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{{Short description|American gridiron football player, coach, scout, and executive}}
{{for|the Dayton college football coach|Mike Kelly (American football coach)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mike Kelly
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|2|11}}
| birth_place = [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1976–1979
| player_team1 = [[Bluffton Beavers football|Bluffton]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]]
| coach_years1 = 1980–1981
| coach_team1 = [[Ridgedale High School (Morral, Ohio)|Ridgedale HS (OH)]] (RB/S)
| coach_years2 = 1982
| coach_team2 = [[Edinboro Fighting Scots football|Edinboro]] (WR)
| coach_years3 = 1983–1985
| coach_team3 = [[Marietta Pioneers football|Marietta]] (RB)
| coach_years4 = 1986
| coach_team4 = [[Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops football|Ohio Wesleyan]] ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]])
| coach_years5 = 1987–1989
| coach_team5 = [[Capital Crusaders football|Capital]] (OC)
| coach_years6 = 1990–1991
| coach_team6 = [[San Francisco State Gators football|San Francisco State]] (associate HC)
| coach_years7 = 1992–1996
| coach_team7 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] (OC)
| coach_years8 = 1997–1999
| coach_team8 = [[Valdosta State Blazers football|Valdosta State]]
| coach_years9 = 2001
| coach_team9 = [[Orlando Rage]] (OC)
| coach_years10 = 2002
| coach_team10 = [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (OA/QC)
| coach_years11 = 2008
| coach_team11 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]] (WR)
| coach_years12 = 2009
| coach_team12 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
| coach_years13 = 2014–2018
| coach_team13 = [[Widener Pride football|Widener]]
| admin_years1 = 2001
| admin_team1 = [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (advance scout)
| admin_years2 = 2003–2005
| admin_team2 = [[Washington Redskins]] (pro pers. asst.)
| admin_years3 = 2009
| admin_team3 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] (GM)
| overall_record = 50–35 (college)<br>7–11 (CFL)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 2–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
| championships = 1 [[Middle Atlantic Conferences|MAC]] (2014)
| awards = [[Middle Atlantic Conferences|MAC]] Coach of the Year (2014)<br>[[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC]] South Region Co-Coach of the Year (2014)
| coaching_records =
}}
'''Mike Kelly''' (born February 11, 1958) is an American [[gridiron football]] coach and former player, scout, and executive. He served as the head football coach at [[Valdosta State University]] in [[Valdosta, Georgia]] from 1997 to 1999 and [[Widener University]] in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]] from 2014 to 2018. In 2009, Kelly was the head coach and general manager for the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). He has worked as an assistant coach at the [[high school football]] level, for several [[college football]] teams, and for professional teams in the CFL, [[XFL (2001)|XFL]], and the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Kelly played college football as a [[quarterback]] at Bluffton College—now [[Bluffton University]]—in the late 1970s.

==Playing career and education==
Kelly graduated from [[Muncie Northside High School]] in [[Muncie, Indiana]] in 1976, where as a senior he set a school record for passes attempted and completed in a single season. In 1996, Kelly was inducted into the Delaware County, Indiana Athletic Hall of Fame. Kelly's father was a high school football coach in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]].<ref name="cbslc">{{cite web |title=Kelly Settling In As New Widener Football Head Coach |url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/11/kelly-settling-in-as-new-widener-football-head-coach/ |website=CBS Local Philadelphia |date=11 March 2014 |publisher=CBS Local Philadelphia |accessdate=October 6, 2018}}</ref>

Kelly played [[quarterback]] for Bluffton College—now known as [[Bluffton University]]—in [[Bluffton, Ohio]] from 1976 to 1979 and earned his bachelor's degree in health, physical education and recreation. When he graduated, Kelly ranked third in career completions (95), fourth in career attempts (242) and fifth in career passing yardage (1,028). He was just the sixth player in BC history to pass for over 1,000 yards. In 2002, Kelly was inducted into the Bluffton College Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=Mike Kelly '80 |url=https://blufftonhalloffame.com/mike-kelly-80/ |website=Bluffton University Athletic Hall of Fame |publisher= |access-date=December 13, 2019 }}
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Kelly earned a master's degree in education at [[Edinboro University of Pennsylvania]] in 1983.

==Coaching career==
Kelly was the offensive play-caller with the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] between 1992 and 1996, as part of the teams that captured three regular season division titles and appeared in the [[Grey Cup]] twice. Kelly's offence set 29 club records during his tenure in Winnipeg, including Matt Dunigan's record 713 yards passing in a game.<ref name="friesen"/>

Kelly was the head coach at [[Valdosta State University]] from 1997 to 1999. In his three seasons there, Kelly coached 23 players to all-conference honours and had two players earn All-American status and four more recruited players later achieving All-American status. Kelly's Valdosta State teams set 13 school records during his tenure. Kelly was fired nine games into the 1999 season and replaced by assistant [[Mark Nelson (Canadian football)|Mark Nelson]], who was appointed interim head coach.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Valdosta State fired head coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40524179/the_courierjournal/ |newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]] |location=[[Louisville, Kentucky]] |date=November 2, 1999 |page=D7 |access-date=December 13, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

In 2000, Kelly added the [[XFL (2001)|XFL]] to his coaching resume, where he worked as the [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Orlando Rage]]. The Rage went a league best 8–2 during that season, winning the Eastern Division. Kelly's offence led the league in red zone scoring percentage, with quarterback [[Jeff Brohm]] named First-Team All-XFL.

Kelly spent five years in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) working as an advanced pro scout for the [[Washington Redskins]] and [[Philadelphia Eagles]] where he also was an offensive assistant/quality control.<ref name="cbslc"/> During his time with the Eagles, while working alongside head coach [[Andy Reid]], the club won two [[NFC East]] championships, while Kelly also coached in the [[2003 Pro Bowl]].

In 2008 Kelly was the receivers coach for the [[Edmonton Eskimos]]. Quarterback [[Ricky Ray]] had a personal best 5,600 yards passing while slot receivers Kamau Peterson caught over 100 passes and was named Most Outstanding Canadian Player and Kelly Campbell led the CFL averaging 23.7 yards per reception.

Kelly served as the head coach of the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Blue Bombers head coach Mike Kelly hoping to return to CFL |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/former-blue-bombers-head-coach-mike-kelly-hoping-to-return-to-cfl/article6932065/ |website=The Globe and Mail |date=3 January 2013 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |accessdate=October 6, 2018|last1=Owen |first1=Judy }}</ref> Kelly also coordinated the offense for half of the season, in which the team went 7–11 missing a home playoff berth by a single game. On December 17, 2009, Kelly was arrested in [[Bridgeport, Pennsylvania]] and charged with assault and harassment following a domestic dispute at his home. Kelly was fired from his post with Winnipeg later that day. Ken Hildahl, chairman of the Blue Bombers, indicated that Kelly's dismissal was due to the performance of the team, not the incident earlier that day.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Bombers coach charged with assault |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40525264/the_province/ |newspaper=[[The Province]] |location=[[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]] |date=December 18, 2009 |page=A63 |access-date=December 13, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lawless |first1=Gary |last2=Santin |first2=Aldo |last3=James |first3=Peter |title=Bombers fire Kelly amid charges |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40525221/calgary_herald/ |newspaper=[[Calgary Herald]] |location=[[Calgary|Calgary, Alberta]] |date=December 18, 2009 |page=66 |access-date=December 13, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hicks |first=Brandon |title=Bombers coach Kelly charged with assault |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.795225 |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |date=December 17, 2009 |access-date=December 13, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Naylor |first=Davdd |title=Bombers coach Kelly arrested, fired |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/sports/football/bombers-coach-kelly-arrested-fired/article4317815/ |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=[[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] |date=December 17, 2009 |access-date=December 13, 2019 }}</ref> The charges were dropped after Kelly took anger management counseling.<ref>{{cite news |last=Penton |first=Kirk |title=Mike Kelly back coaching football |url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/02/28/mike-kelly-back-coaching-football |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Sun]] |location=[[Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Manitoba]] |date=February 28, 2014 |access-date=December 13, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="friesen"/>

In his first season with Widener, Kelly led the Pride to its record-setting 20th [[Middle Atlantic Conferences|Middle Atlantic Conference]] (MAC) championship and appearance in quarterfinals of the [[NCAA Division III Football Championship]]. His record 12 consecutive wins broke a school record that had stood since 1912 for wins by a first-year coach. For his efforts he was named the MAC Coach of the Year and the ECAC South Co-Coach of the Year.<ref name="wndpr">{{cite web |title=Mike Kelly |url=https://www.widenerpride.com/staff.aspx?staff=217 |website=Widener Pride |publisher=Widener Pride |accessdate=October 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073707/https://www.widenerpride.com/staff.aspx?staff=217 |archive-date=October 7, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, Kelly was named the East Coast Football Officials Association (ECFOA) Division III Coach of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://widenerpride.com/news/2018/3/26/football-kelly-of-widener-fb-named-ecfoa-division-iii-coach-of-the-year.aspx?path=football|title = Kelly of Named ECFOA Division III Coach of the Year}}</ref> He was fired after the 2018 season. In 2019 he joined [[Next College Student Athlete]], a for-profit organization that connects middle and high school student-athletes with college coaches.<ref name="friesen">{{cite news |author=Friesen, Paul|title= Out of coaching, Mike Kelly looks back fondly at time with Bombers |url=https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/friesen-out-of-coaching-mike-kelly-looks-back-fondly-at-time-with-bombers | work=Winnipeg Sun |date=July 29, 2019 |accessdate=September 12, 2019}}</ref>

==Teaching career==
Kelly is a former professor of sports management at [[Drexel University]].<ref name="wndpr"/>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Valdosta State Blazers football|Valdosta State Blazers]]
| conf = [[Gulf South Conference]]
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 1999
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1997 NCAA Division II football season|1997]]
| name = Valdosta State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1998 NCAA Division II football season|1998]]
| name = Valdosta State
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1999 NCAA Division II football season|1999]]
| name = Valdosta State
| overall = 4–5{{#tag:ref|Kelly was fired after the first nine games of the 1999 season. [[Mark Nelson (Canadian football)|Mark Nelson]] served as interim head coach for the final two games of the season. Valdosta State finished 4–7 overall and 3–6 in [[Gulf South Conference]] play, tying for sixth place.|group=n|name=1999season}}
| conference = 3–4<ref name=1999season group=n/>
| confstanding = <ref name=1999season group=n/>
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Valdosta State
| overall = 15–16
| confrecord = 12–12
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Widener Pride football|Widener Pride]]
| conf = [[Middle Atlantic Conferences|Middle Atlantic Conference]]
| startyear = 2014
| endyear = 2018
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[2014 NCAA Division III football season|2014]]
| name = Widener
| overall = 12–1
| conference = 9–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = [[NCAA Division III Football Championship|NCAA Division III Quarterfinal]]
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2015 NCAA Division III football season|2015]]
| name = Widener
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2016 NCAA Division III football season|2016]]
| name = Widener
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2017 NCAA Division III football season|2017]]
| name = Widener
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2018 NCAA Division III football season|2018]]
| name = Widener
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Widener
| overall = 35–19
| confrecord = 32–12
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 50–35
| bowls = no
| poll = no
}}

===CFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular Season !! colspan="4"|Post Season
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Result
|-
![[2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|WPG]]||[[2009 CFL season|2009]]
||7||11||0||.389||3rd, East|| - || - || Missed Playoffs
|-
! colspan="2"|'''Total'''
||'''7'''||'''11'''||'''0'''||'''.389'''|| '''0 Division<br />Championships''' || - || - || '''0 [[Grey Cup]]s'''
|}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=n}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Valdosta State Blazers football coach navbox}}
{{Winnipeg Blue Bombers coach navbox}}
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