University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Kris Strebeck is entering his 13th season at the University of the Cumberlands as the Head Coach for Men and Women's Archery. 

As the inaugural head coach for the Patriots Archery programs, Strebeck has set a high standard thus far in his career.  In the ten years of competition thus far for Cumberlands, his teams have garnered 11 overall team National Championships (six 3D Titles, two Indoor, and three Outdoor) as well as a trio of National Championship Runner-Up finishes and two third-place finish. Kris was also named the 2019-2020 USA Archery National Coach of the Year, the 2017-2018 & 2020-21 Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year and has guided the Patriots to three straight MSC titles.  Strebeck has also been named the USA Archery Regional Coach of the Year in both 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Currently, Strebeck is a USA Archery NTS Level 4 Coach.  He was elected to the USA Archery Board of Directors in 2021 and serves on the  S3DA national rules committee. In addition to his sucess at the collegiate level Strebeck has coached at the world stage as he coached at the World University Championships in both 2014 and 2015 with those events held in Poland (2014) and Korea (2015). 

Strebeck, a native of Poplarville, Mississippi, graduated from UC (formally known as Cumberland College) in 2002. While at Cumberlands, Strebeck earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and Movement and Leisure Studies.  He also earned his Masters’ Degree in Physical Education in 2013.  During his collegiate days, Kris was an active student-athlete as a member of the Patriot Football program. He also was a football athlete at Pearl River Community College before attending Cumberlands.

Coach Strebeck is the husband of Brina Strebeck, a 2002 graduate of Cumberlands, and a Certified Athletic Trainer for UC.  Together, the Strebeck's have one daughter, Braedyn Grace.

Accomplishments during the Strebeck Era

2019-2020

• 2019 3D Overall Team National Championships - Champions
• 2019-20 USA Archery Coach of the Year

2018-2019

• 2018 3D Overall Team National Championships - Champions
• 2019 Outdoor Overall Team National Championships - Third Place
• 2019  Mid-South Conference Archery Overall Team Championships - Champions

2017-2018

• 2017 3D Overall Team National Championships - Second Place
• 2018 Indoor Overall Team National Championships - Champions
• 2018 Outdoor Overall Team National Championships - Co-Champions
• 2018 Inaugural Mid-South Conference Archery Overall Team Championships - Champions

• “Triple Crown Championship”
  • 2016 3D Overall Team National Championships - Champions
  • 2017 Indoor Overall Team National Championship - Champions
  • 2017 Outdoor Overall Team National Championships - Champions

• 2015 3D Overall Team National Championships - Champions
• 2016 Outdoor Overall Team National Championships - Second Place

• 2015 Outdoor Team National Championships - Champions

• 2014 Outdoor Overall Team National Championships - Third Place

• 60 First-Team All-Conference selections (17 outdoor, 21 indoor, 18 3D)
• 16 Second-Team All-Conference selections (6 outdoor, 4 indoor, 5 3D)
• 16 MSC Academic All-Conference selections
• 106 All-Americans (49 men, 57 women)
• 34 Academic All-Americans (17 men, 17 women)
• 23 Individual National Champions (10 men, 13 women)
• 21 Individual National Championship Runner-Ups (9 men, 12 women)
• 64 Individual National Championship Podium Finishers (28 men, 36 women)
• 31 Team National Championships (8 men, 14 women, 9 mixed)