Men's Track and Field
Rohl, Mike

Mike Rohl
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Mike Rohl joins the Bucknell track & field coaching staff as an volunteer assistant coach starting in the 2025-26 season. He will assist head coach Kevin Donner with the middle distance runners.Â
Rohl began his coaching career in 1990 at the University of Wisconsin Parkside.Â
He coached from 1993-1996 at West Georgia College. Rohl coached five Gulf South Conference Championships, made three NCAA Division II Championship appearances and won three Coach of the Year awards.Â
From 2001-2021, he served as Head Coach at Mansfield University. He coached the school's only Conference Championship team in any sport in this century with the 2013 Women's Cross Country team. His athletes made 54 NCAA II Championship appearances with 25 All Americans and National Champion in the 10000m. His squads had two top 10 NCAA team finishes: tenth in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships and ninth in the 2013 NCAA Cross Country Championships. He earned PSAC and Regional Coach of the Year in 2013.
As an athlete, he was a two-time U.S National Champion in the 5k and 15K Racewalk, a 12-time National team member and finished fourth at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Rohl lives in South Williamsport with his wife Michelle Rohl, a U.S. Olympian and World Class Masters runner with their youngest son Jude. He still competes in Masters events in swimming, running, biking and racewalking.Â
Rohl began his coaching career in 1990 at the University of Wisconsin Parkside.Â
He coached from 1993-1996 at West Georgia College. Rohl coached five Gulf South Conference Championships, made three NCAA Division II Championship appearances and won three Coach of the Year awards.Â
From 2001-2021, he served as Head Coach at Mansfield University. He coached the school's only Conference Championship team in any sport in this century with the 2013 Women's Cross Country team. His athletes made 54 NCAA II Championship appearances with 25 All Americans and National Champion in the 10000m. His squads had two top 10 NCAA team finishes: tenth in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships and ninth in the 2013 NCAA Cross Country Championships. He earned PSAC and Regional Coach of the Year in 2013.
As an athlete, he was a two-time U.S National Champion in the 5k and 15K Racewalk, a 12-time National team member and finished fourth at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Rohl lives in South Williamsport with his wife Michelle Rohl, a U.S. Olympian and World Class Masters runner with their youngest son Jude. He still competes in Masters events in swimming, running, biking and racewalking.Â