Lc Hires Reed, Redmond To Guide Basketball Programs Boys Coach Reed Once Led Girls To Impressive Four-Year Record
Someone old and someone new were selected to guide the basketball programs at Lewis and Clark High School.
Terry Reed, who coached the Tigers to second- and third-place finishes in consecutive State AAA girls tournaments, is the new boys coach. Jim Redmond, an AAU coach, will guide the girls.
“Terry’s been here a long time,” LC activities coordinator Alan Bredy said Friday. “He’s well respected on our staff and he’s proven himself in the past. Jim has done a great job with the Spokane Stars. The recommendations from players and parents were glowing. Both of the these guys will do a good job. It’s a good situation for our kids.”
Reed, a graduate of Wilson High in Tacoma and Eastern Washington University, coached the Tigers for four years, beginning in 1987-88. In his first two years, the Tigers went 51-7, losing the state championship game to Shadle Park the first year and finishing third the next season, when the Highlanders won again.
Reed’s third team was 15-10, losing out at regional, and the Tigers were 17-12 his last year, qualifying for state. His four-year record was 83-29. His Greater Spokane League record was 51-13 and included an undefeated league record his second year.
“I just felt in that short amount of time, with the amount of success we had, I got as high as I could go,” said Reed, 38. “It was time to experience other things.”
Reed was a volunteer assistant with the EWU men’s program for one year and assisted Sam Brasch with Community Colleges of Spokane the last four. During that time he remained a teacher at LC.
Reed replaces Glenn Williams, who was not rehired after nine years, despite guiding the Tigers to their first state tournament in almost 30 years this past season.
Redmond, 36, is general manager for Divine’s Corp., a chain of seven auto center and towing operations in Spokane.
“I’ve promoted girls basketball for a long time and I wanted to go to the next level,” he said. “My children started me with the Y (YMCA) programs and then AAU, and then I moved into doing the Stars. I’ve coached up to three teams at different age groups and I felt I needed a change.”
Redmond said a flexible schedule and an office a block from the school made it possible for him to consider the position.
Redmond graduated from Riverside High and played basketball at Linfield College for one year and Whitworth for three, although he never graduated.
“I’ve coached a majority of the elite players in town the last three or four years, (so the coaching) isn’t the problem,” he said. “LC has a lot of talent. Look at their success (in other sports). My job is to get them out for basketball and get them excited to play basketball again.”
Redmond replaces Jeff Norton, a Tigers boys assistant, who took the job last season on an interim basis and wanted to return to coaching boys.
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