Stanley Redwine Position: Head Coach Experience: 11th season at KU College: Arkansas '85

Already a member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame, Stanley Redwine is a living legend in Jayhawk country and one of the most well-respected coaches in the United States. A former All-American himself at the University of Arkansas, Redwine has coached 11 individual National Champions (nine at Kansas), 98 All-Americans (83 at KU), three Olympians (all at KU) and 22 National Championship teams between his years as head coach at Kansas and Tulsa and assistant coach at Arkansas.

Not one to focus on the past, Redwine treats each day as a new challenge, working to lead more Kansas athletes to national championships, All-America honors and trips to the Olympic Games.

In the summer of 2008 in Beijing, China, Redwine students Scott Russell and Nickesha Anderson represented their respective countries in the Games of the XXIX (29th) Olympiad. Russell finished in 10th place for Canada in the men's javelin, while Anderson was an alternate on Jamaica's women's 4x100-meter relay team.

At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, Redwine athlete Charlie Gruber represented the USA in the men's 1,500 meters.

In 2010, Redwine mentored eight athletes to 10 All America honors with five garnering the elite status during the indoor season and five more picking up the honor during the outdoor season. Behind NCAA Champion Jordan Scott's performance, the KU men's team finished seventh at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Scott took home the pole vault title for the first time in his career. Freshman thrower Mason Finley took home second place in both the shot put and discus at the NCAA Outdoor meet and also earned indoor honors in the shot put. The KU women's distance medley relay team earned All-America status at the NCAA Indoor Championships, while Lauren Bonds (1,500 meters), Andrea Geubelle (long jump) and Eric Fattig (triple jump) each were All Americans during the outdoor season.

In 2008, Redwine coached 12 track and field All-Americans, the most he has coached in one season since he has been at Kansas.

He oversaw Egor Agafonov to his second-consecutive National Championship in the weight throw, as well as his fifth and sixth All-America honors (weight throw, hammer throw) and his third-consecutive Big 12 Championship in both the hammer throw and the weight throw.

In the 2008 indoor track and field season, Kansas was just one of 10 schools to have both its men's and women's teams finish in the top 25 at the NCAA Championships. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, senior Crystal Manning (long jump and triple jump) and junior Nickesha Anderson (100 meters and 200 meters) each won two All-America honors. Only one other woman (Candace Mason) had accomplished the feat in KU history.

As an athlete, Redwine placed his name in the Arkansas history books as a 400-meter, 600-yard and 800-meter runner from 1980-1983. Redwine was a four-time All-American and was named UA's Outstanding Track Athlete all four of his years in Fayetteville. Redwine went on to spend nine years as an assistant coach at his alma mater. During his tenure, the Razorbacks captured nine consecutive NCAA Championships and 22 titles from 1985 to 1994 in both track and field and cross country. He helped produce 14 All-Americans and two NCAA Champions in hurdle and sprint events. Among those All-Americans were two-time 400-meter NCAA indoor and outdoor champion Calvin Davis, three-time 400-meter and 500-meter NCAA champion Robbie Haley and seven-time All-American sprinter Jimmy French.

His success as an assistant led him to earn the head coaching position at the University of Tulsa in 1994. In six years at Tulsa, Redwine's athletes broke more than 70 school records, most on multiple occasions. He produced 11 NCAA qualifiers and Tulsa's first-ever All-American. On May 25, 2000, Redwine was rewarded for his efforts by being hired as the head coach at the University of Kansas. The Jayhawks track and field program has prospered ever since, as he has restored the tradition of KU's illustrious past. COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• In Redwine's first 10 seasons at Kansas, the men's and women's teams have combined to set more than 60 school records and have cracked the KU all-time top-five list in more than 60 events. As a result of their outstanding performances, Redwine's 2001 and 2002 men's track and field teams were enshrined into the KU Hall of Fame after back-to-back eighth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships.

• In 2010, Redwine guided eight different athletes to 10 All America honors, led by Jordan Scott's NCAA title in the pole vault. Freshman Mason Finley earned three All-America honors and was also named the Big 12 Track And Field's Outstanding Male Freshman Of The Year and the Midwest Region's Field Athlete of the Year. Senior middle distance runner Lauren Bonds earned All-America honors both indoor and outdoor and was the first Kansas women's cross country runner to compete at an NCAA Championship meet in more than 15 years.

• In July of 2007, Redwine traveled to Rio de Janeiro as the men's head track coach for Team USA at the Pan-American games. His athletes took home 20 medals, including three golds. It was the second time Redwine was selected to coach the team, as he also served as an assistant at the 2003 games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

• In 2006-07, Redwine's men's cross country team made its second consecutive NCAA appearance, finishing 20th as Colby Wissel and Paul Hefferon became the first Kansas runners in 12 years to win All-America honors in the same season. Wissel was also one of three indoor athletes to receive All-America honors as the men finished 16th nationally and the women 34th.

• During the 2007 outdoor season, Redwine's teams set a school record with eight All-Americans, including the first duo of KU men's long jumpers to claim the distinction in the same year (Eric Babb and Barrett Saunders). The men had their best finish since 1989, ranking 18th in the nation, while the women's fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships was their highest showing in 13 years. Six different Jayhawks won individual Big 12 titles (also a school record), and freshman pole vaulter and Big 12 Indoor Performer of the Year, Jordan Scott, won the same award during the outdoor season.

• In 2006, the men's cross country team recorded its best results at both the Big 12 Conference Championships and the NCAA Championships in more than a decade, finishing third and 12th, respectively. Redwine and his staff mentored six All-America performers in 10 events.

• In 2005, Redwine oversaw five athletes who received All-America accolades in outdoor track. The Jayhawk men finished 25th nationally, and the women placed 29th.

• Coach Redwine's 2004 men's cross country team finished fourth at both the Big 12 and Regional Championships. In addition, Redwine saw Benson Chesang become the first KU cross country All-American in a decade with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

• During the 2003 season, Redwine guided the women's indoor track and field team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Conference Championships and a sixth-place finish at the outdoor championships.

• In 2002, he produced eight Big 12 champions, 21 total NCAA qualifiers and two individual national champions. The men's track team finished eighth in the nation during the indoor season, and then gave a fourth-place performance at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships before finishing 21st nationally. Redwine and his staff guided seven athletes to a total of eight All-America honors, while the men's squad set four outdoor and seven indoor school records and one all-time collegiate record.

• In his first season at Kansas, Redwine mentored seven different athletes to a total of nine All-America awards, had three athletes qualify for the USATF Indoor Championships, two athletes compete at the USATF Outdoor Championships, two athletes set a total of three national records, one athlete compete at the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, and two athletes compete at the World University Games in Beijing, China. Both of his 2000 cross country teams improved at the Big 12 Conference Championships, as the men placed sixth and the women improved from 11th to eighth.

PROMINENT PUPILS

• Jordan Scott (Kansas) 2010 NCAA Champion, 2008 All-American, Six-time Big 12 Champion

• Mason Finley (Kansas) Four-time All-American, Three-time Big 12 Champion

• Lauren Bonds (Kansas) Two-time All-American, Big 12 Champion 1,500 meters, NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee, Academic All-American

• Eric Fattig (Kansas) 2010 All-American, Academic All-American, Elite 88 Award Winner

• Nickesha Anderson (Kansas) 2008 Olympian, Four-time All-American

• Stephanie Horton (Kansas) Two-time All-American

• Zlata Tarasova (Kansas) 2007 Big 12 Champion

• Colby Wissel (Kansas) Three-time All-American, Two-time Big 12 Champion

• Egor Agafonov (Kansas) Two-time National Champion, Six-time All-American

• Julius Jiles (Kansas) 2007 All-American

• Crystal Manning (Kansas) Four-time All-American, Three-time Big 12 Champion

• Kate Sultanova (Kansas) Four-time All-American, Four-time Big 12 Champion

• Eric Babb (Kansas) 2007 All-American

• Ashley Brown (Kansas) 2007 All-American, 2007 Big 12 Champion

• Abby Emsick (Kansas) 2007 All-American

• Paul Hefferon (Kansas) Two-time All-American

• Barrett Saunders (Kansas) 2007 All-American, 2007 Big 12 Champion

• Charisse Bacchus (Kansas) Two-time All-American

• Sheldon Battle (Kansas) Six-time All-American, Three-time Big 12 Champion

• Cameron Schwehr (Kansas) 2006 All-American

• Denita Young (Kansas) 2006 All-American

• Brooklyn Hann (Kansas) Two-time All-American, 2005 Big 12 Champion

• Jeremy Mims (Kansas) Two-time All-American

• Amy Linnen (Kansas) 2005 National Champion, Two-time All-American

• Leo Bookman (Kansas) Three-time National Champion, Four-time All-American

• Benson Chesang (Kansas) 2004 All-American, Three-time Big 12 Champion

• Kim Clark (Kansas) 2003 Big 12 Champion

• Mark Menefee (Kansas) 2003 All-American, 2000 Big 12 Champion

• Benaud Shirley (Kansas) Two-time Big 12 Champion

• Katy Eisenmenger (Kansas) 2002 All-American

• Charlie Gruber (Kansas) 2004 Olympian, Five-time All-American

• Vadim Gvozdetskiy (Kansas) 2002 All-American

• Monique Peters (Kansas) 2002 Big 12 Champion

• Scott Russell (Kansas) 2008 Olympian, Two-time National Champion, Six-time AA

• Jennie Wonder (Kansas) 2002 All-American

• Brian Blachly (Kansas) 2001 All-American, 2001 Big 12 Champion

• Andrea Bulat (Kansas) 2001 All-American, 2001 Big 12 Champion

• Ryan Speers (Kansas) 2001 All-American

• Andy Tate (Kansas) Two-time All-American, 2001 Big 12 Champion

• Jabari Wamble (Kansas) 2001 All-American, 2001 Big 12 Champion

Professionally, Redwine retired from competition in 1996 after he finished fifth in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta, Ga. He was a U.S. Olympic Trial qualifier five consecutive times from 1980 to 1996 and was a two-time silver medalist in the 800-meter run at the Goodwill Games in 1986 and 1994. He also won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1983 and 1987. Redwine was also a World Championship team member in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993 and a two-time U.S. 800-meter champion.

Redwine earned his bachelor's degree in administrative management from the University of Arkansas in 1985. He and his wife, Jacqueline, have three children: Crysta, Stanley Jr., and Alexa.