Mike Godfrey

Mike Godfrey is a former American college baseball coach who is currently serving as head coach of the Carthage (Missouri) High School baseball team.

Mike Godfrey
Playing career
1983–1984Crowder
1985–1986Missouri State
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1990Crowder (Asst.)
1990–1992Southern Arkansas (Asst.)
1993–2003Neosho (Mo.) H.S.
2004–2005Southern Arkansas
2006Marshall (Mo.) H.S.
2007–2008Ashdown (Ark.) H.S.
2009–presentCarthage (Mo.) H.S.
Head coaching record
Overall79–40
TournamentsGulf South: 4–4
NCAA: 2–2

Playing career

Godfrey is a native of Seneca, Missouri and was a prep standout at Seneca (Mo.) High School. Godfrey continued his baseball career at Crowder College and at Missouri State University.

Coaching career

Following the conclusion of his playing career, Godfrey began his very successful coaching career at Crowder College where he served from 1987–1990. Godfrey then moved to Southern Arkansas where he served as the pitching coach under legendary SAU coach Steve Goodheart from 1990–1992. The 1991 Southern Arkansas baseball team had one of its most successful seasons as they qualified for the NAIA World Series. In between his stops at SAU he was a very successful coach at Neosho (Mo.) High School. Prior to the 2004 season, Godfrey was hired to replace Steve Goodheart.[1] During his two seasons at SAU, Godfrey was able to continue the success that Goodheart had begun. Godfrey's best team was his first finishing the 2004 season with a 45–15 overall record and losing to the eventual NCAA Division II National Champion Delta State Statesmen in the Gulf South Conference tournament title game. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Godfrey resigned from SAU to return to high school baseball and to be able to spend more time with his family.[2] Since SAU, Godfrey has led three high school programs and is currently the coach of the Carthage (Mo.) High School baseball team.[3]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Gulf South Conference) (2004–2005)
2004 Southern Arkansas 45–1519–52nd (West)NCAA South-Central Regional
2005 Southern Arkansas 34–2515–93rd (West)
Southern Arkansas: 79–4073–32
Total:79–40

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

    References
    1. Jameson, Harold. "'Riders Picked Second" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
    2. Jameson, Harold. "Gum Named New Mulerider Baseball Coach" (PDF). Retrieved 16 May 2014.
    3. Welch, Anvil. "Godfrey takes post at Carthage". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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