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James R. Shreve, 1951 (Basketball/Football)
James R. Shreve was a three-year Orange football letterwinner after serving a 15-month assignment in the U.S. Army. Shreve suited up for the Orange football teams from 1948 through 1950 after enrolling at Syracuse in 1945 as a football and basketball student-athlete. He temporarily left Syracuse in January, 1946, when he was drafted by the U.S. Army. As a senior, Shreve led the Orange with three interceptions.
After earning his bachelor's degree in education, Shreve was appointed head football coach at Moravian College. In 1954 he received national recognition with a vote for Coach of the Year after leading his team to a 6-2 record – its first winning record in 13 years. In addition to his coaching duties, Shreve was an assistant athletics director, director of intramural athletics and an associate professor of physical education.
In 1955, he became the offensive backs/quarterbacks coach and assistant baseball coach at George Washington prior to joining the Lehigh University football staff as a defensive and offensive backs coach in 1957. At Lehigh, Shreve was also the freshman lacrosse coach. In 1959, he was promoted to head lacrosse coach and led the Mountain Hawks to the National Class "C" Championship.
Shreve returned to Syracuse University as the head freshman football coach and director of recruiting during the National Championship year of 1959. He led the freshman team to a 34-4 record before he was promoted to offensive backfield and quarterback coach in 1969. He served in that role until 1973. Syracuse participated in the Cotton, Sugar, Gator and Liberty Bowl during Shreve's 14-year tenure with the Orange.
Shreve worked as the backfield/quarterback coach at Iowa State in 1973 before accepting the position of athletics director and head football coach at Canastota High School in 1974. After three years at Canastota, Shreve was named the wide receivers coach at Cornell University. In 1983, he retired from coaching to pursue a career in the real estate business.
Shreve is an active member of the Ithaca-Cayuga Rotary Club. He served as the organizations' president and is a member of its Board of Directors. He has also volunteered for the Salvation Army Bell Ringing campaign, the Adopt-A-Highway Program, and chaired the program for gifts for the New York Correctional Institution for Girls.
A member of the Syracuse University Varsity Club for more than 25 years, Shreve is also a member of the Orange Football Lettermen's Club.
