Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

Guilford's Ketchum Leaves Football Post to Serve as Assistant to Athletic Director

Greensboro, NC -- After serving as head football coach for 14 years at Guilford College, Mike Ketchum has been appointed to the role of  Assistant to the Athletic Director.

In  his new role, Ketchum will oversee the game-day operation of the Quakers’ home athletic contests. He will coordinate game personnel, security and site preparation. Guilford sponsors 16 varsity sports, including 13 that compete on campus.

Ketchum, a 1978 Guilford graduate and former athletic director, leaves the football post after compiling a 53-85 overall record and a 27-49 mark in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). Guilford went 1-9 in 2004 and finished sixth in the ODAC with a 1-5 record.

Ketchum ranks second on Guilford's career football-coaching wins list and enjoyed the second-longest tenure among the school's 21 head football coaches. He received the ODAC Coach of the Year Award in 1991 and 1997 after guiding the Quakers to league titles both seasons. Both teams won a school-record eight games and are two of the four 8-2 units to which Ketchum contributed. The 1994 club went 8-2 and spent most of the season ranked among the top teams in the NCAA Division III South Region. Ketchum was a lineman on Guilford's 8-2 team in 1975.

Quaker Athletic Director Marion Kirby said a national search is underway for Ketchum's successor. He hopes to have the new coach in place by February. The new coach inherits 48 student-athletes, including this year's 25 rookies, for the 2005 campaign.

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