Hall of Fame
Jim Dew coached in Racine, Wis., and at Bemidji State University and the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse before becoming head coach for football and baseball at Valley City State University in the early 1970s. He coached football at VCSU from 1974 to 1993 and achieved an overall record of 116-65-2, and he coached baseball at VCSU from 1974 to 1991 (275-323 overall record). Under his leadership, VCSU won five NDCAC baseball championships along with a VCSU first-ever District 12 baseball championship, advancing to the Area III Regional Tournament. He is the all-time wins leader in VCSU baseball history (275) and won conference titles in 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, and 1987. Dew’s Viking football teams won eight NDCAC football championships and his teams were nationally ranked in 1976, 1980, and 1988, when they competed in the national playoffs. In 1980, Dew was named North Dakota Sports Media College Coach of the Year when his team advanced to the NAIA national semifinal game and finished as the fourth-ranked team in the national poll. Dew is a member of the Mount St. Joseph High School Hall of Fame and the Mayville State University Athletic Hall of Fame.
