Mike Kemp

Mike Kemp
Sport(s) Ice hockey
Biographical details
Born (1952-12-13) December 13, 1952
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–present Omaha (associate AD)
Head coaching record
Overall 194–223–57
Tournaments 0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
CCHA Coach of the Year (2005)

Mike Kemp (born December 13, 1952) is an American associate athletic director and former ice hockey head coach for the men's program at Omaha.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Head caching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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 16–19–710–12–67thCCHA Runner-Up
2000–01 Nebraska–Omaha 24–15–315–10–34thCCHA Semifinals
2001–02 Nebraska–Omaha 21–16–413–11–45thCCHA First Round
2002–03 Nebraska–Omaha 13–22–59–17–210thCCHA First Round
2003–04 Nebraska–Omaha 8–26–55–19–412thCCHA First Round
2004–05 Nebraska–Omaha 19–16–413–11–44thCCHA Quarterfinals
2005–06 Nebraska–Omaha 20–15–612–10–65thNCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2006–07 Nebraska–Omaha 18–16–813–11–45thCCHA Quarterfinals
2007–08 Nebraska–Omaha 17–19–411–13–4t-7thCCHA Quarterfinals
2008–09 Nebraska–Omaha 15–17–88–13–7–3t-7thCCHA 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

References

  1. ↑ "Omaha Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. ↑ "Update: Kemp Steps Down at UNO, Becomes Associate AD". USCHO.com. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  3. ↑ "MIKE KEMP WITHDRAWS FROM AD CONSIDERATION". Omaha Mavericks. 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. ↑ "OMAHA HOCKEY HALL OF FAME". Ralston Arena. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Enrico Blasi		 CCHA Coach of the Year
2004–05		 Succeeded by
Enrico Blasi
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