Kish College names Brian Salapatek as Head Bowling Coach
Kishwaukee College announced the hiring of Brian Salapatek as the Head Coach for the Men’s and Women’s bowling teams.
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Kishwaukee College announced the hiring of Brian Salapatek as the Head Coach for the Men’s and Women’s bowling teams.
Salapatek brings a lifetime of bowling experience to the role, having rolled multiple 300 games and 800 series. Salapatek bowled for the Illinois Institute of Technology in college and has competed in various tournaments, including the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Regional Tour. He hopes to share his expertise with Kish’s bowlers.
“I want to pass on my knowledge and be a mentor. I am going to work with our student-athletes to help make them better bowlers,” Salapatek said.
As a coach, Salapatek previously served as an assistant for Kish’s Women’s Softball team and has additional experience coaching multiple levels of softball, basketball and volleyball. One of his initial goals for the Kish bowling program is to increase the number of student-athletes on Kish’s teams.
“Anytime you are building a program, it is important to get your numbers up. Hopefully with our recent National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championship success in 2025 and 2026, we will see additional interest from our area high school student-athletes. We are looking for any bowling experience. I have confidence we can coach them into decent bowlers,” Salapatek said.
Salapatek said he holds connections within the local bowling community and is eager to recruit from regional high school programs for any athletes looking to take their game to the next level. He looks to continue Kish’s recent success, as the Men’s team has competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championships twice and the Women’s team debuted at the National Championships last season, taking 15th place in doubles.
“We want to continue to get our teams to nationals and be competitive while we are there. If we can work to be a front-runner, we’ll see how the pins fall after that,” Salapatek said.
For more information on Kish’s Men’s and Women’s Bowling programs, contact Brian Salapatek at bsalapatek@kish.edu or 815-825-9369 or visit kishkougars.com. Learn more about Kishwaukee College at kish.edu.