Mike Gardner

Mike Gardner
Michael Norman Gardner
Sport(s) College football
Current position
Title Head Football Coach
Team Tabor
Record 46 (45)
Biographical details
Born March 9, 1967 (1967-03-09) (age 44)
Place of birth Roeland Park, Kansas
Playing career
19861990 Baker University
Position(s) Kicker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010present
20062009
20042005
20012003
19962000
19931996
19901993
Tabor
Malone
Tabor
Tabor (asst.)
Lindenwood (asst.)
Bethel (asst.)
Hastings (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall 4927 (.645)
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 levelthe first two years qualifying for the NAIA playoffs and the next three years to the Victory Bowl.

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Coaching career

Assistant coaching

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.

Tabor

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.

Malone

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]

Tabor

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
2010present Head Coach Tabor College (Kansas)
20062009 Head Coach Malone College
20042005 Head Coach Tabor College (Kansas)
20012003 Defensive Coordinator Tabor College (Kansas)
2000 Defensive Coodinator Lindenwood University (Missouri)
19961999 Special Teams Coordinator Lindenwood University (Missouri)
19931996 Quarterbacks Coach
Tight End Coach
Wide Receivers Coach
Bethel College (Kansas)
19901993 Special Teams Coach
Recruiting Coordinator
Hastings College (Nebraska)

Head Coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs NAIA Coach's Poll#
Tabor College (NAIA) (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (20042005)
2004 Tabor 92 81 1st 6[7]
2005 Tabor 111 90 1st 6[8]
Tabor College: 203 171
Malone Pioneers (NAIA) (Mid-States Football Association) (20062009)
2006 Malone 74 42 L Victory Bowl[9] 19[10]
2007 Malone 84 43 W Victory Bowl[11] 25[12]
2008 Malone 64 42 L Victory Bowl 22[13]
2009 Malone 46 25
Malone College: 2518 1412
Tabor College (NAIA) (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2010present)
2010 Tabor 46 45 6th
2011 Tabor 36 26
Tabor College (second tenure): 712 611
Total: 5133
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

Playing career

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]

Awards

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.

Personal life

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 Hilssboro.

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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