Mike Kolinovsky

MIKE KOLINOVSKY

  • Title
    Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach / Head Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach
  • Email
    michaelkolinovsky@kings.edu
  • Phone
    570-208-5900, ext.5147
Biography

Mike Kolinovsky has been the head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country teams since 2002 and completed his 23rd year in 2024. Kolinovsky served as an assistant coach for two seasons prior to taking over the program.

At King's Head Coach
  • Full-time head coach of both cross country and track and field teams.
  • Served as part-time cross country and club track and field head coach until the addition of track and field as a varsity sport in 2015-16.
  • Kolinovsky has produced two MAC Rookies of the Year and one National Qualifier.

Program Milestones
  • 2005 – Best Program Individual Finish at MAC Championships (Ed Kopec- 4th)
  • 2007-08 – First MAC Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Ed Kopec)
  • 2015 – Best Team Finish at MAC Championships (5th)
  • 2021 – Named an All-Academic Team by USTFCCCA for 12th consecutive year
  • 2022 - Best team finish at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals in program history (19th with 500 points)
  • 11 All-MAC honorees

Honors & Awards
  • MAC Rookie of the Year (1): 2014 – Ben Siegel
  • MAC First Team (7): 2024 - Owen Foytack; 2016 – Ben Siegel; 2013 – Robert Moulton; 2007 – Ed Kopec; 2005 – Ed Kopec; 2004 – Chuck Dinofrio; 2003 – Chuck Dinofrio
  • MAC Second Team (4): 2023 - Owen Foytack; 2014 – Ben Siegel; 2006 – Ed Kopec; 2002 – Chuck Dinofrio
  • MAC Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year (1): 2007-08 – Ed Kopec
  • Academic All-MAC (3): 2017 – Ben Siegel; 2014 – Tim Lambert; 2013 – Robert Moulton
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual (2): 2016 – Ben Siegel; 2015 – Ben Siegel
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (12): 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Previous Coaching Experience
  • Assistant Coach, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, King’s College (2000-2001)

Career Record
 
Year MAC Championships Finish Point Total at MACs Postseason or Notes
2024 11th Place 330 Points
2023 9th Place 294 Points
2022 8th Place 259 Points
2021 10th Place 340 Points
2020 N/A N/A No Season Due to COVID-19
2019 11th Place 330 Points
2018 10th Place 307 Points
2017 10th Place 298 Points
2016 8th Place 219 Points
2015 9th Place 273 Points
2014 5th Place 126 Points
2013 7th Place 168 Points
2012 7th Place 183 Points
2011 7th Place 201 Points
2010 7th Place 268 Points
2009 10th Place 296 Points
2008 9th Place 281 Points
2007 6th Place 157 Points
2006 10th Place 246 Points
2005 8th Place 232 Points
2004 8th Place 225 Points
2003 9th Place 286 Points
2002 10th Place 258 Points

Personal
  • Earned Master’s Certificate in Financial Management from King’s College in 2002
  • 2000 graduate of King’s College with a degree in Business Administration
  • Four-year member of Monarch cross country team and two-year member of tennis squad
  • Captain of cross country team as senior
  • Three-year varsity performer in cross country and tennis for Bishop Hannan High School in Scranton
  • Member of BHHS cross country teams that won District 2 titles in 1994 and 1995
  • Lives in Shavertown, PA with wife Jessica, son Noah, and three daughters Mayah, Nadia, and Zoie