George Mihalik | |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1952 |
Player Years1: | 1971–1973 |
Player Team1: | Slippery Rock |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1976 |
Coach Team1: | Kentucky (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 1977–1987 |
Coach Team2: | Slippery Rock (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1988–2015 |
Coach Team3: | Slippery Rock |
Overall Record: | 197–111–4 |
Tournament Record: | 7–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Championships: | 2 PSAC (2014–2015) 8 PSAC West Division (1997–2000, 2011, 2013–2015) |
George Mihalik (born May 22, 1952) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania from 1988 to 2015, compiling a record of 197–111–4. Mihalik retired following the 2015 season, in which he led The Rock to its best record in school history at 12–2, an NCAA Quarterfinals appearance, a second consecutive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship, and a third consecutive PSAC West Division title.[1]
Mihalik was a three-year letterman at Slippery Rock, playing quarterback from 1971 to 1973. He served as a graduate assistant at the University of Kentucky for one season in 1976 and then was an assistant coach at Slippery Rock for 11 seasons before being promoted to head coach. George Mihalik was a brother of Alpha Sigma Phi while attending Slippery Rock University in the 1970s.