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McPherson Bulldogs
The McPherson Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent McPherson College, located in McPherson, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) since the 1902–03 academic year. Their athletic team colors are red and white, with black being used as a complementary color in logos and uniforms. Varsity teams McPherson competes in 18 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include competitive cheer, competitive dance and shotgun sports. Football Recent times has brought a level of success to the Bulldog football program. The team completed the 2009 year with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses (8-1 in conference play) with a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McPherson College
McPherson College is a private college associated with the Church of the Brethren and located in McPherson, Kansas. It was chartered in 1887 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. History During their 1887 Annual Meeting, the Church of the Brethren recognized the need for a college west of the Mississippi River to serve the educational desires of settlers moving westward. The first academic semester opened on 5 September 1888, with 60 students and a faculty of seven. The Dormitory, a single building which served as residence hall, college, and library had been constructed before the semester began. By the end of the first school year nearly 200 students had enrolled and the foundation had been laid for the main building. In 1898, Sharp Hall was completed, though it had been used for school purposes for some time while still incomplete. On 12 February 1898, the school was officially christened "McPherson College." In 1926, J Willard Hershey synthesized one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its student athletes. For the 2021–22 season, it has 252 member institutions, of which two are in British Columbia, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the rest in the conterminous United States, with over 77,000 student-athletes participating. The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, sponsors 27 national championships. The CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship. History In 1937, James Naismith and local leaders, including George Goldman and Emil Liston, staged the first National College Basketball Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, of which Goldman was director, one year befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NAIA Regions
NAIA regions no longer exist. The following is a list of former National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics regions. Region I of the NAIA *Cascade Collegiate Conference *Frontier Conference *Independents: **University of Alberta **University of British Columbia **University of Victoria Region II of the NAIA *California Pacific Conference *Golden State Athletic Conference *Independents: Region III of the NAIA *Great Plains Athletic Conference *North Star Athletic Association *Independents: **University of Regina Region IV of the NAIA *Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference *Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Region V of the NAIA *American Midwest Conference *Heart of America Athletic Conference *Independents: Region VI of the NAIA * Red River Athletic Conference *Sooner Athletic Conference **Independents: Region VII of the NAIA *Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference *Midwest Collegiate Conference Region VIII of the NAIA *Crossroads League * Wolverine-Hoosier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The KCAC is the oldest conference in the NAIA and the second oldest in the United States, tracing its history to 1890. History On February 15, 1890, the Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association was formed; it was the first successful attempt to organize Kansas colleges for the purposes of promoting and regulating amateur intercollegiate athletics. In addition to the private universities and colleges, the conference also included Kansas State Agriculture College (now Kansas State University), the University of Kansas, and Washburn University. In November of that year, the first college football game in Kansas was played between the Kansas Jayhawks and Baker University. About 1902 the association allied with the Kansas College Athletic Conference, the first group to adopt a definite set of rules and regulations. By the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McPherson, Kansas
McPherson () is a city in and the county seat of McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 14,082. The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson, a Civil War general. It is home to McPherson College and Central Christian College. History 19th century For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans. In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, McPherson County was founded. McPherson was founded in 1872 by the twelve members of the McPherson Town Company. In 1887, city officials began a failed attempt to have the community named the state capital. The first post office in McPherson was established in 1873. McPherson was incorporated as a city in 1874. As early as 1875, city leaders of Marion held a meeting to cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. The tribe's name (natively ') is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. The first Euro-American settlement in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McPherson Stadium
McPherson Stadium is a sport stadium in McPherson, Kansas. The facility is primarily used by the McPherson College Bulldogs football, soccer, and track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ... teams. The stadium is also used for McPherson USD 418 (the local high school) sporting events and other community events. 2003 Renovation The stadium underwent extensive renovations in 2003 along with several other athletic and campus facilities. The new stadium and facilities have been credited with playing a part of improving the football program at the college. "Cunningham guides McPherson upsw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Hollinger
Harvey T. "Pop" Hollinger (October 13, 1886 – March 6, 1977) was one of the first comic book collectors. He set up his retail and mail order shop for new and used comics in Concordia, Kansas, in the late 1930s. Biography Early life Hollinger was born in rural Chapman, Kansas, and lived there through his high school years. After high school, he purchased a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and camera, then proceeded to travel the Midwest earning money for gas and food by selling photos he took along the way. In 1905, Hollinger married and in the same year enrolled at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. He played football and baseball for the McPherson Bulldogs until he graduated in 1912 with a liberal arts degree. In 1914, Hollinger and his family moved to Concordia, Kansas, to accept the position of teacher of applied sciences at Concordia Junior-Senior High School where he created the Industrial Arts program. In 1933 he retired from his teaching job to become self-employed ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Woodard
Chalmer E. Woodard (c. 1917 – December 9, 1996) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at McPherson College from 1950 to 1952, at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1953 to 1956, and at the Municipal University of Wichita—now known as the University of Wichita—from 1957 to 1959, compiling a career college football record of 47–45–4. Coaching career McPherson Woodard was the head football, basketball and track coach and athletic director at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1950 to 1952. His football coaching record at McPherson was 18–7–1. SMU Woodard left McPherson to become the head football coach at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He resigned as SMU coach after two consecutive losing seasons in 1956. Wichita State Soon after leaving SMU, Woodard signed a three-year contract to coach the University of Wichita (now Wichi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Rominger
Donald William (Don) Rominger Jr. (born February 27, 1940) is a former university administrator and American football and track coach. He served as the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas for five seasons, from 1973 to 1977, and for two years as head track coach and athletics director, compiling a football coaching record of 11–34–2. His 1976 McPherson mark of 5 wins and 4 losses was the College's first winning football season in 18 years. Rominger began his career as a teacher in a two room school near Tecumseh, Oklahoma, followed by a six year career as a high school track and football coach. He was in 1966 the track coach at Miami, Oklahoma, where he coached 1969 Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens. From 1968 to 1971, Rominger was a member of the faculty at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Oklahoma, where was also head track coach and an assistant football coach. Donald W. (Don) Rominger, Jr. was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Thiessen
Nicholas Dan Thiessen (May 27, 1946 – November 1, 2014) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas from 1978 to 1980 and again from 1993 to 1998 and at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1986 to 1992. Thiessen played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Coaching career McPherson Thiessen was the head football coach for the McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. He held that position for seven seasons, from 1986 until 1992. His coaching record at McPherson was 21 wins and 44 losses. Tabor Thiessen was the head football coach of the Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas for six seasons, from 1993 to 1998. Theissen played quarterback for the college as well as competing on the tennis team before taking the coaching position. High school Thiessen also coached at the high school level, primarily in the Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Sterbick
Pete Sterbick (born ) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the Colorado School of Mines; a position he has held since 2023. Playing career Sterbick played college football at Augustana College—now known as Augustana University—in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from 1998 to 2002. He was a wide receiver and also punted. Coaching career Sterbick previously was the offensive coordinator at Montana Tech. Montana Tech won the Frontier Conference championships in 2015 and 2016 and made it to the quarterfinals of the NAIA playoffs, finishing each season with a record of 10–2. In 2017, the Tech offense set an NAIA record with 932 yards of offense in a single game. In 2012 and 2013, Sterbick served as the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. His record at McPherson was 9–11. Before being hired at McPherson College, he was the offensive coordinator for Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa for four years, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
