Kirk Talley (American football)
Kirk Talley (born November 14, 1959) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida. Talley served as the head football coach at the University of Northwestern – St. Paul in Roseville, Minnesota from 2001 to 2016. He has the distinction of being the head coach at four different Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) institutions, Mount Senario College, Greenville University, Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, and at the University of Northwestern – St. Paul.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Warner |
| Conference | MSC |
| Record | 3–7 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 14, 1959 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Pacific Lutheran University, BA Miami University, MA |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1980 | Golden Valley Lutheran |
| 1981–1982 | Pacific Lutheran |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983–1984 | Bethel (MN) (DL) |
| 1985 | Northern State (GA/RB) |
| 1986 | Miami (OH) (GA) |
| 1987 | Anoka-Ramsey CC (OC) |
| 1988–1989 | Mount Senario |
| 1990–1991 | Oklahoma Panhandle State (OL/DB) |
| 1992–1995 | Taylor (OL/DB) |
| 1996–1997 | Greenville |
| 1998–2000 | Crown (MN) |
| 2001–2016 | Northwestern (MN) |
| 2017–2018 | Warner (DC) |
| 2019–present | Warner |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 132–103–1 |
| Bowls | 1–5 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 8 UMAC (1989, 2001–2002, 2005, 2007–2008, 2012, 2016) | |
Talley played college football at Pacific Lutheran University under head coach Frosty Westering and obtained his master's degree from Miami University. He is married to Terri (nee Frawley) and has two daughters, Brittni and Kristine.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Senario Fighting Saints (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) (1988–1989) | |||||||||
| 1988 | Mount Senario | 3–5 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 1989 | Mount Senario | 5–3–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Mount Senario: | 8–8–1 | 8–2 | |||||||
| Greenville Panthers (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1996–1997) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Greenville | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1997 | Greenville | 2–8 | |||||||
| Greenville: | 4–15 | ||||||||
| Crown Storm (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) (1998–2000) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Crown | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1999 | Crown | 0–9 | |||||||
| 2000 | Crown | 4–5 | |||||||
| Crown: | 5–21 | ||||||||
| Northwestern Eagles (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) (2001–2016) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Northwestern | 9–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2002 | Northwestern | 8–2 | 4–0 | 1st (North) | L Victory | ||||
| 2003 | Northwestern | 6–4 | 5–2 | T–1st (North) | |||||
| 2004 | Northwestern | 6–5 | 6–1 | T–1st (North) | L Victory | ||||
| 2005 | Northwestern | 8–3 | 7–0 | 1st (North) | L Victory | ||||
| 2006 | Northwestern | 7–3 | 6–1 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2007 | Northwestern | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2008 | Northwestern | 9–2 | 4–0 | 1st | W Victory | ||||
| 2009 | Northwestern | 5–5 | 3–1 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2010 | Northwestern | 1–8 | 1–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 2011 | Northwestern | 6–4 | 6–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2012 | Northwestern | 8–3 | 7–1 | T–1st | L Victory | ||||
| 2013 | Northwestern | 6–4 | 6–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2014 | Northwestern | 8–2 | 7–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2015 | Northwestern | 8–3 | 8–1 | 2nd | L Victory | ||||
| 2016 | Northwestern | 9–2 | 8–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| Northwestern: | 112–52 | 90–21 | |||||||
| Warner Royals (Mid-South Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Warner | 3–7 | 2–4 | T–4th (Sun) | |||||
| Warner: | 3–7 | 2–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 132–103 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||