Mike Isom
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mike Isom
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Circa|1948}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1966–1969
| player_team1 = Central Arkansas
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = {{Circa|1975}}
| coach_team1 = Hall HS (AR)
| coach_years2 = 1977–1981
| coach_team2 = Little Rock Central HS (AR) (AHC)
| coach_years3 = 1982–1989
| coach_team3 = Central Arkansas (DC)
| coach_years4 = 1990–1999
| coach_team4 = Central Arkansas
| overall_record = 68–38–4
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 5–2 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
| championships = 1 NAIA Division I (1991)
3 AIC (1990–1992)
| awards = NAIA Division I Coach of the Year (1990)
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}}
Mike Isom (born {{Circa|1948}}) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA), located in Conway, Arkansas, from 1990 to 1999, compiling a record of 68–38–4 in ten seasons. Isom's teams won three consecutive Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) titles from 1990 to 1992 and an NAIA Division I Football National Championship in 1991, the program's third national title in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) competition. In 1993, Central Arkansas moved from the AIC of the NAIA to the Gulf South Conference at the NCAA Division II level.
A native of Conway, Isom played football at Conway High School, and then at Central Arkansas.{{cite news |author= |title=Isom tabbed to replace Horton as coach at UCA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38322888/baxter_bulletin/ |newspaper=The Baxter Bulletin |location=Mountain Home, Arkansas |agency=Associated Press |date=January 27, 1990 |page=10 |access-date=November 2, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Isom retired from coaching after the 1999 season. He was replaced as head football coach by Clint Conque.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Central Arkansas Bears
| conf = Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1992
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1990
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division I Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1991
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 9–2–2
| conference = 5–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division I Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1992
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 9–2–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division I Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Central Arkansas Bears
| conf = Gulf South Conference
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = 1999
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 6–4–1
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1995
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1996
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Central Arkansas
| overall = 68–38–4
| confrecord = 50–24–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 68–38–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Central Arkansas Bears football coaches
Category:Central Arkansas Bears football players
Category:High school football coaches in Arkansas
Category:People from Conway, Arkansas
Category:Coaches of American football from Arkansas
Category:Players of American football from Arkansas
Category:Hall High School (Arkansas) alumni
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