Highland Community College Athletic Hall of Fame
After many successful years as track and cross country coach at Troy High School, Tom Bond came to Highland Community College in 1995.
He started his career at HCC as the assistant men's and women's track and cross country coach under Hall of Fame Coach, Tim Schwegler. Together, Schwegler and Bond won three Jayhawk Conference titles. Bond also coached many national qualifiers and recruited a high number of athletes.
Bond eventually took over as head coach for the women's track and cross country programs. In the 11-years he served as the women's head coach the program accumulated 130 All-Americans, 198 All-Conference awards, 157 National Qualifiers, 46 national medalists, eight Top 20 finishes, three NJCAA Top Academic teams, 61 school records and three Region VI Coach of the Year awards.
As the head women's track and cross country coach one of his teams finished third in the Region VI Championship placing the highest ever as a Division I team in school history.
Bond also coached the women's basketball program for three years taking one team to the first division II championship game.
Bond spent a total of 39 years coaching many talented athletes with 23 of those years at Highland Community College before his retirement.
