tournament_record player_team coach_years current_team championships overall_record player_years coach_team awards current_title sport current_record current_conference article_title name
35 -- 8 -lrb- naia playoffs -rrb- wyoming 1978 present -- 1979 1986 1991 -- 1998 1999 -- carroll -lrb- mt -rrb- 6 , 2010 -rrb- 14 frontier -lrb- 2000 -- 2011 , naia 2013 -- 2014 -rrb- national -lrb- 2002 -- 2005 , 2007 186 -- 30 1971 -- 1972 , 1974 wyoming -lrb- assistant -rrb- carroll -lrb- mt -rrb- -lrb- assistant -rrb- umass -lrb- dl -rrb- wyoming 2 2007 , 2010 -rrb- × afca naia coach of the year -lrb- head coach football 186 -- 30 frontier mike van diest
 mike van diest
mike van diest

mike van diest is an american football coach and former player .
he has been the head football coach at carroll college in helena , montana since the 1999 season .
van diest 's carroll fighting saints have won six naia national championships , four consecutively from 2002 to 2005 , a fifth in 2007 , and a sixth in 2010 .
in his 16 seasons at carroll , van diest has compiled a career record of 186 -- 30 .
his winning percentage of is the fifth highest of any head coach with at least ten seasons of experience in college football history , behind only that of mount union 's larry kehres , notre dame 's knute rockne , frank leahy of boston college and notre dame , and bob reade of augustana -lrb- illinois -rrb- .
