18x Mid Central Conference/Crossroads League champions
Awards
6x National Coach of the Year
24x Midwest region coach of the year
NAIA Hall of Fame
NCCAA Hall of Fame
Bethel College Hall of Fame
Marian High School Hall of Fame
National Small College Hall of Fame
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
Mike Lightfoot is an American retired college basketball coach known for his career at Bethel College. He was Bethel coach from 1987 to 2017. 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.[1][2] He was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2009 with John Wooden. Coach Lightfoot currently works for Nations of Coaches as a regional director and the ACC Network as a color commentator for basketball.
Wins by a basketball coach when coaching in the state of Indiana:
Wins
Coach
School
794
Mike Lightfoot
Bethel College
788
Jim Kessler
Grace
734
Paul Patterson
Taylor
659
Bob Knight
Indiana University
512
Gene Keady
Purdue
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