LAKE WALES, Fla.- Warner University is pleased to announce that Kirk Talley is joining the Royal football coaching staff as Associate Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator for the Warner University Royals football program.  Coach Talley comes to Warner after spending the past 16 seasons as the head coach at University of Northwestern in St. Paul, MN. Over the course of Talley's 16 seasons at the helm of Eagle football Northwestern has posted a 103-50 (.673) overall record and a 76-17 (.817) conference mark. In the same time span, the Eagles have appeared in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Victory Bowl in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011 and most recently in 2015, winning the bowl game in 2008 with a 49-44 victory over Malone University. Talley's 2001 squad posted a 9-0 season record, the best single season performance and the only undefeated campaign in program history. Among the list of head football coaches at Northwestern, Talley ranks first all-time in career winning percentage and career victories
According to Athletic Director Kevin Jones, "Coach Talley is exactly the type of strong Christian leader we seek to mentor and coach our student athletes at Warner University. "He has a proven record in not only winning at football but of teaching men about winning in life"

Together with his wife Terri, Kirk is the father to two adult children, Brittni and Kristi.