Faith That Works Award recipient: Mike Kline | On Mission Media

By Jeff Kurowski | For On Mission

Photography by Scott Eastman

GREEN BAY — When longtime University of Wisconsin-Green Bay cross country coach Mike Kline meets with recruits, he explains the priorities he expects the student-athletes to set.

“My team knows our cross country values: faith, family, academics, cross country,” said Kline, who has led the program for 38 years. “You never let cross country in the top three, and you never let it out of the top four.”

Kline, who was born and raised in Luxemburg, acknowledges that it can be difficult entering into faith conversations at a public university.

“You’ve got to watch out,” he said. “If people talk to me about it, I will gladly talk to them. At our Sunday night (Phoenix Catholic) Mass, we’ve got some cross country runners, a few softball players and a few basketball players that will come. It’s good to see them there. If you have faith, keep it going. When you get to college, don’t let that go. That’s a very important part of your life.”

Kline credits his late parents, Mike and Laverne Kline, for his faith foundation. He grew up as
a member of Immaculate Conception (St. Mary)
Parish in Luxemburg.

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