Dennis Kline is in his seventh season as a member of the Ohio Wesleyan track & field coaching staff.
Kline came to Ohio Wesleyan after 20 years at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In La Crosse, he had stints as associate head track & field coach, head strength coach, and manager of the fitness center. He helped the Eagles win 13 NCAA Division III championships and 17 conference championships in track & field, with 10 individual national champions in throwing events and 28 individual conference champions in throwing events. UW-L ranked in the top 20 of the Learfield Directors' Cup standings from 1999-2010, including 4 seventh-place finishes. Kline also was a consultant to the Mammoth Track Club and coach Terrence Mahon, and co-founded the La Crosse Track Club.
He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach emeritus from the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Kline is a 1990 graduate of Miami University, where he competed in track & field. He was a 4-year letterman for the RedHawks, twice qualifying for the NCAA Division I championship and winning a Mid-American Conference title in the hammer. He continued his throwing career after graduation, competing in the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1996, and was ranked among the top 50 in the U.S. for a decade.
He majored in health appraisal and enhancement with minors in nutrition and coaching at Miami, and continued his education with a Master of Science degree in exercise science from Miami in 1992.
Kline is a native of Massillon, Ohio.
