Roger Kish

Roger Kish

Position:	Head Coach
Hometown:	Lapeer, Mich.
Alma Mater:	Minnesota
Graduating Year:	2008
Phone:	(701) 231-8783
Email:	Roger.Kish@ndsu.edu

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Roger Kish

Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: 09/09/2012

Roger Kish is in his second season as head coach of the North Dakota State wrestling team. He is the fourth head coach in the 54-year history of the Bison wrestling program.

He spent two years as an assistant wrestling coach at NDSU prior to taking the head coaching position.

Kish joined the NDSU program after a successful wrestling career at the University of Minnesota.

Kish was a graduate assistant for the Gophers in 2008-09. A Lapeer, Mich. native, he was a two-time All-American and two-time NCAA runner-up for the Gophers at 184 pounds.

He had a career record of 117-27 for the Gophers. As a sophomore, he went 35-7 en route to a Big Ten title and an NCAA runner-up finish. In his junior season, Kish was 37-3 and was the Big Ten and national runner-up. He was also a team captain.

Kish graduated from Minnesota in May 2008 with a bachelor's degree in business and marketing education.

He was also a two-time cadet national champion and also captured a USA Wrestling junior national title.

At Lapeer West High School, he was a four-time Michigan state champion. Kish is the son of Roger and Brenda Kish. His older brother, James, wrestled at North Carolina.