KBCA WOMEN’S FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE COACH OF THE YEAR

During the 2016-17 season, Mittie achieved a mile-stone 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.

Mittie secured his 50th win at Kansas State in his 81st career game with the program, 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.

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Kansas State concluded the 2016-17 season with a 23-11 overall record, the most wins in a single sea-son 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 basket-ball coach in school history to guide the program to two NCAA Tournament appearances in their first three seasons.

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.

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, includ-ing his fourth straight.

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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 Kin-dred Wesemann.

The Wildcats tied for the league lead on the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Teams with eight honor-ees including seven on the first team.