Mike Kelly (gridiron football)

Mike Kelly
Biographical details
Born (1958-02-11) February 11, 1958 (age 66)
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
1976–1979Bluffton
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1981Ridgedale HS (OH) (RB/S)
1982Edinboro (WR)
1983–1985Marietta (RB)
1986Ohio Wesleyan (OC)
1987–1989Capital (OC)
1990–1991San Francisco State (associate HC)
1992–1996Winnipeg Blue Bombers (OC)
1997–1999Valdosta State
2001Orlando Rage (OC)
2002Philadelphia Eagles (OA/QC)
2008Edmonton Eskimos (WR)
2009Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2014–2018Widener
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2001Philadelphia Eagles (advance scout)
2003–2005Washington Redskins (pro pers. asst.)
2009Winnipeg Blue Bombers (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall50–35 (college)
7–11 (CFL)
Tournaments2–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MAC (2014)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (2014)
ECAC South Region Co-Coach of the Year (2014)

Mike Kelly (born February 11, 1958) is an American gridiron football coach and former player, scout, and executive. He served as the head football coach at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia from 1997 to 1999 and Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2018. In 2009, Kelly was the head coach and general manager for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has worked as an assistant coach at the high school football level, for several college football teams, and for professional teams in the CFL, XFL, and the National Football League (NFL). Kelly played college football as a quarterback at Bluffton College—now Bluffton University—in the late 1970s.