William Cooper Redd (February 26, 1900 – January, 1986) was an athlete at the University of Chattanooga. He was an All-Southern center and player-coach on the basketball team, leading the team to a runner-up finish in the 1923 SoCon tournament.[1][2] He was captain of the basketball and football teams in 1920. He also played baseball.[3] He subsequently served as coach and athletic director,[4] and organized Chattanooga's most successful professional basketball team, the Rail-Lites.[5] He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.

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