University Tabor College Athletic director Rusty Allen Varsity teams 15 | NAIA Region IV Location Hillsboro, Kansas | |
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Conference Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | ||
The Tabor Bluejays are the athletic teams that represent Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. They are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC).
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Football
The current head football coach at Tabor is Mike Gardner. Coach Gardner returned to take over the 2010 season after serving as head coach for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, where the teams posted a combined record of 20 wins and 3 losses with two consecutive conference championships and two post-season appearances. In 2009, Tabor College built a Joel Wiens Stadium, a new football complex that is shared with Hillsboro High School.
In 2012, Tabor redshirt Junior Brandon Brown was found murdered in nearby McPherson, Kansas. Two former members of the McPherson Bulldogs football team were charged. As of October 5, 2012, the investigation is ongoing.
Women's basketball
Tabor college women's basketball team was nationally ranked in 2007.