Mike Kemp

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]

Mike Kemp

Biographical details
Born	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)

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

Statistics overview

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	16–19–7	10–12–6	7th	CCHA Runner-Up
2000–01	Nebraska–Omaha	24–15–3	15–10–3	4th	CCHA Semifinals
2001–02	Nebraska–Omaha	21–16–4	13–11–4	5th	CCHA First Round
2002–03	Nebraska–Omaha	13–22–5	9–17–2	10th	CCHA First Round
2003–04	Nebraska–Omaha	8–26–5	5–19–4	12th	CCHA First Round
2004–05	Nebraska–Omaha	19–16–4	13–11–4	4th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2005–06	Nebraska–Omaha	20–15–6	12–10–6	5th	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2006–07	Nebraska–Omaha	18–16–8	13–11–4	5th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2007–08	Nebraska–Omaha	17–19–4	11–13–4	t-7th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2008–09	Nebraska–Omaha	15–17–8	8–13–7–3	t-7th	CCHA Quarterfinals
Nebraska–Omaha:		171–181–54	109–127–40
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.