John Miech

Football Coach -
Associate Lecturer

Office: 105 HEC
Phone: 346-3758
Email: jmiech@uwsp.edu

Courses Taught

COAC 284 - Coaching of Football
WLNS 102-105 - Advanced Fitness I, II, III, IV
WLNS 183 - Weight Training

In 19 seasons at UW-Stevens Point, head coach John Miech has more than twice as many victories as any other coach in school history with a 123-66-2 record, tying for fourth on the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference all-time wins list.

Miech, having completed his 25th year with the coaching staff, has posted 21 seasons with a .500 or better record during the last 23 years. He has won three WIAC championships and earned the WIAC Coach of the Year award in 1998 and 2001. Miech led the Pointers to a 6-4 record and 4-3 league mark in 2006 as the Pointers recovered from a tough early-season schedule to win their last four games.

Miech’s association with Pointer football actually goes back to 1972 when he first joined the program as an offensive lineman, providing protection for the nation’s top passing offense in both 1973 and 1974.

Along the way, he has developed numerous players who went on to play in the NFL, CFL, AFL and European leagues. Most notable among those players is Clint Kriewaldt, who was drafted in the sixth round by the Detroit Lions in 1999 and played in the 2006 Super Bowl as a member of the world champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Others include Barry Rose, who had stints with both the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos, Kirk Baumgartner, a draft choice of the Green Bay Packers and Pete Lucas, a draft pick by the Atlanta Falcons.

In 1975, following graduation with a degree in Physical Education, Miech began his coaching career with a three-year stint as an assistant with the Pointers before moving on to Stephen F. Austin State University. There, he served as a graduate assistant for the Lumberjacks while working on his Master’s Degree, which he received in 1979.

Miech returned to Wisconsin in 1979 and served as the head coach at Whitnall High School and then Jefferson High School for three seasons each before returning to UW-Stevens Point in 1985 as the defensive coordinator. As defensive coordinator with the Pointers, his unit allowed just over 275 yards per game and four yards per play in three seasons to lead the conference.

Miech and his wife, Sheila, who serves as the head coach of the highly-successful Pointer women’s soccer program, have two sons, Jesse and Ryan.