Mike
Dibbini, Head Coach
Phone: 785-827-5541 x. 2111
Toll Free: 1-800-874-1154
Email: dibbini@kwu.edu
Mike Dibbini has been coaching at Kansas Wesleyan since the 2005 season. He has compiled a combined 125-36-10 men's and women's overall record in four seasons.
The women’s team has compiled an overall record of 69-14-5 under Dibbini and been nearly untouchable in conference play the last four seasons. KWU is the three-time defending regular season champions, winning the title in 2006, 2007 and 2008 going undefeated during that time span, and is the four-time defending conference tournament champions, winning in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Under Dibbini’s leadership, the Coyotes are 35-1 in regular season KCAC play, only losing in the 2005 season. The women also qualified for the regional tournament each of the last three years of its existence and were consistently ranked in the top five in the region. In 2007, the Coyotes became the first KCAC team in conference history to advance to the NAIA National Tournament, and second straight appearance in 2008. Dibbini was named the KCAC Coach of the Year in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. He was also named as the Region 4 Coach of the Year and was named the Great Plains Region Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 2007.
Prior to coaching at KWU, Dibbini was the Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer Coach at Salina Central High School from 1999-2006. In 2006, he was named the AVCTL Division I Coach of the Year. In 1999, he received the Kansas State Youth Soccer Boys Coach of the Year award.
He holds an NSCAA Premier Coaching Diploma and USSF National Coaching License. He is also the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the Salina Soccer Club, and is currently on staff as the Head Boys' Coach for the Kansas Olympic Development Program (ODP).
Dibbini graduated in 1999 from Kansas Wesleyan University with a degree in Elementary Education, and continued on to earn a Master of Business Administration in 2002.
As a player at KWU and in junior college at Bethany Lutheran (Minn.) College, Dibbini was a four-time (twice at KWU and twice at BLC) All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American. In 1997, Dibbini was ranked number two in the NAIA for goals scored and offensive points. He was also named to the NAIA Academic All-Region team in 1997 and the National Small College Player of the Year 1997.
Originally from Palmdale, Calif., Dibbini was a First Team All-CIF selection twice, CIF Player of the Year, and Golden League Player of the Year twice at Palmdale High School.
Coach Dibbini and his wife, Trina, also a 2002 graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University, currently reside in Salina, with their children Jada and Kadin.