Mike Van Diest
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| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Carroll (MT) |
| Conference | Frontier |
| Record | 190–36 |
| Playing career | |
| 1971–1972, 1974 | Wyoming |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978–1979 | Wyoming (assistant) |
| 1986 | UMass (DL) |
| 1991–1998 | Wyoming (assistant) |
| 1999–present | Carroll (MT) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 190–36 |
| Tournaments | 35–8 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 6 NAIA National (2002–2005, 2007, 2010) 14 Frontier (2000–2011, 2013–2014) |
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| Awards | |
| 2× AFCA NAIA Coach of the Year (2007, 2010) | |
Mike Van Diest is an American football coach and former player. He has been the head football coach at Carroll College in Helena, Montana since the 1999 season. Van Diest's Carroll Fighting Saints have won six NAIA National Championships, four consecutively from 2002 to 2005, a fifth in 2007, and a sixth in 2010.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Fighting Saints (Frontier Conference) (1999–present) | |||||||||
| 1999 | Carroll | 5–6 | |||||||
| 2000 | Carroll | 10–4 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | |||||
| 2001 | Carroll | 10–2 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | |||||
| 2002 | Carroll | 12–2 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | |||||
| 2003 | Carroll | 15–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | |||||
| 2004 | Carroll | 12–2 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | |||||
| 2005 | Carroll | 14–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | |||||
| 2006 | Carroll | 11–2 | 9–1 | 1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2007 | Carroll | 15–0 | 10–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | ||||
| 2008 | Carroll | 13–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| 2009 | Carroll | 13–1 | 8–1 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | ||||
| 2010 | Carroll | 14–0 | 10–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | ||||
| 2011 | Carroll | 13–2 | 9–1 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| 2012 | Carroll | 7–4 | 7–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 2013 | Carroll | 12–2 | 9–1 | 1st | L NAIA Seminfinal | ||||
| 2014 | Carroll | 10–2 | 9–1 | 1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2015 | Carroll | 4–6 | 4–6 | T–4th | |||||
| Carroll: | 190–36 | 135–22 | |||||||
| Total: | 190–36 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
