MINERAL AREA COLLEGE

Athletic Director Profile

Tim Gray - Athletic Director

Athletic Director – Tim Gray

High School: Northwest (House Springs, MO)

College: Jefferson Community College  AA
             Friends University BA – English
             Wichita State University
             Webster University MA – English
              St. Louis University Doctoral Hours

Tim Gray has been around so long, people may have forgotten his history. After a stellar career at Northwest H.S. in 1978, Tim went on to play Region 16 basketball at Jefferson C.C. in Hillsboro, MO. After seasons of 25-6 and 23-7 with the Vikings, Tim transferred to Friends University, a NAIA school in Wichita, KS, where he was the two-time KCAC player of the year and Friends MVP in 1981 & 1982.

Upon completion of his bachelor’s degree, Tim took over as varsity assistant coach and the head coach of the varsity at Friends for the next two seasons. After winning back to back junior varsity KCAC conference championships, he joined the coaching staff at Mineral Area in 1984 under legendary coach Bob Sechrest. When Sechrest retired from basketball in 1985, Tim became the second head basketball coach in MAC history and the youngest collegiate head coach in the country at that time.

After leading the Cardinals to five MCCAC championships and one Region 16 title, he retired from coaching in 2004 with a head coaching record of 421-196. He has been the athletic director at MAC since 2004. He also serves as a full-time member of the teaching faculty at MAC (his 16th year at MAC), and he served eight years as the Director of Student Activities on the MAC campus.

Tim also fills the role of the Vision Director (senior leader) of The Bridge Community Church in Leadington, MO. His wife, Kelley, is the speech therapist at Bismarck (MO) public schools, and she leads junior high and senior high small groups at the church as well. Tim’s son, Justin, is a freshman at Farmington High School and is playing tennis in school and the bass guitar in church.