Mike Litton is a graduate of Parkersburg High School where he lettered in football, baseball, and wrestling. Under the legendary Coach Bob Dutton and Assistants Joe Handlan and Jay Yeardley, he finished State Runner-up in 1970 and 1971. Upon graduation, he attended Marshall University and WVU at Parkersburg and later with his Dad founded D. K. Litton Fabricators and Constructors. In 1979, he started coaching with the North Parkersburg League and later the Parkersburg Cougars at the YMCA. The Cougar staff with several coaches helped develop kids that later received numerous honors, awards, and state junior titles in WV, Oh, KY, and NH. Many wrestlers went on to college and several have the desire to continue to give back to the sport of wrestling by coaching at the junior, middle school and high school levels. He feels he has been extremely blessed to have gotten to spend the time with everyone over the years in wrestling. Mike and his wife Tina reside in Washington, WV. He is the proud father of 4 children, Zac, Lindsey, Brooke, and Chance and step kids, Chandra and Hueston. They have 14 grandchildren. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame honors Mike Litton with a "Lifetime Service to Wrestling" award, class of 2018.