wildcats faced a school record 11 opponents ranked among the top-15 in the Associated Press poll.
Along its journey in 2021-22, Mittie saw his Wildcats set the school records for blocks in a single-season (170). In Mittie’s eight seasons with the Wildcats, the Wildcats have blocked 140 or more shots in all eight seasons.
In addition to its blocked shots record, the Wildcats also established a new school record for free throw percentage in a season (.762), breaking the previous record by 19 percentage points.
The 2021-22 squad garnered a number of accolades, led by consensus All-American and unanimous All-Big 12 selection Ayoka Lee and the freshman duo of Serena Sundell and Brylee Glenn. Lee achieved new heights, as she became the second player in program history to average a 20-10 double-double for the entirety of a season. Lee was the first player to achieve a season stat line that included 725 or more points, 325 or more rebounds and 90 or more blocks.
Sundell and Glenn collected Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors, while Sundell was also named an honorable mention recipient to the All-Big 12 team. Sundell was the first K-State freshman to achieve 325 or more points, 175 or more assists and 100 or more rebounds.
Mittie steered K-State through four season-ending injuries in the 2019-20 season which depleted the roster by early December. However, the Wildcats recorded the sixth straight winning season with a 16-13 overall record and a 10-8 mark in Big 12 action which tied for fourth in the Big 12, winning seven of their last 10 games in the league.
The Wildcats had their 2020 postseason destination derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which canceled the 2020 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship, the 2020 NCAA Tournament and the 2020 Postseason WNIT.
Mittie’s teams are known for playing a stifling defense and the 2019-20 season was among the best. As a team, the 2019-20 squad tied for the third most blocked shots in program history (163) and set the school record for blocks per game (5.6 bpg).
The Wildcats held opponents to a .374 field goal percentage and 64.7 points per game. The .374 opponent field goal percentage was the second-lowest in Mittie’s tenure at K-State.
On the floor, Mittie’s 2019-20 squad was highly decorated and was paced by All-Big 12 First Team selections Ayoka Lee and Peyton Williams and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient Angela Harris.
Lee earned the program’s second Big 12 Freshman of the Year honor, was a unanimous selection to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, the number two freshman in the nation according to ESPN.com and the Her Hoop Stats Freshman Fab 15.
Williams capped her K-State career as a Senior CLASS All-America Second Team honoree, CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team and the first two-time Big 12 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Lee and Williams combined to set the school record for rebounds by two teammates in a single season with 639. Among her 13 school and Big 12 records, Lee set the school record for rebounds per game (11.4 rpg) and 19 double-doubles.
Mittie led Kansas State to a fifth straight postseason appearance in the 2018-19 season, as the Wildcats reached the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament in the Albany region with a 21-12 overall record. Mittie is the second coach in program history (Lynn Hickey) to guide K-State to five straight postseason appearances to begin at tenure in Manhattan. During the 2018-19 season, Mittie reached the 100-win mark at Kansas State with a 72-59 win over West Virginia in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships on March 9, 2019. Mittie is the fourth K-State women’s basketball head coach to reach the 100-win mark in Manhattan.
K-State aided its postseason resume in the 2018-19 season, as the Wildcats secured seven wins in the team’s final eight regular season games to capture the program’s 25th 20-win season in the program’s 51 seasons and the 16th 20-win season of Mittie’s career. The Wildcats also tallied seven road wins for the season including five straight road wins to close out the season.
On the floor, Mittie’s 2018-19 squad was paced by All-Big 12 First Team selections Kayla Goth and Peyton Williams and Big 12 All-Freshman Team recipient Christianna Carr. Williams also became the second player in Mittie’s tenure at K-State to garner Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors.
In the 2017-18 season, K-State achieved the 15th postseason appearance in the last 17 seasons with a WNIT run to the third round.
On the way to the WNIT, the Wildcats carded one of the top offensive seasons in the last 15 years as K-State averaged 68.0 points per game and scored a total of 2,313 points which were both the most since the 2005-06 season.
The Wildcats also continued to stake their reputation on defense. K-State blocked 160 shots in the 2017-18 season, which ranked third in program history. Kansas State also pocketed 294 steals during the season, which is the fourth straight season with over 275 steals.
In total, K-State registered a combined 454 blocks and steals in the 2017-18 season. This was the second time under Mittie that K-State has registered a combined 450 or more blocks and steals in a season. The 2017-18 season total of 454 ranks fourth in program history.
Off the floor, Mittie’s charges earned several postseason honors including: Kayla Goth with a 2018 All-Big 12 Second Team, Peyton Williams as a 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, Rachel Ranke as a member of the 2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team and Shaelyn Martin as a recipient of the 2018 CoSIDA All-America Second Team.
Kansas State concluded the 2016-17 season with 23 wins, the most since the 2008-09 season. The Wildcats made the 15th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and advanced a round in the tournament for the 11th time. Mittie was the first women’s basketball coach in school history to guide the program to two NCAA Tournament appearances in their first three seasons.
This was the 15th 20-win season for Mittie in his 25 seasons as a head coach. The 23 victories were the most for a Mittie coached team since he guided TCU to 23 wins during the 2007-08 season. He has tallied 24 winning seasons in his 25 years as a head coach. The NCAA Tournament appearance for Mittie was the 18th postseason trip for one of his programs, including his fourth straight.
The Wildcats registered an 11-7 mark in the Big 12 and a fourth-place finish in the league. The 11 wins were the most since K-State won the Big 12 in 2007-08. This was the third straight season under Mittie that K-State improved its league win total from one season to the next.
During the 2016-17 season, Mittie achieved a milestone as he recorded the 500th win of his career with a 70-57 win at Omaha on December 4, 2016. Mittie owns a career mark of 515-273 (.654), including a 61-38 (.616) record in his three seasons at Kansas State. He reached the 50-win mark in his 81st career game at Kansas State with a 68-54 win over Texas Tech on January 7, 2017. He is the fifth K-State women’s basketball head coach to achieve 50 or more victories.
Mittie mentored several players to postseason honors in the 2016-17 season. Heading the list were 2017 All-Big 12 First Team honorees, Breanna Lewis and Kindred Wesemann.
In addition to earning her second straight All-Big 12 First Team citation, Lewis garnered 2017 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Region 3 honors, the first for the program since the 2012-13 season. Lewis reached the 400-point, 225-rebound mark for the second straight season with 471 points (13.9 ppg) and 280 rebounds (8.2 rpg).
In addition to rebounds, she led the Wildcats in a number of statistical categories, including: field goals made and field goal percentage (205-of-367; .559), blocked shots (59, 1.7 bpg) and double-doubles (9). She ranked 12th in the Big 12 in scoring, third in field goal percentage, fourth in rebounding and sixth in blocked shots.
Lewis, who is the only player in program history to be named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, earned her third straight league defensive honor by anchoring one of the Big 12’s top defenses in the 2016-17 season. She was responsible for 41.3 percent of K-State’s blocked shots and set the school recordfor blocked shots in a three-year span with 238.
In mid-April, Lewis was selected with the 23rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings. Lewis was the first WNBA selection during Mittie’s tenure at Kansas State.
In the 2016-17 season, Wesemann earned All-Big 12 First Team honors for the first time in her career by averaging a career-high 13.9 points per game (474 points) and buried a career-high 90 three-pointers on 256 attempts. Her 90 connections from beyond the arc ranked 23rd in the nation and the most by any player in the Big 12 this season. Over the last two seasons, Wesemann has made 175 three-point field goals, the most of any player in the league during this time.
In late-March, Wesemann represented Kansas State at the 29th Annual State Farm College Slam Dunk and 3-point Championships in Phoenix, Arizona. Wesemann captured both the Marines Women’s 3-Point Contest title and the Shoe Carnival Battle of the Champions 3-Point crown.
In addition to the strong efforts on the court, Mittie’s team was also solid in the classroom. The Wildcats tied for the league lead on the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Teams with eight honorees including seven on the first team. Shaelyn Martin garnered College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VII honors, the program’s first recipient since the 2010-11 season.
In the 2015-16 season, the Wildcats were selected for the 14th NCAA Tournament appearance and first since the 2011-12 season. K-State ended the season with a 19-13 overall record, which included a 56-51 win over George Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Kansas State’s defense continued to shine in the 2015-16 season, while the Wildcats’ offensive numbers also rose. K-State blocked 157 shots a season ago, which ranks fourth in school history. The Wildcats led the Big 12 in steals per game with 9.0 (289 steals).
On offense, K-State averaged 64.4 points per game which was the highest scoring average for the program since the 2007-08 season. The Wildcats drained 218 three-pointers during the 2015-16 season and ranked third in the league in 3-point field goals per game (6.8). This was the first time since the 2012-13 season that K-State made 200 or more 3-point field goals in a season.
For their efforts on the floor in 2015-16, Lewis was named K-State’s first All-Big 12 First Team selection since the 2012-13 season and tallied her second straight All-Big 12 Defensive Team honor. Joining Lewis was Kindred Wesemann who was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team after her career year.
In his first season in Manhattan in 2014-15, Mittie guided the program to an overall record of 19-14 and a second round appearance in the Postseason WNIT. The eight-win improvement from the previous season was the third highest improvement from one season to the next in program history. Mittie opened his K-State tenure with 10 wins in the first 11 games, becoming the second coach in program history to begin his or her tenure with 10 wins in 11 games (Judy Akers, 1968-69).
Mittie helped reshape K-State’s defense in his first season, as the Wildcats finished the season ranked 44th in the nation in scoring defense (58.2 ppg allowed), 12th in steals (11.3 spg) and 42nd in blocked shots (4.7 bpg). K-State’s defense ranked first in the Big 12 in steals, second in scoring defense and third in blocked shots.
The Wildcats registered the second-most steals in program history with 374 steals in 2014-15. In addition to the 374 steals, K-State blocked 156 shots which marked the ninth time in school history that K-State blocked 100 or more shots in a season and was the fourth-most in program history for blocks in a season.
K-State was recognized for its quick turnaround, as Breanna Lewis was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and Ashia Woods was named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient. In addition to her All-Big 12 honor, Lewis became the first player in program history to be selected to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team, as she shattered the school record for blocks in a season with a career-high 97 and set a career-high with 50 steals.
Under Mittie, Kansas State has ranked among the top-25 in the nation in attendance as the Wildcats were 21st in the nation in average attendance in 2015-16 and 18th in total attendance.
K-State was recognized for its quick turnaround, as Breanna Lewis was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and Ashia Woods was named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient. In addition to her All-Big 12 honor, Lewis became the first player in program history to be selected to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team, as she shattered the school record for blocks in a season with a career-high 97 and set a career-high with 50 steals.
Under Mittie, Kansas State has ranked among the top-25 in the nation in attendance as the Wildcats were 21st in the nation in average attendance in 2015-16 and 18th in total attendance. K-State’s season ticket numbers have increased incrementally in the first two season of Mittie’s tenure, including a 413-percent increase in first-day season ticket renewals prior to the 2015-16 season.
Mittie made the leap to Manhattan from Big 12-member TCU following the 2013-14 season. Mittie compiled a 303-175 (.634) record in 15 seasons in Fort Worth while exceeding the win total the program accomplished in the first 22 seasons of existence. Prior to Mittie’s arrival, TCU owned a 208-402 (.340) mark. He recorded his milestone 300th victory at TCU on Feb. 19, 2014.
Prior to his tenure at TCU, Mittie pieced together a 75-42 (.641) mark in his four campaigns at Arkansas State, posting a pair of 20-win seasons and winning 17 or more contests in each of his four years with the Lady Indians. Twice his teams topped the Sun Belt Conference in grade point average as well.
Before taking over the Arkansas State program, Mittie fashioned a 76-17 (.817) mark in three years as head coach at Missouri Western. In 1995, Mittie guided the school to a remarkable 31-3 slate, which included a 15-1 conference record, and he led the club to the Division II Final Four. That squad finished the season ranked No. 3 nationally and captured both the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association regular-season and tournament championships. For his efforts, he was tabbed league and district Coach of the Year, and was among eight finalists for the national honor.
Mittie garnered league Coach of the Year honors for the first time in his career in 1994 when his Griffons posted a 29-3 overall and 16-0 league record and captured the MIAA regular-season title. His club also made a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight. Before assuming the head coaching duties, Mittie served one season as assistant basketball and baseball coach at the school.
A native of Blue Springs, Missouri, Mittie earned his undergraduate degree in sports management from Missouri Western in 1989 and his master’s in sports management from the United States Sports Academy in Mobile, Ala., in 1992. During the fall of 2016, Mittie received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Missouri Western.
Mittie and his wife, Dr. Shanna Mittie, who is a native of Junction City, Kansas, and a graduate of Chapman High School, are the proud heads of a growing family. Daughter Logan is married to Cameron Daei and the couple has a daughter, Carter. Daughter Madison is married to Sam Pahls and son Jordan is engaged to be married in September to fiancee, Regan.
Jeff Mittie Year-by-Year Record
| Year | School | Record | Postseason |
| 2022-23 | K-State | 19-17 | WNIT 3rd Round |
| 2021-22 | K-State | 20-13 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2020-21 | K-State | 9-18 | -- |
| 2019-20 | K-State | 16-13 | Canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2018-19 | K-State | 21-12 | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2017-18 | K-State | 18-16 | WNIT 3rd Round |
| 2016-17 | K-State | 23-11 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2015-16 | K-State | 19-13 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2014-15 | K-State | 19-14 | WNIT 2nd Round |
| 2013-14 | TCU | 18-15 | WNIT 1st Round |
| 2012-13 | TCU | 9-21 | -- |
| 2011-12 | TCU | 16-14 | -- |
| 2010-11 | TCU | 22-11 | WNIT 1st Round |
| 2009-10 | TCU | 22-9 | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2008-09 | TCU | 20-11 | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2007-08 | TCU | 23-12 | WNIT Quarterfinals |
| 2006-07 | TCU | 21-11 | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2005-06 | TCU | 19-12 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2004-05 | TCU | 23-10 | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2003-04 | TCU | 25-7 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2002-03 | TCU | 20-14 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2001-02 | TCU | 24-7 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2000-01 | TCU | 25-8 | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1999-00 | TCU | 16-14 | -- |
| 1998-99 | Arkansas State | 18-14 | WNIT Quarterfinals |
| 1997-98 | Arkansas State | 20-10 | -- |
| 1996-97 | Arkansas State | 20-8 | -- |
| 1995-96 | Arkansas State | 17-10 | -- |
| 1994-95 | Missouri Western | 31-3 | NCAA Division II 3rd Place |
| 1993-94 | Missouri Western | 29-3 | NCAA Division II Semifinals |
| 1992-93 | Missouri Western | 16-11 | -- |
| 31 Years | 618-362 (.631) | 22 Postseasons |