David Redding

Harding University Athletics

Jeff Montgomery/Harding Universi

Title

Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach
Email

dredding@harding.edu
Phone

501-279-5287

At Harding
David Redding coached at Harding for 10 seasons from 2016-25.

His women's teams compiled a 140-80 (.636) overall record and 32-19 (.627) conference record ... his women's teams were nationally ranked three times (high of 26th in 2021 and 2022), qualified for the NCAA Central Region Tournament in 2021 and 2022, won the GAC regular season championship in 2021 and 2022 and won the 2021 GAC Tournament.

His men's teams compiled a 121-74 (.621) overall record and 19-14 (.576) conference record ... his men's teams were nationally ranked seven times (high of 21st in 2025), qualified for the NCAA Central Region Tournament in 2019, 2021, 2024 and 2025, and shared the MIAA-South regular season championship in 2021, 2023 and 2024.

Yearly Highlights

2024-25 Men: Placed second in the MIAA-South regular season ... qualified for NCAA Central Region Tournament ... finished the season ranked 21st in Division II and No. 3 in the Central Region
2024-25 Women: Tied for second in the GAC regular season ... ranked No. 8 in the Central Region
2023-24 Men: Tied for first in the MIAA-South regular season ... qualified for NCAA Central Region Tournament ... finished the season ranked 42nd in Division II and No. 3 in the Central Region
2023-24 Women: Tied for fourth in the GAC regular season
2022-23 Men: Tied for first in the MIAA-South regular season ... finished the season ranked 43rd in Division II and No. 4 in the Central Region
2022-23 Women: Tied for fourth in the GAC regular season
2021-22 Men: Placed third in the MIAA-South regular season ... finished the season ranked 48th in Division II and No. 5 in the Central Region
2021-22 Women: Won the GAC regular season championship with an undefeated 5-0 record ... runner up at the GAC Tournament ... qualified for NCAA Central Region Tournament ... finished the season ranked 26th in Division II for the second straight season ... ranked No. 6 in the Central Region
2020-21 Men: Tied for MIAA-South regular season championship ... qualified for NCAA Central Region Tournament ... finished the season ranked 34th in Division II, the highest finish ever by a Harding men's team ... ranked No. 4 in the Central Region
2020-21 Women: Won the GAC regular season championship with an undefeated 6-0 record ... won the GAC Tournament ... qualified for NCAA Central Region Tournament ... finished the season ranked 26th in Division II, the highest for the team since 2003 ... ranked No. 5 in the Central Region
2019-20 Men: Had a 14-1 record before COVID-19 ended the season
2019-20 Women: Had a 14-5 record before COVID-19 ended the season
2018-19 Men: Qualified for the NCAA Central Region Tournament ... finished the season ranked 42nd in NCAA Division II ... ranked No. 4 in Central Region
2018-19 Women: Tied for second in the GAC regular season ... finished the season ranked 37th in Division II ... ranked No. 7 in the Central Region
2017-18 Men: Ranked No. 6 in Central Region
2016-17 Men: Ranked No. 7 in Central Region
2016-17 Women: Ranked No. 8 in the Central Region
2015-16 Men: Finished the season ranked 41st in NCAA Division II ... ranked No. 8 in Central Region

Before Harding
Redding returned to Harding from Dallas, where he was the director of tennis at the Northwood Club beginning in 1989. He was responsible for teaching private and group lessons, creating programming, expanding member activity, and managing the tennis staff and tennis shop inventory. While in Dallas, Redding attained the Elite Professional level of certification with the United State Professional Tennis Association.

Redding also served as the assistant tennis professional at Northwood Club from 1984-89 and was a graduate assistant at Southern Methodist University from 1983-85.

Playing Career
Redding was a member of the Harding tennis team from 1979-83. He earned multiple all-district and all-conference honors, was two-time NAIA All-Academic, and earned the 1983 NAIA Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship. Redding was inducted into the Harding Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990.

Education
Redding graduated magna cum laude from Harding in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education.

Family
Redding is married to the former Kay Wilson of San Diego, California, a 1981 Harding graduate. The couple have three daughters: Regan, Madison and Cameron.

Redding's Women's Coaching Record

Year	Overall Record	Pct.	Conf. Record	Pct.	Finish
2016	14-9	.609	3-4	.429	5th
2017	15-7	.682	4-2	.667	2nd
2018	15-8	.652	3-3	.500	4th
2019	16-6	.727	4-2	.667	t-2nd
2020	14-5	.737	0-0	.000
2021	16-3	.842	6-0	1.000	1st
2022	18-6	.750	5-0	1.000	1st
2023	8-15	.348	2-3	.400	t-4th
2024	14-9	.609	2-3	.400	t-4th
2025	10-12	.455	3-2	.600	t-2nd
Total	140-80	.636	32-19	.627

Redding's Men's Coaching Record

Year	Overall Record	Pct.	Conf. Record	Pct.	Finish
2016	11-7	.611	2-2	.500	3rd
2017	9-9	.500	1-2	.333	t-2nd
2018	14-7	.667	2-1	.667	2nd
2019	13-8	.619	1-3	.250	4th
2020	14-1	.933	2-0	1.000
2021	9-8	.529	3-1	.750	t-1st
2022	10-9	.526	1-2	.333	3rd
2023	11-9	.550	2-1	.667	t-1st
2024	15-9	.625	3-1	.750	t-1st
2025	15-7	.682	2-1	.667	2nd
Total	121-74	.621	19-14	.576