| Roger Kish | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Oklahoma |
| Current Conference: | Big 12 |
| Current Record: | 0–0 |
| Birth Place: | Lapeer, Michigan, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 2004–2008 |
| Player Team1: | Minnesota |
| Coach Years1: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team1: | Minnesota (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2009–2011 |
| Coach Team2: | North Dakota State (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2011–2023 |
| Coach Team3: | North Dakota State |
| Coach Years4: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team4: | Oklahoma |
Roger Kish is an American wrestler and the current head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners wrestling team. A native of Lapeer, Michigan, Kish was a four-time Michigan state wrestling champion. Kish is currently tied for ninth all time on the Michigan high school single season win record list.https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/wrestling/record-book/individual-records He is second all time on the MHSAA career wins compiling a record of 252-2.https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/wrestling/record-book/individual-records Kish went on to become only the 11th four-time champion in MHSAA history.https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/wrestling/record-book/individual-records His performance in 2003 earned him the Junior Schalles Award for top high school pinner.[1] He next wrestled at the University of Minnesota, compiling a career record of 117-27.[2] As a sophomore and a junior in college, he finished 2nd at the national tournament. After leaving the University of Minnesota, Kish became an assistant wrestling coach at North Dakota State University.[3] He was hired as the head coach at North Dakota State in 2011 and became the youngest NCAA Division I head coach in any sport.[4] [5]
Prior to Oklahoma, Kish was the head coach of the North Dakota State Bison wrestling program from 2012 to 2023, just a few years after NDSU became eligible for Division I competition. During his tenure, six wrestlers earned All-American status.