Mike Conway (American football)
Michael C. Conway is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator at Lindenwood University – Belleville in Belleville, Illinois, a position he had held since 2019. Conway served as the head football coach at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois from 1996 to 1999 and North Park University in Chicago, Illinois from 2013 to 2018. In the fourth game his first season at North Park, in 2013, he led his team to victory in a game against Carthage. This win ended a 13-year, 89-game losing streak in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) play.[1] In 2002, Conway was announced as the head coach of the Southwestern Moundbuilders in Winfield, Kansas to replace head coach Monty Lewis.[2] However, he never coached a game for the school.[3]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Lindenwood–Belleville |
| Conference | MSFA |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| ? | Olivet Nazarene |
| Position(s) | Offensive lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1988–1994 | Washington & Jefferson (DC) |
| 1995 | Purdue (DE) |
| 1996–1999 | Olivet Nazarene |
| 2000 | Geneva (AHC/DC/ST) |
| 2001 | Arkansas State (assistant) |
| 2002–2012 | California (PA) (assoc. HC / DC) |
| 2013–2018 | North Park |
| 2019–present | Lindenwood–Belleville (DC) |
| Baseball | |
| 1989–1993 | Washington & Jefferson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–60 (football) 76–56 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Tournaments | 3–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MSFA Midwest League (1999) | |
| Awards | |
| CCIW (2013) | |
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivet Nazarene Tigers (Mid-States Football Association) (1996–1998) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Olivet Nazarene | 6–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd (MWL) | |||||
| 1997 | Olivet Nazarene | 8–3 | 4–2 | 3rd (MWL) | W Victory | ||||
| 1998 | Olivet Nazarene | 11–3 | 5–1 | 2nd (MWL) | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| 1999 | Olivet Nazarene | 6–4 | 5–1 | T–1st (MWL) | |||||
| Olivet Nazarene: | 31–14 | 17–7 | |||||||
| North Park Vikings (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) (2013–2018) | |||||||||
| 2013 | North Park | 3–7 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2014 | North Park | 2–8 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2015 | North Park | 3–7 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2016 | North Park | 1–9 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| 2017 | North Park | 3–7 | 2–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 2018 | North Park | 2–8 | 1–8 | 9th | |||||
| North Park: | 14–46 | 10–36 | |||||||
| Total: | 45–60 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- Hersh, Philip (October 5, 2013). "Heavens rain success on North Park football". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
- "Staff Notes". Southwestern College Alumni Newsletter. Spring 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- DeLassus, David. "Southwestern Moundbuilders head coaching records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2015.