Jimmy Littleton has coached basketball throughout Texas for 42 years, 33 years as a Head Coach. His record speaks for itself, 564 career wins as a head coach. He began coaching in San Antonio, Texas, where he grew up and played High School Basketball at Robert E. Lee High School.
After receiving a scholarship to Temple Junior College, he helped lead the team to the Regional Tournament, where they lost to San Jacinto Junior College 70-69 to go to the National Tournament. He was a point guard and Team Captain. He continued his love of the game at St. Edwards University in Austin, where he was team captain for two years.
Coach Littleton has grown up with a strong family tradition of coaching and teaching because his father was a High School basketball coach and Athletic Director for 40 years in San Antonio and was the Head Men's Coach at Trinity University for three years and 43 years overall and his mother was a middle school history teacher as well. Strong fundamentals in all aspects of the game and a genuine love of the sport are why Coach Littleton has taken 24 teams to the state playoffs, 4 Regional Tournaments, and one State Tournament at the 6A level. He has been named District 26-5A Coach of the Year numerous times and San Antonio Express-News High School Coach of the Year in 2005. Ninety-seven basketball players have received scholarships due to their hard work and dedication to seeing young men succeed on and off the court.
Not only is Coach Littleton proud to promote the sport he genuinely loves, but he is also encouraged to see young men grow up to be serving in our country's military, raising families, and becoming fine Christian men.
