Mike Dibbini, a former standout player and successful coach at Kansas Weslayan who has most recently rebuilt Cal Poly Pomona into an NCAA Division II championship contender, has been named Kansas State’s first intercollegiate women’s soccer coach, Athletics Director John Currie announced Friday.

Dibbini is a 12-time conference coach of the year who led Kansas Wesleyan and Cal Poly Pomona to 13 postseason tournament appearances and an overall winning percentage of .750 as a collegiate head coach ( 265-78-25 ).

Dibbini coached eight years at KWU leading both the men’s and women’s programs before moving to Pomona in 2013.

Prior to coaching at Kansas Wesleyan, Dibbini was the boys and girls soccer coach at Salina Central High School from 1999 – 2006, and helped develop the Salina Soccer Academy youth program.

Dibben graduated Cum Laude from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1999 with a degree in Elementary Education, and continued on to earn a Master of Business Administration degree in 2002.