Kevin Doherty enters his seventh season as head football coach at Lakeland College.
Last year the Muskies finished 2-8 under Doherty, including placing sixth in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference with a 2-5 mark. Lakeland was on the wrong end of a number of close games in 2012, losing three games by a touchdown.
In the 2011 season, Doherty led the Muskies to 4-6 overall record, including a 4-3 mark in the NACC (then known as the Northern Athletics Conference). Nine players received All-NAC recognition, including four first team selections. Senior safety Tony Faller represented Lakeland at the All-American Bowl in Minneapolis, Minn.
Doherty led the Muskies to the school's second-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs in 2009 and he was named the league's co-head coach of the year after his second conference championship with the Muskies. Lakeland placed a league-high 16 players on the all-conference list, including five first team selections.
In his first season as head coach, the Muskies finished 6-4 overall and notched a 6-1 Illini-Badger Football Conference record to share the league championship with Concordia University (Wis.). The conference title marked the third time in four years that the Muskies had either won or earned a share of the top spot. Doherty’s guidance of the Muskies led the rookie head coach to be named the 2007 co-IBFC Coach of the Year.
Since taking the reins at Lakeland, Doherty has been a part of the AFCA Division III Football Council. He also recently concluded a three-year stint on the NCAA Divison III Regional Ranking Committee, and is currently the chair of NACC coaches.
A veteran offensive coordinator, Doherty joined the Muskies with a wealth of coaching experience in the IBFC, as he helped guide both Aurora University and MacMurray College to the Division III Playoffs. A native of the Chicago suburbs, Doherty spent five seasons as offensive coordinator for Aurora, where he graduated in 1995. In 2004, he helped lead the Spartans to a share of the IBFC title with Lakeland and Concordia (Wis.), and the Spartans represented the IBFC in the Division III Playoffs.
In addition to his on-field duties at Aurora, Doherty, who has a master's degree in public administration from the University of Illinois-Springfield, served as recruiting coordinator for Aurora's football team and was liaison between Aurora's athletic and admissions departments.
Doherty was also offensive coordinator at MacMurray for two seasons, a stint that included an IBFC title and playoff trip in 2001. He also spent time as a graduate assistant and receivers coach at the University of Dubuque, Iowa, from 1995-97, then served in numerous roles as a position coach at Capital University, Ohio, from 1997-99.
He and his wife, Amber, have a 10-year-old son, Colin, and reside in Sheboygan.
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| Kevin Doherty Career Coaching Record | |
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| Year | Overall Record | Conf. Record | |
| 2007 | 6-4 | 6-1 | NAC co-champions |
| 2008 | 5-5 | 5-2 | |
| 2009 | 6-5 | 6-1 | NAC champions
NCAA Division III Playoffs Qualifier |
| 2010 | 4-6 | 3-4 | |
| 2011 | 4-6 | 4-3 | |
| 2012 | 2-8 | 2-5 | |
| Career | 27-34 | 26-16 | .443 winning percentage |
