Jim Dew: podcast appearances and interviews

Jim Dew is an American former football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota from 1974 to 1993. Dew also coached baseball at Valley City State from 1974 to 1991, achieving a record of 275–323. He attended Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore and played four years of football as a quarterback at Mayville State University in North Dakota, where he also lettered in baseball. Dew was drafted in 1966 as a catcher by the San Francisco Giants but did not sign with the team. After graduating from Mayville State in 1967, he played for three seasons with the Racine Raiders of the Central State Football League and worked as a teacher at Gifford Junior High School in Racine, Wisconsin. He began coaching career as an assistant at Bemidji State College in 1970, where he coached football and baseball. Later, he served as the offensive backfield coach for football and pitching coach for baseball at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse before being hired as the head football coach at Valley City State in 1974. During his tenure, Dew compiled a 116–65–2 record over 20 seasons and led teams to eight North Dakota College Athletic Conference titles. His teams qualified for the NAIA Division II Football National Championship playoff three times in 1976, 1980, and 1988. Dew was dismissed from his position as head football coach in 1994 and was reassigned as coordinator of special activities at Valley City State.