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Michael Kay

  • Title
    Head Men & Women's Bowling Coach
  • Phone
    773-298-3586
  • Email
    kay@sxu.edu
  • Alma Mater
    North Central (Ill.)

• Michael Kay is in his second season leading the Saint Xavier men’s and women’s bowling programs in 2018-19, and has been the team’s head coach since the programs’ inception in 2017.

• In his first season as head coach, Kay helped lead the women’s program to an NAIA Invitational berth, where the Cougars placed 12th out of 20 qualifying programs.

• The Cougars have claimed two individual tournament titles under Kay’s watch, with Destiny Miller wining the 2017 Titan Invite, and the 2018 Boilermaker Classic.

• Before coming to Saint Xavier, Kay was an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis (Ill.), where he helped start the Fighting Saints’ program that began in 2013.

• Kay was the boys and girls bowling coach at Romeoville High School for five seasons, from 2008-12.

• Kay has been a member of the United States Bowling Congress since 2003, and has four sanctioned 300 games, with 221 as his highest average.

• A graduate of North Central College (Ill.), Kay played both soccer and baseball for the Cardinals. He received a master’s degree in teaching from National Louis University (Ill.).


Year-by-Year Coaching Record
Year Postseason (Men) Postseason (Women)
2017-18 12th of 20 (NAIA Invitational)