Phone: 785-827-5541 x. 2111
Toll Free: 1-800-874-1154
Email: dibbini@kwu.edu

Mike Dibbini has been coaching at Kansas Wesleyan since the 2005 season. He has compiled a combined 174-56-21 men's and women's overall record in six seasons.

In six years, the men's team has compiled an overall record of 85-29-9 and has finished at or near the top of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference each season. The Coyotes won regular season KCAC championships in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010; conference tournament championships in 2005, 2006, 2010, 2009; and has made back-to-back appearances in the NAIA National Championships in 2009 and 2010.

The men qualified for the NAIA Region IV Tournament twice, and were consistently ranked in the top five in the region. In 2006, the men cracked the NAIA Top 25 for the first time in program history. Dibbini has been named the KCAC Men's Soccer Coach of the Year four times, in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Prior to coaching at KWU, Dibbini was the Boys' and Girls' Soccer Coach at Salina Central High School from 1999-2006. In 2006, he was named the AVCTL Division I Coach of the Year. In 1999, he received the Kansas State Youth Soccer Boys Coach of the Year award.

He holds an NSCAA Premier Coaching Diploma and USSF National Coaching License. He is also the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the Salina Soccer Club, and is currently on staff as the Head Boys' Coach for the Kansas Olympic Development Program (ODP).

Dibbini graduated in 1999 from Kansas Wesleyan University with a degree in Elementary Education, and continued on to earn a Master of Business Administration in 2002.

As a player at KWU and in junior college at Bethany Lutheran (Minn.) College, Dibbini was a four-time (twice at KWU and twice at BLC) All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American. In 1997, Dibbini was ranked number two in the NAIA for goals scored and offensive points. He was also named to the NAIA Academic All-Region team in 1997 and the National Small College Player of the Year 1997.

Originally from Palmdale, Calif., Dibbini was a First Team All-CIF selection twice, CIF Player of the Year, and Golden League Player of the Year twice at Palmdale High School.

Coach Dibbini and his wife, Trina, also a 2002 graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University, currently reside in Salina, with their children Jada and Kadin.

Phone: 785-827-5541 x. 2111
Toll Free: 1-800-874-1154

Mike Padilla has been an assistant coach for the Coyotes since the 2008 season.

Padilla, a native of Lynwood, Calif., came to Kansas Wesleyan in 2006, playing for coach Mike Dibbini in 2006, but missed 2007 with an injury.

Padilla came to Kansas Wesleyan from Mt San Antonio College in California, where he played in 2005.

He also spent one season at Cerritos College, where the Falcons reached the State Finals in 2004.

Padilla prepped at Salesian High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 2004. He helped lead the Mustangs to the CIF Championship in 2004. He was also named the CIF Player of the Year in 2004 in addition to being named Santa Fe League MVP in 2003 and 2004.

He holds a NSCAA National Coaching Diploma and is currently an Academy Director for the Salina Soccer Club.

West Coast Recruiting Coordinator
Email: bt.blondeel-timmerma@kwu.edu

"BT" Timmerman has been an assistant coach for coach Mike Dibbini since the 2006 season.

Timmerman has deep roots in the youth soccer community in the Antelope Valley (Calif.) area and has been instrumental in the recruitment in high school players to Kansas Wesleyan.

Timmerman also plays the role of West Coast Recruiting Coordinator for the Coyotes.