Mike Swider | |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1955 |
Birth Place: | Illinois, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1977 |
Coach Team1: | Indiana (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 1978–1984 |
Coach Team2: | Westminster HS (GA) |
Coach Years3: | 1985–1996 |
Coach Team3: | Wheaton (IL) (DC) |
Coach Years4: | 1996–2019 |
Coach Team4: | Wheaton (IL) |
Overall Record: | 209–52 |
Tournament Record: | 15–10 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Championships: | 9 CCIW (2000, 2002–2004, 2006, 2012, 2014–2015, 2019) Georgia Class 3A (1978) |
Awards: | 7× CCIW Coach of the Year (2002, 2002–2003, 2006, 2014–2015, 2019) |
Mike Swider (born May 26, 1955) is a former American football coach. He served as head football coach at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois from 1996 to 2019. Swider's Wheaton teams won nine conference titles and made 10 appearances in the NCAA Division III Football Championship. In each of their first five appearances, they were eliminated from the tournament by Larry Kehres's Mount Union Purple Raiders.
Swider's coaching record at Wheaton was 209–52. He had the most wins and highest winning percentage of any coach in program history.[1] Swider announced his retirement on December 10, 2019.[2]