Edgewood ISD has named Kendell Redd as its new head girls basketball coach, giving Edgewood High School a veteran educator and coach with a long background in basketball, softball, and classroom leadership.
Redd will also serve as a high school math teacher, making this a hire that reaches beyond the gym.
He arrives with 11 years of experience in education and a coaching résumé that includes time at Bullard and Martin’s Mill, where he was part of a successful girls basketball run that reached the state tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio three times and brought home two state championships.
That background gives Edgewood a coach who has already been around winning programs and knows what high level expectations look like.
It also gives the school someone who has worked across different parts of athletics. Along with girls basketball, Redd has coached boys and girls basketball and softball, and he was also part of two Softball State Tournament appearances during his time at Bullard.
Redd made it clear from the start that he wants a program built on work, competition, and accountability.
“My expectation is to come and work,” Redd said.
“I am looking for great young ladies that want to compete every day. Additionally, I expect our athletes to be caring individuals within the community. You can expect a team that is focused and committed to working hard, especially on the defensive side of the ball.”
That gives a good early picture of the direction he wants to take. Edgewood is not just bringing in a coach to manage a season.
The district is handing the program to someone who is already talking about daily habits, defensive identity, and the kind of standards that reach past the scoreboard.
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Redd earned his Bachelor of Education from the University of Texas at Tyler and brings a strong classroom background to the role as well.
Over the years, he has taught sixth and seventh grade math, Algebra II, and Precalculus, and has also worked in special education.
Mathematics remains one of his core passions, and that side of his career adds another layer to the hire.
That matters at the high school level, where the strongest coaching hires often come from people who can connect with students throughout the day, not just during practice.
Redd’s experience as both a teacher and coach gives him that kind of reach.
He also described Edgewood as the right place to step back into a head coaching position and continue building a program the community can take pride in.
His approach is centered on relationships as much as results, with an emphasis on building lasting connections with athletes and students while pushing the team in a more competitive direction.
Redd will be joined in Edgewood by his family. His wife, Cristy, works as a social worker at Heart to Heart Hospice, and the couple has been married for 10 years. They have two sons, Aiden and Alaric.
For Edgewood, the hire brings in a coach with state tournament experience, years in Texas classrooms, and a clear vision for how he wants the girls basketball program to play.
The next step will be turning that experience into results on the floor, but the early message is already clear enough.
Edgewood wanted a coach with experience, structure, and a strong connection to student development, and that is the kind of background Kendell Redd brings with him.
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