William Jewell College Athletic Director Dr. James C. Redd will be among 15 individuals and two sports teams that will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, February 10 in Springfield, Mo.

Redd was a stellar high school athlete and excelled in football, basketball and baseball. In college, he turned his attention to football, his first athletic love. While attending Northwest Missouri State University, he captained the team for three years and played on both sides of the ball, garnering First Team Defensive Lineman and Second Team Offensive Tackle awards in 1965. He landed his first head coaching job in 1976 at his alma mater.

Redd’s service to NWMSU dates to 1967, when he was named instructor of physical education and assistant football coach. He was assistant professor of physical education and head football coach from 1976-1982; assistant professor of physical education from 1983-1986; graduate coordinator in health and physical education from 1986-1990; director of the freshman seminar from 1989-1990; associate professor of physical education from 1989-2001; director of athletics from 1994-2001; and chair of the department of Heath, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance from 1998-2001.

Redd’s teams won 30 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association championships between 1994 and 2001 and was the Athletic Director when Northwest Missouri won back-to-back national championships in football for NCAA Division II in 1998 and 1999. He coached the 1979 MIAA football champions and was selected “Coach of the Year” for 1979. He has been published in The Journal for Practical Business Leaders and the Missouri Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and co-authored a chapter in the Physical Education Activities Handbook published by Hunter Textbook, Inc.

Redd received his doctorate of education in health, physical education and recreation in 1986 from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater; an M.S. in physical education in 1967 from the University of Colorado at Boulder; and a B.S. in secondary education, physical education and social sciences in 1966 from Northwest Missouri State University. He completed additional study at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Redd held the position of Athletic Director at Northwest Missouri State until his retirement in 2001. After only a year away from the college scene, Redd was named Director of Athletics and Physical Education Chair at William Jewell. While at Jewell, Redd has helped re-introduce the Physical Education and Recreation and Sport Management majors.

Along the way he has touched many lives, including current Jewell head football coach Fran Schwenk. “I have known Dr. Redd since my freshmen year in college,” said Schwenk. “He and I were teammates on the Northwest Missouri State University varsity football team. He was a senior captain when I was a first-year player. If it had not been for Dr. Redd I probably would have quit playing football my senior year. By my senior year he had graduated and attended graduate school and returned as a teacher and coach. Because of Dr. Redd’s guidance, I was encouraged to stay with the sport I loved so much. I owe much of the success in my career to Dr. Jim Redd.”

Redd has also spent numerous years serving the needs of organizations such as Pony League Baseball, AAU Basketball, American Youth Soccer and Special Olympics.

The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place at the University Plaza Convention Center in Springfield, Mo. The festivities begin at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at noon with a special reception hosted by Hobart Sales and Service of Springfield. At 5:00 p.m. an additional reception will be held at the University Plaza, followed at 6:00 p.m. by the 2008 Enshrinement Ceremonies presented by the Killian Group. For more information on the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, visit them on the web at www.mosportshalloffame.com.