Dr. David Stair (2017) - Hall of Fame - Evangel University of the Assemblies of God

Evangel University of the Assemblies of God

Hall of Fame

Evangel's longest-tenured athletic director from 1982-2014
Member of the NACDA Hall of Fame, NAIA Hall of Fame, Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame, and the Berwick Bulldogs Hall of Fame in his hometown of Berwick, Pa.
Created the Evangel Athletics Hall of Fame, coached women's basketball, women's tennis and served as the department chair of the Physical Education Department from 1999-2007
Helped transform Evangel intercollegiate athletics, overseeing the growth of a department reviving men's and women's track and field while adding men's golf, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, and softball
Led numerous mission trips with baseball, football, softball, and volleyball teams to name a few to places such as China, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan and Mexico
Evangel won two national championships, advanced to the national semifinals twice in both football and women's basketball and saw two individual national champions in track and field
Named NAIA Central Region Athletic Director of the Year in 2004, NAIA Region V Athletic Director of the Year in 2001, NAIA-ADA Male Athletics Administrator of the Year in 1995, and NAIA District 16 Athletic Director of the Year in 1988
Evangel won the HAAC Sportsmanship Award four of the five years it was awarded, between 2006 and 2010

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