Longtime Southwestern Community College athletic director and coach Bill Krejci, now of the Chicago area, will be back on campus on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, as the guest speaker for the college's annual Athletic Fundraiser. Since Krejci retired from Southwestern in 2014, he has remained close to many at the college and in the Creston area. During the fundraiser, he will help all of those in attendance understand why Southwestern continues to hold a special place in his heart.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Krejci was a two-year letter winner in baseball at St. Laurence High School. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwest Missouri State University, where he was a three-year letterman in baseball. Following his graduation from Northwest, Krejci served as assistant baseball coach for his alma mater for two years and helped lead the Bearcats to the NCAA Division II World Series in 1976.

From 1977-78, Krejci served as assistant baseball coach at Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs. In August 1978, he accepted the head baseball position at Southwestern. He made Creston his home and coached Spartan baseball for 21 years. During his tenure, his teams won 558 games, a school record. Krejci also served as head basketball coach from 1983 to 1991. He was named athletic director and athletic fundraiser in 2000, a position he held until his retirement. During the summer of 2007-08, Krejci coached the Creston High School baseball team. His 2007 Panther team qualified for the state high school baseball tournament.

In addition to his career in collegiate athletics, Krejci has worked for USA BASEBALL in various capacities for the past 26 years. In 1996-97, Krejci served as trials coach for the 18-U USA National Team. The next two summers, he coached the 16-U National Teams as an assistant in 1998 and head coach in 1999. During the summer of 2000, he was the head coach of the 18-U National Team in the World Games in Edmonton, Canada. Krejci's most recent assignments with USA BASEBALL included assistant coach on the 2005 16-U team and the 2009 18-U team. The 2009 team won the organization's first gold medal at the 18-U Pan Am games in Venezuela.

In addition to coaching duties for USA BASEBALL, Krejci has served as 16-U team national cross-checker and testing director for the Junior Olympic National Tournament. In 2013-14, he served as general manager of the USA 12-U baseball team. Krejci's USA National Teams combined for a 41-4 record, earning five gold and two silver medals in international competition. In 2014, Krejci traveled to Moscow, Russia, where he conducted coaching clinics for the Russian National Baseball Federation in various locations throughout the country. In 2019, Krejci conducted coaching seminars for the Mexican National Baseball Federation.

Throughout his career, Krejci has coached 32 MLB players on USA National Teams. Krejci has been inducted into the St. Laurence High School Athletic Hall-of-Fame (1987), Northwest Missouri State Athletic Hall-of-Fame (1996), and the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association Hall-of-Fame (2002). In 1999, Krejci received the USOC Developmental Coach of the Year. On December 6, 2014, Krejci was inducted into the Southwestern Community College Athletic Hall of Fame. In May 2015, Krejci was inducted into the NJCAA Baseball Hall of Fame. Krejci was named the 2022 USA Baseball Coach Educator of the year, as well as being nominated for USOPC 2022 Coach Educator of the Year.

Krejci currently works for USA BASEBALL as the lead instructor for the FUN-AT-BAT program and the PLAY BALL INITIATIVE program, along with his position as a national team advisor. He serves as an assistant baseball coach at Plainfield South High School and a hitting coordinator at RBI Academy in Morris, Illinois.

Krejci and his wife, Teresa, a former Southwestern chief financial officer, reside in Plainfield, Illinois.

Also in attendance the evening of the fundraiser will be Southwestern Hall of Fame Coach Rita Schroeder, who led the Spartan volleyball program from 1986 to 2009.

Tickets may be purchased for the Southwestern Athletic Fundraiser online, https://www.swcciowa.edu/athletic-fundraiser, or by contacting a Southwestern coach or athletic administrator.