Sport(s) Track and field Role Coach 1978-1980 Cloud County CC Education Southwestern College | 1980-1982 Southwestern College Team Southwestern College Name Mike Kirkland | |
Title Athletic Director
Head Coach, Women's T&F Position(s) Sprints, Hurdles, and Relay 1992-present Southwestern (Women's Track) | ||
Mike Kirkland is the former athletic director and current Head Women's Track & Field Coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.
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Coaching success
As of 2008, every team he has served as head coach has won its conference championship and 11 of his 12 years as a head coach he has been named KCAC Women's Track Coach of the Year. His teams have amassed a 393-33 record (.922) and have not lost to a conference team since he took the helm in 1992. Peers have stated this success is attributed to the consistency of his coaching style.
Personal athletic success
As a student at Southwestern, Kirkland was a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Academic All-American, a member of the Southwestern College record-setting 440-yard and 4 x 100 meter relay teams, and competed in the National Championships each of his two seasons at Southwestern.