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Paul D. McDonald, MBA, DTM, and Grand Tutnum, (July 19, 1968– ), is an award-winning speaker, writer, and consultant.

You can help!

 * Wanna see what's in my sandbox?
 * Wanna help resurrect some deleted articles?
 * Wanna see a full list of my user pages (plus some others that sneak through on the search)?
 * Wanna catch up on football-related deletion reviews?''
 * Wanna review my pages edited?
 * Wanna help classify some Kansas Articles?
 * Wanna collaborate on the User:Paulmcdonald/Mc-Mac Opposition Essay?

Did You Know?

 * A fact from 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 12, 2008.
 * A fact from Robert Park (football coach) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 23, 2008.
 * A fact from Francis Dunn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on November 21, 2008.
 * A fact from John McLean (American football) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on June 26, 2009.
 * A fact from Jake High appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on June 20, 2010.

Wikipedia College Football Project
Paul has been actively participating in WikiProject College football, creating and editing articles and stub articles about small college football programs and coaches. Here is a "very" partial list:

Essays

 * WikiProject College football/Images Comprehensive guidelines for images in the college football project
 * WikiProject College football/Notability Comprehensive notability guidelines for the college football project
 * WikiProject College football/Please Refrain from Spamming History AfDs during the season An essay resulting from a large amount of historical deletion nominations during the season. Hey, we're busy here!
 * WikiProject College football/Reliable Sources Comprehensive guidelines for reliable sources in the college football project
 * WikiProject College football/West precedent A discussion about a specific series of articles deleted en masse -- I believe inappropriately.

Regular Season/Bowl Games
you probably haven't heard of most of these!
 * 1892 Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield State Normal football game The first night football game ended at halftime in a 0-0 tie after several players ran into a light pole.
 * 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game, called the "Game of the first half of the 20th century" by ESPN and a lot of others!
 * 2008 Malone Pioneers football team summary of the season of play
 * Boot Hill Bowl, a defunct NAIA college football bowl game
 * Coca-Cola Classic (college football), regular season college footbal game played in Tokyo, Japan
 * Missouri-Kansas Bowl‎, a defunct bowl game
 * Sunflower Bowl, a defunct NAIA college football bowl game
 * Toilet Bowl (game), 1987 K-State (0-8) vs KU (1-7) for the Governor's Cup (Kansas). A 17-17 tie (no, it's not a real "bowl" game...)
 * Victory Bowl, NCCAA post-season small-college bowl game that crosses over between NCAA and NAIA schools
 * 2007 Victory Bowl
 * 2008 Victory Bowl
 * Wheat Bowl, the only active NAIA sanctioned pre-season bowl game

Team Pages

 * College of Emporia Fighting Presbies football for the defunct school's sports programs
 * Malone College Athletics page for Malone College (Ohio) sports teams
 * 2008 Malone Pioneers football team
 * 2009 Malone Pioneers football team

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
KCAC Teams
 * Bethany College Terrible Swedes
 * Bethel College Threshers
 * Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes
 * McPherson College Bulldogs
 * Ottawa University Braves page for Ottawa University sports teams
 * Saint Mary Spires
 * Southwestern College Moundbuilders, the sports team of Southwestern College
 * Tabor Bluejays, sports team of Tabor College (Kansas)

KCAC Conference Season(s)
 * 2010 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season

Stadiums/Facilities

 * Cessna Stadium, Wichita State University
 * Great Bend High School Memorial Stadium, Great Bend, Kansas--used for the Wheat Bowl
 * Joel Wiens Stadium, Tabor College
 * Memorial Stadium, Kansas State University (it's haunted! ask anyone...)
 * Peoples Bank Field, Ottawa University currently one of the best small college facilities
 * Richard L. Jantz Stadium (previously Sonner Stadium), Southwestern College
 * Welch Stadium, Emporia State University, named for coach Fran Welch

Featured Coaches/Players
(my personal favorites... I've worked on well over 800 and maybe 1,000 head coach pages)
 * Phillip Norris Armstrong early professional football player and college coach
 * Joe Banks, Mr. Ohio Northern
 * John W. Breen College coach in Illinois and Wisconsin who later was instrumental in the American Football League
 * Wally Bullington Coach Bully led Abilene Christian University to the 1973 NAIA National Football Championship
 * Samuel Colgate, Jr., only football coach whose school is named after his family. I think...
 * Charlie Cowdrey, former head coach at Southwestern College. I remember him strutting around campus, bigger than life itself.
 * Ken Crandall, head coach at Southwestern College
 * Chris Creighton, head coach at Drake University, about to get his 100th coaching victory
 * Oscar Dahlene, head coach at Ottawa University in 1910--an "epic discussion" of notability ensued...
 * Harold Elliott (football coach), head football coach at six colleges in his career
 * Ross Fiscus one of the first professional football players on record at the Allegheny Athletic Association
 * Mike Gardner (football coach), head football coach at Malone College (Ohio)
 * Ralph Graham, Kansas State and Wichita State, first to racially integrate football players in the Big 7 Confernece in 1949
 * Bill Hargiss, one of the first coaches to use the huddle and forward pass--yes, several years before Knute Rockne did! And right there in Emporia, Kansas.
 * Jim Helmer (coach), head Men's Track Coach at Southwestern, 27 consecutive conference titles
 * Jake High, Who I once thought was the worst-performing coach in college football: in his one year 0-8 record, he was outscored 241 to zero.  Poor guy.  But even worse if you're...
 * Ronald Beard, who lost 44 consecutive games and posted a lifetime record of 0-44 at Prairie View A&M University. But at least his teams scored some points once in a while, unlike...
 * George Allen (Cumberland), whose 0-1 record was the result of lose to Gerorgia Tech 222-0 in one game.
 * Forrest Craver "Cap" Craver was a pioneer in intramural sports
 * Art Kahler, only person to be a head coach at two different colleges at the same time
 * Jerry Kill (football coach), head football coach at Northern Illinois University
 * Mike Kirkland (coach), head Women's Track Coach at Southwestern, undefeated by a conference team with well over a decade of coaching
 * Eddie Kriwiel, coached at Wichita State University for one year and then made a huge mark at the high school level in Wichita, Kansas
 * Charles R. Meyer, "Monk" Meyer was a US Army General and runner-up for the Heisman Trophy
 * Alured Ransom, coach and later sports figure who helped develop physical education in Afghanistan
 * Jack Sack cool name for a football player, but why was he on offense most of the time?
 * Andrew Frank Schoeppel, one-year coach at Fort Hays State University... then he decided to be governor of Kansas
 * Craig Schurig (football coach), head football coach at Washburn University
 * Bill Snyder, coach of the century. When he took over at Kansas State University, only two people in the planet believed that K-State could ever have a consistent winning program.
 * Ed Sweeney (football coach), four colleges, over 100 victories... and besides, he played ball at C.W. Post College--how cool is that?
 * Walter J. West Player at Pitt, coach at Geneva, and fullback for the Cleveland Rams in 1944
 * Hoover J. Wright, one of the long-time greats, that's for sure!

Non-Football Projects
Paul also works on non-college football projects, primarily those centered around Concordia, Kansas. Paul has significantly contributed to and/or created the following Wikipedia entries (partial list):

Essays
 * Quote your own essay Editors should feel free to quote their own essay in AFD discussions.
 * WP Athlete is not exclusionary Abraham Lincoln doesn't meet WP:ATHLETE, but that's no reason to delete the article!
 * Avoid repeated arguments During AfD discussions, don't be Bugs and Daffy
 * Discriminate vs indiscriminate information discusses the difference between "indiscriminate" and "discriminate" collections of information as it applies to the policy at WP:IINFO.
 * Encourage full discussions If someone makes an argument in an AfD, it's okay if someone else responds to it.
 * WP:KOOLAID Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid
 * Liar Liar Pants on Fire During AfD discussions, please provide information instead of calling editors a liar or mis-informed: bring the truth, not the accusation.
 * Nothing A response to the WP:EVERYTHING argument
 * Pocket Consensus An essay about specialist topic consensus
 * Try another wiki An essay about finding an appropriate home for articles that may not be right for Wikipedia.
 * User pages make great bookmarks An essay to help teachers and presenters use Wikipedia for live lesson plan and presentation navigation.
 * Relisting can be abusive Re-listing is not a method of crying "sour grapes"

Articles
 * Bankers Loan and Trust Company Building (Concordia, Kansas) a historic building in Paul's hometown
 * Brown Grand Theatre a historic theatre in Paul's hometown
 * Camp Concordia a WWII Prisoner of war camp near Paul's hometown
 * Charles W. Van De Mark House a historic Queene Anne style building in Clyde, Kansas
 * Cloud County Community College Paul is a 1988 graduate from Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas. He created the initial page and welcomes relevant additions to the page.
 * Cloud County Health Center, formerly St. Joseph's Hospital in Concordia
 * Concordia, Kansas Paul grew up in Concordia, Kansas and added the references for education, attractions, and noted residents.
 * Concordia Blade-Empire Paul created this page for the Wikipedia Kansas Newspaper Pages project.
 * Concordia Junior - Senior High School Paul created the page for the Wikipedia Kansas High School Pages project
 * Concordia Middle School
 * County Line Bowstring a historic bridge in Cloud County
 * Detroit, Kansas Paul's father grew up there.
 * Frank L. Hagaman, former governor of Kansas
 * Glasco Downtown Historic District the downtown shopping area of a small town in Cloud County
 * George H. Hodges, former governor of Kansas
 * Henry Buckingham (American publisher) The first to publish a newspaper in Cloud County
 * James Manney Hagaman, Founder of Concordia
 * Jamestown, Kansas Paul spent some early years of his life in Jamestown (near Concordia).
 * Jamestown (Kansas) Wildlife Area A little bit of information about Jamestown Lake.
 * KNCK, KCKS, and KVCO -- radio stations in Concordia
 * May Louise Cowles pioneer and advocate of home economics education at the university level
 * Napoleon Bonaparte Brown Paul created this page and welcomes contributions on this noted resident of Concordia, Kansas.
 * Nazareth Convent and Academy a historic building and convent in Paul's hometown
 * Orphan Train devoted to the history of the orphan train movement in the United States
 * Pott's Ford Bridge another historic bridge in Cloud County
 * Ray Murphy (Jr) Oklahoma State University standout wrestler and key developer of assisted technology
 * Republican River Pegram Truss another historic bridge in Cloud County
 * Rosedale, Kansas, a tiny lttle burg in Kansas City, Kansas, home of one of my favorite barbecue joints!
 * Samuel J. Crawford, third governor of Kansas
 * Sibley, Kansas a town near Paul's hometown that now does not exist
 * Southwestern College (Kansas) Paul is a 1991 graduate from Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.
 * Union Pacific Railroad Depot (Concordia, Kansas) Historic railroad depot in Concordia
 * Upland Mutual Insurance Company A small insurance company in rural Kansas
 * Upland, Kansas Paul's grandmother once taught in a one-room schoolhouse there

Education
Paul recieved a Master of Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Illinois and a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Southwestern College (Kansas). He also earned an Associate of Arts from Cloud County Community College and studied at Kansas State University.