The following are the past presidents of the Kentucky Mining Institute:
| 1940-41 | E.R. Price | 1970-71 | Donald R. Compton | 2000-01 | Alan Boswell |
| 1941-42 | Floyd J. Speed | 1971-72 | David A. Zegeer | 2001-02 | Donald W. Lamb |
| 1941-42 | E.F. Wright, Jr. | 1972-73 | Raymond Ashby | 2002-03 | Dave Blankenship |
| 1942-43 | E.F. Wright, Jr. | 1973-74 | John E. Young | 2003-04 | Woodrow Slone, Jr. |
| 1943-44 | Paul M. Jones | 1974-75 | Harry LaViers, Jr. | 2004-05 | Jeff Hayden |
| 1944-45 | C. Prewitt Gum | 1975-76 | Raymond Bradbury | 2005-06 | Colombus Heath |
| 1945-46 | George M. Humble | 1976-77 | W. Tom Patterson | 2006-07 | Greg Fraley |
| 1946-47 | O.W. Evans | 1977-78 | E. Don Slone | 2007-08 | Eric Anderson |
| 1947-48 | V.D. Picklesimer | 1978-79 | J.K. Cornett | 2008-09 | Marshall Fugate |
| 1948-49 | C.B. Burchfield | 1979-80 | Frank Heinze | 2009-10 | David Wilder |
| 1949-50 | Davis Read | 1980-81 | Rupert Kington | 2010-11 | Kevin Vaughn |
| 1950-51 | H.M. Gallaher | 1981-82 | Albert Wagers | 2011-12 | Tom C. Smith |
| 1951-52 | F.P. Kerr | 1982-83 | Freddie Maggard | 2012-13 | Jim Vicini |
| 1952-53 | E.K. Newman | 1983-84 | Orville Blevins | 2013-14 | Fred Shannon |
| 1953-54 | G.O. Tarleton | 1984-85 | David Burden | 2014-15 | Rockford Moore |
| 1954-55 | S.A. Fox | 1985-86 | Clyde E. Goins | 2015-17 | Jerry Hedgepath |
| 1955-56 | Herman E. Knight | 1986-87 | William Caperton | 2017-2018 | Buddy Howard |
| 1956-57 | Frank Smith | 1987-88 | Joe Jacobs | 2018-2019 | Freddie Lewis |
| 1957-58 | Norman Yarborough | 1988-89 | Fred Mayes | 2019-2020 | |
| 1958-59 | B. F. Reed | 1989-90 | Richard Garcia | 2020-2021 | |
| 1959-60 | H.B. Jones | 1990-91 | Everett Kelly | 2021-2022 | Ronnie Biggerstaff |
| 1961-62 | Noah Mayhew | 1991-92 | D. J. Patton | ||
| 1962-63 | T. J. Liddle | 1992-93 | Ben Spears | ||
| 1963-64 | W.E. Wheeler | 1993-94 | Paul Pratt | ||
| 1964-65 | H.N. Kirkpatrick | 1994-95 | Willard Back | ||
| 1965-66 | Earl Forrest | 1995-96 | Frank Williams | ||
| 1966-67 | John L. Schroder | 1996-97 | Elmer Howard | ||
| 1967-68 | George E. Evans, Jr. | 1997-98 | Bill Barnwell | ||
| 1968-69 | Richard B. Lee | 1998-99 | Ronnie Biggerstaff | ||
| 1969-70 | C.H. Irwin | 1999-00 | Paris Charles |