Michael Coyle graduated from EHS in 1958. He was born May 8, 1940 in Indiana but soon moved to Iowa. In the summer of 1956, Mike enrolled at EHS as a junior, which was also the year that Elizabethtown integrated. Mike played football and in his senior year, EHS had the school’s first undefeated season finishing 11-0 including a Burley Bowl win. Mike was granted a 4-year football scholarship to UK. During these two years at EHs, Mike was very active in school organizations, but his most coveted honor was winning the Andrew Clay Johnson Award. In 1962, Mike graduated from UK with a degree in Accounting and graduated from UK College of Law in 1965. That summer, Mike took the bar exam, the CPA exam and married his high school sweetheart, Moninda Diecks, a 1959 EHS graduate.After three years working as a CPA in Cincinnati, the Coyles returned to Elizabethtown to practice law in 1968. Since then, Mike has been active in civic, charitable and professional organizations plus continuing his loyalty to EHS, UK, and the legal profession. In the legal profession, Mike is a past president of the Hardin County Bar Association and has served as the Master Commissioner and Domestic Relations Commissioner and was Judge of the Hardin Circuit Court from 1980-1986. He is admitted to practice in various federal courts including the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Tax Court.His civic duties have included Greenspace, Rotary Club, E-town Ed. Foundation, Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Foundation, Community Foundation and Hosparus. He also served as Chairman of EIS Board of Education. Mike is a UK Fellow and a member of UK Alumni Board of Directors. Finally, Mike was admitted to the EHS Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. The Coyles have two children, Leisje and Gregg. Mike still has an active law practice.