Sibilski Named Director of Athletics

Lansing, MI, April 7, 2023: Great Lakes Christian College is excited to announce that Coach Sam Sibilski has been named Athletic Director, effective immediately.

Sibilski will oversee a program that views athletics as an enrollment strategy and a discipleship strategy. As an enrollment strategy it enables student athletes to pursue their athletic career after high school graduation. As a discipleship strategy our coaces foster servant leadership in students.

Sibilski began GLCC's women's soccer program in 2020. Since then, his teams have gone 26-9-3, were NCAA

Mideast Regional Champions in 2021 and 2022, with the 2021 team winning the National Championship. Sibilski has coached five All Americans and twelve All Region players. In 2021 he was named the NCCAA Division Il National Soccer Coach of the Year and was selected to the United Soccer Coaches' Soccer Coaching Staff of the Year. In his two seasons coaching GLCC men, Sibilski's teams went 15-11-1 with ten players being named to the All Region Team.

According to GLCC President Frank Weller, "Coach Sibilski understands our vision for athletics. I am confident he will bring the same drive and success he brought to our Women's Soccer Team to the entire department. Sam has experienced faith development first-hand at GLCC and is eager to foster that experience in students who grew up in Christian homes and those for whom faith is something they are just beginning to explore."

"It is an honor to be appointed as the new Director of Athletics and have an opportunity to continue to grow athletics in a mission-focused institute of higher learning like GLCC," said Sibilski, "I thank President Weller and his team for providing me with this unique opportunity to lead the Athletic Department and make a positive impact on our student athletes. I look forward to getting started."

Richard Westerlund said this about Sibilski, "Coach Sam is ready for the opportunity to lead. He believes in the mission of the college and he has deep care for the student athletes, and creating a positive student athlete experience. I am excited to see how he will continue to grow the athletic department and take GLCC athletics to new heights. He has magnetism about him that will continue to push GLCC athletics to being an ELITE athletic department. I couldn't be more excited for Sam in his new role."

Sibilski succeeds Richard Westerlund who was recently named Head Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Northwestern Ohio. Great Lakes Christian College competes in Division II of the National Christian College Athletic Association.