Ken Weller

Dr. Ken Weller has a resume unmatched by many.
Ken is a 1948 graduate of Hope College in Holland, Michigan. While there he competed in football and track and field. He later became a faculty member at Hope and was a member of the football coaching staff, coaching among others, Ron Schipper, who later became a Hall of Fame football coach at Central under Ken’s presidency.
Dr. Weller served as president at Central College in Pella from 1969 to 1990. During that time, he became a national leader in athletics, helping author the Division II philosophy, and establishing women’s championships in the early 1980’s. While at Central, he was instrumental in their athletic success, overseeing programs that produced 11 Division III team championships, 25 individual titles, 20 post-graduate scholarship winners, and seven Division III players of the year. As a result of these accomplishments, Ken was inducted into Central’s Athletics Hall of Honor.
As an official, Dr. Weller began as a track starter in the early 50’s in Michigan. He’s officiated at Big 10, Big 12, and NCAA Div. I and III championships, as well as 18 years at the Drake Relays and 18 years at the Iowa state meets.