Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones County,Texas,United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statistical area,which had an estimated population of 169,893,as of 2016. Abilene is home to three Christian universities:Abilene Christian University,McMurry University,and Hardin–Simmons University. It is the county seat of Taylor County. Dyess Air Force Base is located on the west side of the city.
Douglas A. Foster is an American author and scholar known for his work on the history of Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.
Dr. Rubel Shelly is an author,minister,and professor at Lipscomb University. He is the former president of Rochester University.
Billy Richard Olson is a retired American Olympic pole vaulter who held several world records,including the first 19-foot indoor pole vault. Olson finished 12th at the 1988 Summer Olympics,and was to have been part of the U.S. team for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.
Victor Duane Payne Jr. was an American college basketball and college football coach. He was the head football coach at Abilene Christian College and Simmons University. Payne was also the basketball head coach at Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University.
Wallace "Coach Bully" Bullington was a former American football player,coach,and college athletics administrator. He served Abilene Christian University in Abilene,Texas for 39 years as football player,assistant football coach,head football coach and athletic director before he retired from the university's athletic staff in 1988,but not before leading the school to its first national championship in 1973.
Everett Ferguson currently serves as Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Abilene Christian University in Abilene,Texas. He is author of numerous books on early Christian studies and served as co-editor of the Journal of Early Christian Studies.
Selby Vernon McCasland was an American scholar of religion and was president of the American Academy of Religion in 1949. Earlier in life,he was a coach of American football and basketball at Abilene Christian University.
Novice Lee "Nick" Nicholson was an American football player and coach. He was the eighth head football coach at Abilene Christian University in Abilene,Texas,serving for six seasons,from 1956 to 1961,and compiling a record of 28–30–1.
Robert Strader Jr. is a former American football coach. He was the 15th head football coach at Abilene Christian University in Abilene,Texas,serving for three seasons,from 1993 to 1995,and compiling a record of 14–17.
Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a private Christian university in Abilene,Texas. It was founded in 1906 as Childers Classical Institute. It is affiliated with Churches of Christ.
Abilene Christian Wildcats refers to the sports teams of Abilene Christian University located in Abilene,Texas. The Wildcats joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) on July 1,2021 after having spent the previous eight years in the Southland Conference. The nickname "Wildcat" is derived from the mascot of the team.
Philip J. Schubert is the eleventh and current president of Abilene Christian University,Abilene,Texas. Schubert's appointment was publicly announced on February 12,2010,and he formally took office June 1,2010,succeeding Royce Money. Schubert's inauguration celebration took place in the Fall of 2010.
Savannah Smith is an American All State basketball player from Dallas. She is the youngest of four children.
Andrew Jackson Pope Jr.,known as Jack Pope,was an American judge,attorney,author and legal scholar who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Darryl Tippens is an American academic administrator and University Distinguished Scholar of Faith,Learning,and Literature (retired) at Abilene Christian University (ACU). He was provost of Pepperdine University from January 2001 until July 2014,and before that had served at ACU.
Robert L. Rhodes is the provost at Abilene Christian University.
Joseph Charles Golding is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at The University of Texas at El Paso,having previously served in the same capacity at Abilene Christian University,where he played point guard from 1994 to 1998.
John Ray Godfrey is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Abilene Christian Wildcats.
The 2010 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Abilene Christian University (ACU) as a member of the South Division of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 2010 NCAA Division II football season. In their sixth season under head coach Chris Thomsen,the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 11–1 record with a mark of 10–0 in conference play,winning the LSC and LSC South Division titles. Abilene Christian advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs,where,after a first-round bye,the Wildcats lost Central Missouri in the second round,55–41. The team played home games at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene,Texas.
