Texas Sports Hall of Fame
2005 Induction Ceremony

JAMES SEGREST


WACO – The Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee, chaired by legendary sports writer Dave Campbell, has announced its 2005 class of inductees. 

Scheduled to appear in Waco in February 15, 2006 is former Dallas Cowboys great and the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, Emmitt Smith; former Notre Dame Heisman Trophy winner and NFL star Tim Brown; Augie Garrido, head coach of the National Champion University of Texas baseball team; legendary Texas A&M football coach R.C. Slocum; former Wimbledon champion Zina Garrison; the legendary husband/wife Olympic Gold Medal producing gymnastics coaches Bela and Martha Karolyi; former Major League baseball player and coach Bobby Bragan; and legendary track coach James Segrest. 

Prior to the Induction Banquet at Baylor University’s Ferrell Center (7:00 pm), there will be a reception and media news conference at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame from (5:00-6:30 pm) where the patrons can meet the inductees and view their new exhibits.

Coach Segrest taught Science and was our Track Coach at Monahans High School from 1964 until 1969.
 
JAMES SEGREST. 
As the lone representative of Bangs High School at the 1954 state meet James Segrest single handedly won the class B state title when he scored 34 points. 

Under the guidance of Coach Oliver Jackson, Segrest was a member of the 440 yard and 880 yard relay teams at Abilene Christian that set five world records in a three year span. 

The Wildcats team of Bobby Morrow, Segrest, Bill Woodhouse and Waymond Griggs became the first to run the 440 yard relay in under 40 seconds breaking the NCAA, American and world records with a time of 39.9 in 1957. 

They later reset those records with a 39.7 in 1958. 

Segrest was also a member of the 1958 U.S. track team that participated in the first dual meet with the Soviet Union in Moscow. 

He began his coaching career by guiding Monahans to the 1966 state championship. 

Segrest later served as the head track coach (1973-88) and athletic director (1988-95) at Odessa Junior College. His teams won 11 NJCAA National Championships, five indoor (1981-85) and six outdoor (1981-86). 

He was selected to coach the World University Games in 1978 and is a member of the NJCAA Track & Field Hall of Fame (1989), Abilene Christian Sports HOF (1991) and the United States Track Coaches Assn. Hall of Fame (1996).