Saline County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 54,303. The largest city and county seat is Salina.
Hillsboro is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. Hillsboro was named after John Gillespie Hill, who homesteaded in the area in 1871. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,732. Hillsboro is home of Tabor College, which had 766 students enrolled in Fall 2014.
Arrowhead Stadium is an American football stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). The stadium has been officially named GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium since March 2021, following a naming rights deal between GEHA and the Chiefs. The agreement began at the start of the 2021 season and ends in January 2031 with the expiration of the team's lease with the stadium's owner, the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority.
Central Christian College of Kansas is a private evangelical Christian college in McPherson, Kansas, United States. Central Christian is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church.
Fielding Harris Yost was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at: Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska, the University of Kansas, Stanford University, San Jose State University, and the University of Michigan, compiling a college football career record of 198–35–12. During his 25 seasons as the head football coach at Ann Arbor, Yost's Michigan Wolverines won six national championships, captured ten Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 165–29–10.
Iowa Wesleyan University is a private four-year liberal arts college in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. It ranks as Iowa's first co-educational institution of higher learning and is the oldest of its type west of the Mississippi River. The university is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) is a private university of the Wesleyan church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In 2018, the school had 1006 undergraduate students, with approximately 600 of those on its main campus in Bartlesville.
Kansas Wesleyan University is a private Christian university in Salina, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1886, it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. About 800 students attend KWU, with approximately 700 of them studying on the 28-acre campus. The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus, also known as K-State Salina, is a branch campus of Kansas State University, and the home of the University's College of Technology and Aviation. It is located in Salina, Kansas, United States.
Emil Smith "Liz" Liston was an American athletic coach and administrator. He coached basketball, football and baseball at Wesleyan University and Baker University. He was the founder of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, organized the NAIA college basketball tournament in 1937 and served as the first executive director of the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball from 1940 to 1949. He was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975.
St. John's Military School, located in Salina, Kansas, was a private boarding military school for male students from grades 6 to 12. It aimed to develop students' academic and leadership skills in a "military environment" overseen by a President, Academic Dean and Commandant of Cadets. It has the capacity for approximately 220 students. After numerous lawsuits and investigations regarding its culture of physical and sexual abuse going back decades, the school announced it will close on May 11, 2019.
Mabee Arena is a 1,500-seat indoor arena in Salina, Kansas. It is located on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University and is home to the university's men's and women's basketball teams. The arena is part of the new student activity center which was constructed in 2007 and 2008.
The Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes are the athletic teams that represent Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas. They are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC).
Salina Stadium is a sport stadium in Salina, Kansas. It is located on the campus of Salina High School Central. It is home to both Salina High School Central and Salina High School South's football, soccer, and track and field teams.
Matt Drinkall is an American football coach currently serving as the tight ends coach with the Army Black Knights of the United States Military Academy. He is currently in his second year on staff, having spent the 2019 season as an offensive quality control coach.
Gene Bissell Field, in Salina, Kansas, is the home field for the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes football and soccer teams. The field was named in honor of former head coach Franklin Gene Bissell, who attended the opening day celebration on October 3, 2015.
Trusler Sports Complex is a sports facility located in Emporia, Kansas. The complex consists of four fields – one baseball, three softball – and is home to the Emporia State baseball and softball teams.
Mike Hermann is an American college athletics administrator currently serving as a senior associate athletic director for Old Dominion University. He previously served as athletic director for Niagara University from 1998 to 2006, at Towson University from 2006 to 2010, and at Kansas Wesleyan University from 2013 to 2019. Hermann also served as associate athletic director at Xavier University from 1993 to 1998, and at Seattle University from 2010 to 2013. Hermann graduated from John Carroll University with a bachelor's degree in 1982, and Kent State University with a master's degree in 1984. Hermann was named athletic director at Kansas Wesleyan University on July 17, 2013. Hermann resigned from Kansas Wesleyan to accept a new position as a senior associate athletic director at Old Dominion University on September 3, 2019.
Myers Hendrickson is an American football coach. He head football coach of Western Illinois University, a position he had held since December 17, 2021. Hendrickson served as the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University from 2019 to 2021.
