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The sport is women’s college basketball.  And when you think about the women’s college game, names like Pat Summitt and Geno Auriemma come to mind.

Summitt has won eight NCAA championships.  Along the way, she won three consecutive titles from 1996-1998.

Auriemma has also won three consecutive titles among his six overall, those coming in the 2002-2004 tournament years.

Kim Muhl has topped them both in consistency, winning his fourth consecutive national championship with Kirkwood Community College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa March 20^th.

Who?

I’ll admit it now; I’m more than a little biased.  I attended Kirkwood, and am a long time friend of the assistant women’s coach.  But putting that aside, this recent accomplishment likely flies beneath the radar of most and should be noted.

Kim is the head women’s coach at Kirkwood.  His team recently won their fourth consecutive national title (and sixth overall) at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II level.  It’s probably not a stretch to say Kirkwood and the NJCAA doesn’t possess a large fan base like the NCAA teams do.  But to understand what is entailed in winning four consecutive championships at the junior college level, you have to appreciate the obstacles that make this type of success so notable.