:Roger Kish

{{Short description|American wrestler and wrestling coach}}

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| name = Roger Kish

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Oklahoma

| current_conference = Big 12

| current_record = 0–0

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| birth_place = Lapeer, Michigan, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 2004–2008

| player_team1 = Minnesota

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| 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

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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.{{cite web |title=Junior Schalles Award |url=https://www.win-magazine.com/win-awards/junior-schalles-award |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=WIN Magazine}} He next wrestled at the University of Minnesota, compiling a career record of 117-27.{{cite web|title=North Dakota St. names new coach: Roger Kish named fourth head coach in program's history|publisher=NCAA.com|date=July 1, 2011|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/2011-07-01/north-dakota-st-names-new-coach}} 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.{{cite news|title=Roger Kish headlines North Branch wrestling camp|author=Michael Selecky|newspaper=The County Press (Michigan)|date=September 1, 2010|url=http://thecountypress.mihomepaper.com/news/2010-09-01/Sports/Roger_Kish_headlines_North_Branch_wrestling_camp.html}} 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.{{cite news|title=Lapeer West graduate Roger Kish named North Dakota State Wrestling Coach|newspaper=Flint Journal|author=Mark Spezia|date=July 14, 2011|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2011/07/lapeer_west_graduate_roger_kis.html}}{{cite web|title=Roger Kish Named NDSU Head Wrestling Coach|publisher=North Dakota State University|date=June 30, 2011|url=http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11989&SPID=701&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205177904&DB_OEM_ID=2400}}

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.