Michael Norman Gardner | |
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Sport(s) | College football |
Current position | |
Title | Head Football Coach |
Team | Tabor |
Record | 3–7 (2–7) |
Biographical details | |
Born | March 9, 1967 |
Place of birth | Roeland Park, Kansas |
Playing career | |
1986–1990 | Baker University |
Position(s) | Kicker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2010–present 2006–2009 2004–2005 2001–2003 1996–2000 1993–1996 1990–1993 |
Tabor Malone Tabor Tabor (asst.) Lindenwood (asst.) Bethel (asst.) Hastings (asst.) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 52–34 (.605) |
Statistics | |
College Football Data Warehouse | |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
KCAC Coach of the Year [2] (2005) AFCA NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year (2003) AFLAC Assistant Coach of the Year (2003) |
Michael Norman Gardner (born March 9, 1967, in Roeland Park, Kansas[1]) is currently the coach at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. Having left Tabor for Malone in 2006, Gardner was chosen to replace Mike Gottsch after Tabor's winless 2009 season.[2] Gardner's teams achieved post-season play for his first five years as a head coach at the college level—the first two years qualifying for the NAIA playoffs and the next three years to the Victory Bowl.
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Gardner began in coaching as Special Teams and Recruiting Coordinator at Hastings College from 1990 to 1993. He later held assistant coaching positions at Bethel College (Kansas), Lindenwood University, and Tabor College.
In 2004, he became the head coach at Tabor College and held that position until 2006. During his time at Tabor his teams won two conference championships and advanced to the national playoffs.
Gardner was named head coach at Malone College following the 2006 season. His team at Malone began the 2008 season ranked #24 in the NAIA pre-season poll.[3] Following the 2009 season, Gardner resigned to clear the way for his return to Tabor.
Gardner was the fifth football coach in Malone's history, and his coaching record at Malone was 25 wins and 18 losses.[4] As of the conclusion of the 2009 season, this ranks him second at Malone in total wins and second at Malone in winning percentage. [5]
Gardner returned to Tabor starting with the 2010 season and led the team to a record of 4 wins and six losses, finishing sixth in the conference. Counting his previouos two years coaching at Tabor, he is now the winningest coach in the history of the program.[6]
Year | Position | School |
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2010–present | Head Coach | Tabor College (Kansas) |
2006–2009 | Head Coach | Malone College |
2004–2005 | Head Coach | Tabor College (Kansas) |
2001–2003 | Defensive Coordinator | Tabor College (Kansas) |
2000 | Defensive Coodinator | Lindenwood University (Missouri) |
1996–1999 | Special Teams Coordinator | Lindenwood University (Missouri) |
1993–1996 | Quarterbacks Coach Tight End Coach Wide Receivers Coach |
Bethel College (Kansas) |
1990–1993 | Special Teams Coach Recruiting Coordinator |
Hastings College (Nebraska) |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coach's Poll# | |||
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Tabor College (NAIA) (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2004–2005) | |||||||||
2004 | Tabor | 9–2 | 8–1 | 1st | 6[7] | ||||
2005 | Tabor | 11–1 | 9–0 | 1st | 6[8] | ||||
Tabor College: | 20–3 | 17–1 | |||||||
Malone Pioneers (NAIA) (Mid-States Football Association) (2006–2009) | |||||||||
2006 | Malone | 7–4 | 4–2 | L Victory Bowl[9] | 19[10] | ||||
2007 | Malone | 8–4 | 4–3 | W Victory Bowl[11] | 25[12] | ||||
2008 | Malone | 6–4 | 4–2 | L Victory Bowl | 22[13] | ||||
2009 | Malone | 4–6 | 2–5 | ||||||
Malone College: | 25–18 | 14–12 | |||||||
Tabor College (NAIA) (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2010–present) | |||||||||
2010 | Tabor | 4–6 | 4–5 | 6th | |||||
2011 | Tabor | 3–7 | 2–7 | 8th | |||||
Tabor College (second tenure): | 7–13 | 6–12 | |||||||
Total: | 51–34 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. |
Gardner played college football for NAIA school Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas from 1986 to 1990, where he held a school record 53 yard field goal that was broken in 2007.[14] He was an All-American each of his last three years at Baker[15]
Gardner served as the Defensive Coordinator at Tabor from 2001 to 2003 and helped guide the Bluejays to their first-ever NAIA national playoff appearance in 2003 and a #15 NAIA national ranking. He was named the AFCA NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year and the AFLAC Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2003 season. His 2003 defense ranked 11th in the final NAIA statistics while his 2002 team ranked an impressive second overall. In 2005, Gardner was named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference "Co-Coach" of the year along with Saint Mary coach Lance Hinson.[16]
As a player, Gardner was a three-time NAIA All-American and a four-time All-Conference selection while at Baker University (KS) and he played for a national championship in 1986. He has been involved in 10 national playoff games as a player and eight as a coach and his 2005 Tabor squad won its first-round playoff contest.
Gardner is a 1990 graduate of Baker University with a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education. He later earned a Master of Arts in Teaching at Hastings College in 1993. Gardner and his wife have two children and live in Hilsboro.
He played junior high and high school football at Olathe South High School and Indian Trail Junior High School in Olathe, Kansas plus his seventh grade year at Concordia Junior-Senior High School in Concordia, Kansas.
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