Mike Kemp

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Mike Kemp
Biographical details
Born (1952-12-13) December 13, 1952 (age 71)
Duluth, Minnesota
Alma mater Gustavus Adolphus
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1981 Gustavus Adolphus (assistant)
1981–1982 Wisconsin (assistant)
1982–1983 UIC (assistant)
1983–1996 Wisconsin (assistant)
1996–2009 Nebraska–Omaha
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2009–2021 Omaha (associate AD)
2021–present Omaha (interim AD)
Head coaching record
Overall194–223–57
Tournaments0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
CCHA Coach of the Year (2005)

Mike Kemp (born December 13, 1952) is an American athletic director and former ice hockey head coach for the men's program at Omaha. [1] After having been an associate athletic director at Omaha since 2009, he was named interim athletic director on July 16, 2021, following the departure of former AD Trev Alberts for the same position at the latter's alma mater of Nebraska. [2]

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Career

Mike Kemp began his coaching career with Division III Gustavus Adolphus, his alma mater, in 1976. After five seasons with the Golden Gusties he moved on to Wisconsin as an assistant for one season. After a year-long stint with Illinois-Chicago he returned to Madison and remained with the program for thirteen years, helping the Badgers to a national title in 1990.

In the summer of 1996 Nebraska–Omaha, who had announced the intention of sponsoring a Division I program beginning in 1997–98, hired Kemp as the team's first head coach. [3] The Mavericks got started as an Independent and after two foreseeably poor seasons they were accepted into the CCHA in 1999. Two years into their conference experience, Kemp got the Mavericks to post their first winning season, going 24–15–3, earning a final ranking as the #13 team in the country and just narrowly missing the NCAA tournament.

After another 20+ win season the Mavericks went into the tank for a pair of years before Kemp was able to pull them out of it and get the team to hover around the .500 mark for five seasons. Kemp got the Mavericks their first berth in the tournament in 2006 with his third 20+ win season but unfortunately wasn't able to push them past #1 seed Boston University. The following offseason Kemp was offered the position of Athletic Director with the university but turned it down when he determined that he couldn't be both head coach and AD at the same time. [4] Two years later Kemp stepped down as head coach to accept a position as associate AD, clearing the way for 2-time national champion Dean Blais to take over the program.

Kemp was inducted into the Omaha Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010. [5]

Head caching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks (Independent)(1997–1999)
1997–98 Nebraska–Omaha 12–18–3
1998–99 Nebraska–Omaha 11–24–0
Nebraska–Omaha:23–42–3
Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks(CCHA)(1999–2009)
1999–00 Nebraska–Omaha 16–19–710–12–67th CCHA runner-up
2000–01 Nebraska–Omaha 24–15–315–10–34th CCHA semifinals
2001–02 Nebraska–Omaha 21–16–413–11–45th CCHA first round
2002–03 Nebraska–Omaha 13–22–59–17–210th CCHA first round
2003–04 Nebraska–Omaha 8–26–55–19–412th CCHA first round
2004–05 Nebraska–Omaha 19–16–413–11–44th CCHA quarterfinals
2005–06 Nebraska–Omaha 20–15–612–10–65th NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals
2006–07 Nebraska–Omaha 18–16–813–11–45th CCHA quarterfinals
2007–08 Nebraska–Omaha 17–19–411–13–4t-7th CCHA quarterfinals
2008–09 Nebraska–Omaha 15–17–88–13–7–3t-7th CCHA quarterfinals
Nebraska–Omaha:171–181–54109–127–40
Total:194–223–57

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Other Involvements

In his coaching career, Kemp was known for having teams that were active in community service. Annually, Kemp encouraged his teams to volunteer, raising money for groups as varied as Estabrook Cancer Center, Wounded Warriors, Make-A-Wish, Special Olympics, the Susan B. Komen Cancer research, the Boy and Girls Club and many other charitable organizations.

Kemp has modeled community involvement in his own life. During his coaching career, he served on the board of governors of the American Hockey Coaches Association, serving as a second vice-president from 2000-03. He was a member of the board of directors of the Special Olympics of Nebraska from 2002-2014. He was a board member of the Nebraska Sports Council from 2015-2018. He also is currently a board member of the Omaha Sports Hall of Fame.   

Kemp also currently serves the as the chair of the six-member NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Omaha Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. ↑ "Mike Kemp Named Interim Athletic Director" (Press release). Omaha Mavericks. July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Update: Kemp Steps Down at UNO, Becomes Associate AD". USCHO.com. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. ↑ "MIKE KEMP WITHDRAWS FROM AD CONSIDERATION". Omaha Mavericks. 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  5. ↑ "OMAHA HOCKEY HALL OF FAME". Ralston Arena. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  6. ↑ "Mike Kemp Bio" . Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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