Mike Kirkland (coach)

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Mike Kirkland
Title	Athletic Director Head Coach, Women's Trck/Fld Assistant Coach, Cross Country
College	Southwestern College
Sport	Track & Field Cross Country
Career highlights
Awards
KCAC Women's Track Coach of the Year (11 consecutive)[1]
Playing career
1978-1980 1980-1982	Cloud County CC Southwestern College
Position	Sprints, Hurdles, and Relay
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992-prsnt 1982-prsnt	Southwestern (Women's Trck) Southwestern (Men's Trck Asst)

Mike Kirkland is the Athletic Director^[2] and Head Women's Track & Field Coach^[3] at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.

[edit] Coaching Success

As of 2007, 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.^[4] Peers have stated this success is attributed to the consistency of his coaching style.^[5]

[edit] Personal athletic success

As a student at Soutwhestern, 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.^[6]

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