Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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A Winner from Start to Finish He was born June 30, 1934, in Hills- dale, KS. The family later moved to Spring Hill, KS, where he was an outstanding high school athlete and a 1952 graduate, and where, incidentally, his father served as mayor. He enrolled at Kansas State College in Manhattan in the fall of 1952. After attend- ing Kansas State for two years, he trans ferred to Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia for 1954-55 before transferring to Harding in the fall of 1955 because of his desire to attend a Christian college. He graduated from Harding in the spring of Communicator. Coach Ted Lloyd explains a situati on to his class and how they should handle it. - photo by Wes Holland. 1957 with a major in physical education and a minor in mathematics. He was employed the following fall by Harding Academy to teach biology and to coach. In December of 1957. he married his college sweetheart, Marcie Crawford, who has taught in Harding Elementary School for many years. They have two children. Rees. a son. who graduated from Harding cum laude in the spring of 1984. and a daughter, Melissa, who is a sophomore in Harding Academy. He directed the Academy track, football, and basketball programs for seven years, achieving a very impressive record. He re- placed Hugh Groover who had been cho- sen head basketball and track Coach when Harding College resumed intercollegiate athletics in the fall of 1957. On February 11. 1961. Harding Academy won its first ever county basketball tournament, the same day his son was born. His track team: won the Class B state championship in! 1964, after placing second in both 1961 and 1963. His 1963 football team was uri'defeated and finished the season ranked fourth in the state and he was named Coach of the Year in Class B by the Arkansas Democrat. The high esteem in which he was held by the Academy stu- dents was revealed by his receiving the Academy Petit Jean dedication in both 1959 and 1964, in 1964. after he had received his Mas- . ter's degree in natural science from the University of Mississippi, where he had at- , tended during summers, he was appointed assistant track and football coach in the col- lege program. In 1966, he was named head track coach, and in 1968, head cross country coach. In 1981, he volunteered to coach the first women's cross country team at Harding in order to implement an inter- collegiate program for the women. He has achieved a phenomenal record as a university coach. His cross country teams have won the Arkansas intercollegiate Conference championship 15 times. the last 14 being consecutive. His track teams; have won three AlC championships andl have ranked in the top five teams all butl three years since 1966. In the National As- l sociation for intercollegiate Athletics, he has coached five national champions, two cross country All-Americans, and 18 track All-Americans. Two of these athletes. Jim . Crawford and Cliff Clark, were subse- quently elected to the NAIA Hall of Fame. in both the NC and the NAIA District 17 he has been elected Coach of the Year several times. He is recognized as one of the outstand- ing track coaches of the United States and he has also received international recogni- tion. He was chosen coach of the Panama national track team in 1969-70 and in the 16-day 1970 Central American-Caribbean Games. his Panamanian team placed fourth among the 22 teams entered. He was coach of the U.S. AAU team to South America in 1974 and the NAIA AIi-Star team sent to Mexico in 1979. He was clinic lecturer in Guadalajara. Mexico. in 1982. In

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1972, he was one of 25 coaches nomina- ted for assistant coach of the U5. track team at the Munich Olympic games. In 1972, he was elected national secre- tary-treasurer of the NAIA track and field coaches association; in 1974, he was elec- ted vice president; and, in 1978, he was elected president, after completing two terms as vice president. He was director of the NAIA national track meet in 1973 and 1974 and served as the track meet referee in 1972. 1978, and 1979. He was on the NAIA track indoor jury of appeals in 1979 and the NAIA track indoor game commit- tee in 1981, 1982, and 1983. He is a member of the national faculty of the U.S. Sports Academy and the World University Games Subcommittee of the Track and Field Coaches International Competition Committee. In 1980, he was an NAIA deli egate to the Governing Council of the Track and Field Association. He served 12 years as vice president of the Arkansas Athletic Association and he was the charter president of the Arkansas Track Coaches Association. He has been invited to serve on the faculty of various track and cross country clinics across the nation, has served as chairman of the Arkansas AAU Olympic Development Committee, and has been an avid supporter of the Run for Your Life physical fitness program. In recognition of his outstanding contri4 butions to the NAIA track and field pro gram, his commitment to building charac- ter in young men and women and his abili- ty as a coach. 'he was inducted on May 25, 1983, into the NAIA Hall of Fame. Harry Fritz, Executive Director of NAIA, come mented. uthis tribute is in recognition of your athletic achievements and the honor exemplifies the highest ideals of inter, collegiate athletics and fine moral character. Dr. Harry D. Olree, athletic director at Harding, said, uThis is the highest honor bestowed on any athletic coach by the NAIA. He is very deserving based on his coaching expertise, dedica- tion to serving young men and women through athletics and his great Christian character. Senior Tony McCoy, a 1983 AlleAmeri- can sprinter, commented, uHe is an excel- lent coach who is great in working with young people. He has helped me in so many ways. He helped me to gain self- confidence both as a person and as an athlete. He is a winner. Above everything else, though, he is a great Christian whom I will always admire. I am trying to pattern my life after Coach Lloyd. In 1983, he was promoted to the academic rank of Professor of Physical Ed- ucation. His favorite courses are iiHealth Education and ilKinesiology and Biome- chanicsi He maintains high academic standards and is recognized as an outstan- ding teacher. Since 1971. he has served as a member of the Student Affairs Commit- tee. Over the years, he has also found time to be an active member of the Optimist Club. a Cub master, and a Boy Scout Board member. He serves as a deacon in the College Church of Christ and is currently teaching Sunday morning class for college students. During the summer of 1984, he directed a six-week international campaign to Aus- tralia and he plans to conduct another Aus- ttThe boys supply their own motivation. Ijust offer them encourage- ment. ,1 - Coach Ted Lloyd tralian campaign in the summer of 1985. He spends many hours counseling with college students and counseling for the Counseling Committee of the College con- gregation. Because of your sterling Christian char- acter. your excellent teaching ability, your commitment to the aims and ideals of Harding University, your genuine interest in your students, your phenomenal achievements as coach of the Harding University track and cross country teams, and your national and international recognition as a coach, the senior class of Harding University feels honored to dedicate this 1985 Petit Jean to you, Coach Ted Lloyd. w One of Many. Arkansas Intercollegiate Com- missioner Harry T. Hall presents Coach Ted Lloyd with one of his numerous Coach of the Year Awards, - photo by Public Relations Of- fice, Deathation 3