Editing University of Kansas (section)

===Athletics===
{{Main|Kansas Jayhawks}}
The University of Kansas has had teams representing them athletically since at least 1867, a year after classes officially started. Starting in 1867, a baseball team made up of KU students represented the University of Kansas in games played at the [[Kansas State Fair]] against local teams from around the state of Kansas. <ref>https://www.kancoll.org/khq/1940/40_2_evans.htm</ref>

The school's sports teams, wearing crimson and blue, are called the [[Kansas Jayhawks]]. They participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] and in the [[Big 12 Conference]]. The University of Kansas has won thirteen National Championships all-time: six in men's basketball (two [[Helms Foundation]] championships and four NCAA championships, most recently in 2022), three in men's indoor track and field, three in men's outdoor track and field, one in men's cross country and one in women's outdoor track and field. The home course for KU Cross Country is Rim Rock Farm. Their most recent championship came in 2022, the [[Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball|men's basketball team]] won the [[2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]].

[[File:OutsideOfKansasStadium.jpg|thumb|David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium]]

[[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas football]] dates from 1890 and is one of the oldest continuous programs in the nation. They have played in the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]] three times: 1948, 1969, and 2008, as well as nine other bowl games. They are currently coached by [[Lance Leipold]], who was hired in May 2021.<ref>kuathletics.com</ref> From its inception in 1890 to 1929, the program saw consistent success, winning several conference titles in 4 different conferences. After joining the Big 6 Conference (which would eventually become the Big 8) in 1929, Kansas began to struggle in the win-loss column. With the formation of the Big 8 conference in 1960, Kansas became a consistent winner again and fielded legendary coaches like Pepper Rodgers, Don Fambrough, Bud Moore, and Glen Mason. In 2008, under the leadership of [[Mark Mangino]], the #7 Jayhawks emerged victorious in their first BCS bowl game, the [[FedEx]] [[Orange Bowl]], with a [[2008 Orange Bowl|24–21 victory]] over the #3 [[Virginia Tech Hokies]]. This capstone victory marked the end of the most successful season in school history, in which the Jayhawks went 12–1 (.923). The team plays at [[David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium]], which recently underwent an $85 million renovation to add an indoor practice facility with a 120-yard field, an outdoor practice facility with 2 full fields and three partial fields, new locker rooms, a new weight training facility, new residencies for players, new offices, new turf, new seats, and a state-of-the-art video board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.kusports.com/news/2017/dec/20/ku-football-stadium-be-renamed-after-donor-david-b/ |title=KU football stadium to be renamed after donor David Booth &#124; KUsports.com Mobile |publisher=KU sports |date=December 20, 2017 |access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref>

The [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|KU men's basketball]] team has fielded a team every year since 1898. The Jayhawks are a perennial national contender, coached by Hall of Fame coach [[Bill Self]]. The team has won six national titles, including four [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament championships]] in [[1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|1952]], [[1987–88 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|1988]], [[2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|2008]], and [[2021–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|2022]]. The basketball program is currently the winningest program in college basketball history with an overall record of 2,355–877 up to their Final Four appearance in the 2021–22 season. The team plays at [[Allen Fieldhouse]]. Perhaps its best-recognized player was [[Wilt Chamberlain]], who played in the 1950s, later becoming an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star and [[Harlem Globetrotter]].

Kansas has counted among its coaches [[James Naismith]] (the inventor of basketball), Basketball Hall of Fame inductee [[Phog Allen]] ("the Father of basketball coaching" and a Kansas alumnus himself), Dick Harp, Ted Owens, Basketball Hall of Fame inductee [[Roy Williams (coach)|Roy Williams]], and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and former NBA Champion [[Detroit Pistons]] coach [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]]. Currently, Kansas is coached by Basketball Hall of Fame inductee [[Bill Self]]. In addition, legendary [[University of Kentucky]] coach and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee [[Adolph Rupp]] played for KU's 1922 and 1923 Helms National Championship teams, and NCAA Hall of Fame inductee and [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] Coach [[Dean Smith]] played for KU's 1952 NCAA Championship team. Both Rupp and Smith played under Phog Allen. Allen also coached Hall of Fame coaches Dutch Lonborg and Ralph Miller. Allen founded the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), which started what is now the NCAA Tournament. The Tournament began in 1939 under the NABC and the next year was handed off to the newly formed NCAA.<ref name="NABC">{{cite web|url=http://www.nabc.org/about/index|title=Phog Allen founded NCAA Tournament|website=Nabc.org|access-date=October 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007153741/http://www.nabc.org/about/index|archive-date=October 7, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kansas fielded its first women's soccer team in 1995. The women's soccer team launched in 1980 as a club sport, but was promoted to varsity play in the NCAA in 1995 when Lori Walker was hired as the head coach. Since 1995 they've appeared in the NCAA tournament ten times, and have won the Big 12 championship three times. They compete at Rock Chalk Park, a 2,500 seat stadium built in 2014. In cooperation with Kansas Athletics, [[FIFA]] is using Rock Chalk Park as a training facility and team base camp for the [[2026 World Cup]], with one of the host sites being nearby Kansas City. <ref>https://kuathletics.com/facilities/soccer-complex/380</ref><ref>https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/show/women_athletics_ku/sports/soccer</ref>

Notable non-varsity sports include rugby, men's hockey, and men's soccer. The rugby team owns its private facility and tours internationally every two years. The men's hockey team plays at AdventHealth Sports Park in Overland Park, Kansas. They also practice in Topeka and Lawrence. They compete in the [[American Collegiate Hockey Association]].<ref>https://bluhawksports.com/ku-hockey-club/</ref> Men's soccer competes in the South Conference of the Upper Midwest Collegiate Soccer League. They play on an artificial turf field next to student dorms next to Allen Fieldhouse.