The Mike White File

Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.

Education: Samford '93; Alabama-Birmingham '94

Wife: Mandy; Children: Hannah, Matthew, Michaela, Hali, Hope, Hudson, Moriah

Coaching Background

2010-Pres.

Oklahoma Baptist, Head Coach

2008-10

Oklahoma Baptist, Assistant Coach

2004-07

Stratford Academy, Head Coach

1999-03

Montreat College, Head Coach

1997-99

Montreat College, Assistant Coach

1996

Palm Beach Atlantic College, Assistant Coach

Career Records

OBU Record:

137-87-21 (.602)

Conference:

88-32-17 (.704)

National Tournament:

0-2

By The Numbers

6 - Appearance in the GAC Tournament Championship Game

4 - All-Americans

10 - Winning seasons as head coach

15 - School record for most wins in a season (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)

59 - All-conference selections

Championships/Honors

- All-time winningiest coach in women's soccer history

- First GAC team to ever go unbeaten in conference play (12-0-0, 2018)

- 2021 Central Region Staff of the Year

- 2018, 2021 NCAA Tournament appearance

- 2021 GAC Tournament Champions

- 2018 GAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions

- 2017 GAC Regular Season Champions

- 2014 NAIA Tournament appearance

- 2014 SAC Tournament Champions

- Two-time Coach of the Year

Michael White took the helm for the Bison in 2010, after being the assistant for two years, and has transitioned OBU women's soccer to one of the top programs in the GAC, appearing in six consecutive GAC Championship Games. 

In his 13 years, the Bison women's soccer team has accumulated a record of 137-87-21. In the conference, where Coach White places the most importance, his teams have achieved a 88-32-17 record. The team has made it to the conference tournament championship game every year (6) since joining the GAC. 

Among his coaching accolades, White has produced four All-Americans and two Academic All-Americans, as well as 12 all-region and 59 all-conference selections. He's also instructed one GAC Defensive Player of the Year, a GAC Goalkeeper of the Year and two Freshman of the Year honorees in addition to being named the GAC Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2018.

During the most recent season, 2022, OBU made the GAC Tournament Championship. It marked the sixth time in six years that the Bison made the league's tourney final. After the season, seniors Katie Fowler and Maddison Williams, as well as junior Kaylee Swaner, were named to the All-GAC First Team. 

Last fall, in 2021, White directed his Bison  to a 13-6-1 record and winners of the GAC Tournament after a 1-0 decision over rival Southwestern Oklahoma State. 

In 2018 OBU became the first team to go perfect in conference play with a 12-0-0 record. The Bison won their second conference title in a row and made it to the NCAA Central Regional for the first time. 

When Oklahoma Baptist claimed its first regular season Great American Conference title under White in 2017 after becoming just the second team in conference history to go unbeaten in league play with a 9-0-3 record. The squad went 15-2-3 overall, reaching the GAC Championship, while setting a program record for shutouts (10) and tying the program records for wins (15).

The Bison women's soccer team reached new heights in 2016, finishing as the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Runners-Up following a third-place finish in the Great American Conference. Led by NCCAA All-Americans Kenzi Bice and Ruth King, OBU tied the school record with 15 wins, including the program's first upset of a ranked Division II opponent (Texas Woman's).

Other coaching experiences include assistant men’s coaching position at Palm Beach Atlantic University, the head women's soccer coaching role at Montreat College for five seasons, and the head men and women’s role at Stratford Academy in Macon, GA winning two state championships and one runner-up.

Soccer is year around for Coach White. He coaches competitive soccer for the Norman Youth Soccer Association in the fall and spring and during the winter months he directs the Bison Winter Futsal league at OBU’s wellness center to raise money for the Bison women's soccer annual mission trips which have included trips to Boulder, Colorado, Daytona Beach, Florida, Fairbanks, Alaska, Redding, California, and Natal, Brazil.

Using soccer as a tool for ministry is a passion.  Since spending two years as a youth sports developer in Cambodia and Uzbekistan as part of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, he has also taken soccer teams to England, Thailand, Laos, Australia, New Zealand and West Asia.

If not on the soccer field coaching, you’ll find coach White enjoying spending time with his wife Mandy (OBU ’94) and their seven children Hannah, Matthew, Michaela, Hali, Hope, Hudson and Moriah. 

A player and graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, White went on to attend the University of Alabama - Birmingham to earn his Masters degree in Sport Administration.

White also is a certified United States Soccer Federation coach with a national ‘A' Level Coaching License and has attended the USSF national GK course as part of his continuing education credits.

Mike White's All-Time Collegiate Head-Coaching Record

Year        

Overall        

Conference          

Conference Tourney      

Season Notes                                                                                                               

2022    

7-9-4

5-3-4

Championship Game

Three All-GAC Selections: Katie Fowler, Kaylee Swaner, Maddison Williams; Asley Baker, Alanna Bloomingdale, Katie Fowler, Mia Pendleton, Maddison Williams Collegiate Sports Communicators Academic All-District

Fall 2021

13-6-1  

10-2

Champions

Eight All-GAC Selections: Tori Kitchel, Maddison Williams and Hannah White First Team; Maddison Williams CoSIDA Academic All-District

Spring 2021

7-2-2    

5-0-1

Championship Game

10 All-GAC Selections: Emily Griffith, Kaylee Swaner, Kimmy McKinney First Team

2019

11-7-2

8-3-1, T-2nd

Championship Game

Ruth King: D2CCA First Team All-Region, Hannah White: D2CCA Second Team All-Region

2018  

15-5-1

12-0-0, 1st

Champions

NCAA Tournament Automatic Bid, GAC Tournament Champions, GAC Regular Season Champions, Ruth King: GAC Offensive Player of the Year, Jennifer Goethe: GAC Defensive Player of the Year, Mike White: GAC Coach of the Year

2017

15-2-3

9-0-3, 1st

Championship Game

GAC Regular Season Champions, Emily Infante: USC Third Team All-American and GAC Defensive Player of the Year, Emily Griffith: GAC Goalkeeper of the Year, Hannah White: GAC Freshman of the Year

2016

15-6-1

7-4-1, T-3rd

Not eligible

Kenzie Bice: NCCAA First Team All-American, Ruth King: NCCAA First Team All-American 

2015

6-11-0

3-9-0, 6th

Not eligible

2014

15-6-1

6-2-1, T-2nd

Champions

SAC Tournament Champions, Mikayla Lowery: SAC Freshman of the Year

2013

9-8-0

7-3-0, T-3rd

Semifinals

2012

9-8-1

5-2-1, T-2nd

Championship Game

Elisa Brito: NAIA Honorable Mention All-American

2011

7-10-2

6-3-2, 4th

Semifinals

2010

8-7-4

5-3-3, 6th

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