Mike Kirkland is the former athletic directorVictory Sports Network - Football - News and current Head Women's Track & Field CoachRivals.com - It was a great SC day at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.

Coaching success As of 2008, every team he has served as head coach has won its conference championshipThe Southwesterner, Track Win Streaks Continue, Summer 2008 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.Hovpensports.com - Kirkland named Southwestern athletic director Peers have stated this success is attributed to the consistency of his coaching style.Newton Kansan Online - Southwestern continues streak at KCAC track 05/08/00

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.

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