The following is a list of notable people associated with the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Basketball
Men's basketball
- Gene Johnson, assistant coach for USA Basketball in the 1936 Olympic Games
- Art Kahler, only person to coach at two different major colleges at the same time – head basketball coach at Brown University and football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.[1]
- Brad Long, actor who portrayed team captain "Buddy Walker" in the 1986 film Hoosiers
- Arthur Schabinger, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1961.[2]
Football
- Willis Bates, former KCAC football coach who also coached the Auburn Tigers
- Vic Baltzell, linebacker for the Boston Redskins in 1935
- Harold Elliott, head coach with over 200 career wins
- Dennis Franchione, former head coach of Alabama and Texas A&M
- Mike Gardner, current coach at Tabor, achieved post-season play in each of his first five years as a head coach
- Clarence Gilyard, actor[3]
- Homer Woodson Hargiss, inventor of the huddle[4]
- Lem Harkey, San Francisco 49ers
- Harold S. Herd, (also track & field) Kansas Supreme Court Justice
- Ed Hiemstra, offensive lineman for the New York Giants[5]
- Ted Kessinger 2010 inductee in College Football Hall of Fame[6]
- Jerry Kill, former head coach for the University of Minnesota
- Rolland Lawrence, cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons from 1973 to 1980.[7]
- Jay Mack Love member of the National Champion 1904 Michigan Wolverines football team
- Alexander Brown Mackie, founder of Brown Mackie College[8]
- Michael P. McCarthy, youngest General Manager ever to win a Canadian Football League championship with the Toronto Argonauts
- John H. Outland, namesake of the Outland Trophy awarded annually to the best college interior lineman
- Ernie Quigley, umpire of six World Series[9]
- Bill Schnebel, named the 1960 "Little All-American Coach of the Year" and NAIA coach of the year.[10]
Track and field
Men's track and field
- Jim Helmer, elected to the NAIA Coach's Hall of Fame in 2001.
Women's track and field
- Mike Kirkland, Women's coach. Undefeated at the conference level since named head coach in 1992.[11]
Other
- John Salavantis, broadcaster and former coach at Ottawa University
See also
References
- ^ Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Archived May 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Art Kahler
- ^ Basketball Hall of Fame Archived July 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Clarence Gilyard Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ "CONTENTdm" (PDF).
- ^ Database Football Archived February 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine "Ed Hiemstra"
- ^ Football Foundation[permanent dead link] "2010 Divisional College Football Hall of Fame Class Announced"
- ^ Database Football Archived February 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Rolland Lawrence statistics
- ^ Brown Mackie College history
- ^ Dittmar, Joseph J. (1990). Baseball's Benchmark Boxscores. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. pp. 32–34. ISBN 0-89950-488-4.
- ^ College of Emporia Alumni Association, history Archived November 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hovpensports.com - Kirkland named Southwestern athletic director