Kirk Talley (American football)

Kirk A Talley

Biographical details
Born	(1959-11-14) 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)
2019–2021	Warner
Head coaching record
Overall	136–110–1
Bowls	1–5
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
8 UMAC - 1989, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016

Kirk Talley (born November 14, 1959) is an American football coach. He is the former 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 where he left as the winningest coach in school history. 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.

Talley played high school football and ran track at J.F. Kennedy in Bloomington, MN. He played college football at Golden Valley Lutheran College for two years, under Dave Skrien and transferred to Pacific Lutheran University to play under College Hall of Fame member and head coach Frosty Westering and then obtained his master's degree from Miami University OH as a graduate assistant under Tim Rose. He studied under Dr. Colleen Hacker, mental performance coach and professor at PLU as well as Dr. Robin Vealey, professor, at Miami.

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 (Illini–Badger Football Conference) (1996–1997)
1996	Greenville	2–7	1–4	5th
1997	Greenville	2–8	0–5	6th
Greenville:		4–15	1–9
Crown Storm (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) (1998–2000)
1998	Crown	1–7	1-5
1999	Crown	0–9	0-5
2000	Crown	4–5	3-3
Crown:		5–21	4-13
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) (2019–2021)
2019	Warner	3–7	2–4	T–4th (Sun)
2020–21	Warner	2–4	1–3	T–5th (Sun)
2021	Warner	2–3	0–1
Warner:		7–14	3–8
Total:		136–110-1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Warner profile
• Northwestern profile