| Jim Reddish | ||
| jreddish@stonehill.edu | |
| Telephone | (508) 565-1989 | |
Jim Reddish, a former forward and midfielder at Stonehill during the mid 1990's, returns for his second season as head coach of the men's soccer program.
In his first season, the Skyhawks went 4-10-3 overall and had four contests that they lost by one goal. Reddish's first career coaching victory came on the road at American International in dramatic fashion with Mark Bolster scoring in the 87th minute.
Reddish spent six seasons as an assistant coach with the Skyhawks prior to taking over for one of his mentors in Jose Gomes who stepped down in 2008 after 19 seasons at Stonehill to take a full-time position within the College's Recreation Sports Department.
Reddish has remained close to soccer since graduating from Stonehill. A former intern of the New England Revolution, he began coaching locally at Westwood High School Millis High School, and the various youth camps.
Reddish is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and received his National Coaching Diploma in 2001 and his Advanced National Coaching Diploma from the Association in 2009.
Prior to returning to Stonehill as an Assistant Coach in 2002, Reddish worked as Graduate Assistant in Alumni Relations at UMass Amherst and completed a year-long internship in Sports Marketing at Boston College. Jim also served as the Interim Sports Information Director at UMass-Boston before attending graduate school.
A 1996 Stonehill College graduate with a degree in Communication, Reddish also earned a master's degree in Sport Management from University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2002.
A native of Needham, Mass., Reddish and his wife Carrie, also a
Stonehill graduate (1997), reside in Dedham, with their three
children, Kathryn, Kyle and, James.
