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Mike Van Diest Sport(s) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Carroll (MT) Conference Frontier Record 154–21 Playing career 1971–1972, 1974 Wyoming Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1978–1979
1986
1991–1998
1999–presentWyoming (assistant)
UMass (DL)
Wyoming (assistant)
Carroll (MT)Head coaching record Overall 154–21 Tournaments 29–5 (NAIA playoffs) Accomplishments and honors Championships 6 NAIA National (2002–2005, 2007, 2010)
12 Frontier (2000–2011)Awards 2× AFCA NAIA Coach of the Year (2007, 2010) Mike Van Diest is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, a position he has held 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. In his 13 seasons at Carroll, Van Diest has compiled a career record of 149–21. His winning percentage of .876 is the third highest of any head coach with at least ten seasons of experience in college football history, behind only those of Mount Union's Larry Kehres and Notre Dame's Knute Rockne.
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 10–1 9–1 1st Carroll: 154–21 106–11 Total: 154–21 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
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Carroll Fighting Saints head football coaches Walter Yund (1914–1915) • Fisher (1916–1917) • No team (1918) • Walter Yund (1919) • Bill Fluhr (1920) • Leo Ratchen (1921) • Cahill (1922) • Taugher (1923) • Red Maher (1924) • Hardy Risteen (1925) • Wilbur Eaton (1926–1930) • Bill Jones (1931–1932) • No team (1933–1936) • Chick Garner (1937–1938) • Ed Simonich (1939–1941) • No team (1942–1946) • Russell Freel (1947–1948) • John Gagliardi (1949–1952) • Raymond Hunthausen (1953–1956) • John Hunthausen (1957) • Jim Deming (1958) • John Hunthausen (1959–1961) • Tom Kelly (1962–1970) • Bob Petrino, Sr. (1971–1998) • Mike Van Diest (1999– )
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