Mr. Litch is Greg's very tough soccer coach. He was the reason Rodrick never does sports anymore, because of his strict disciplinarian attitude. Greg gets in trouble with Mr. Litch many times since he is lazy and rude. Greg and several others once were going to run at him with their butts sticking out (since Mr. Litch usually told them to "get your butts over here!"), but Greg was the only one to do so, with the others hanging him out to dry. Another time, with Greg in the front and two other kids in the back, one of them honked the car at Mr. Litch and made it look like Greg did it. According to Greg, he is a type of drill sergeant who likes to yell at people a lot. In the film series, he is replaced by Coach Malone.