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.Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Art Kahler 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.Basketball Hall of Fame
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, actorClarence Gilyard Biography - Yahoo! Movies Homer Woodson Hargiss, inventor of the huddle Lem Harkey, San Francisco 49ers Harold S. Herd, (also track & field) Kansas Supreme Court Justice Ed Hiemstra, offensive lineman for the New York Giants "Ed Hiemstra" Ted Kessinger 2010 inductee in College Football Hall of FameFootball Foundation "2010 Divisional College Football Hall of Fame Class Announced" Jerry Kill, former head coach for the University of Minnesota Rolland Lawrence, cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons from 1973 to 1980. Rolland Lawrence statistics Jay Mack Love member of the National Champion 1904 Michigan Wolverines football team Alexander Brown Mackie, founder of Brown Mackie CollegeBrown Mackie College history 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 Bill Schnebel, named the 1960 "Little All-American Coach of the Year" and NAIA coach of the year.College of Emporia Alumni Association, history
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.Hovpensports.com - Kirkland named Southwestern athletic director
Other John Salavantis, broadcaster and former coach at Ottawa University
See also
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Lists of people from Kansas
References