- Clark Van Galder
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Clark Van Galder 
Sport(s) Football, basketball, track Biographical details Born February 6, 1909 Place of birth Janesville, Wisconsin Died November 16, 1965 (aged 56) Place of death Madison, Wisconsin Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1932–1937
1938–1947
1948–1951
1952–1958
1959–1965
Basketball
1948–1952
1953–1954
South Milwaukee HS (WI)
Washington Park HS (WI)
La Crosse State Teachers
Fresno State
Wisconsin (assistant)
La Crosse State Teachers
Fresno StateHead coaching record Overall 77–27–3 (college football) Bowls 1–0 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships Football
3 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference (1949–1951)Clark Van Galder (February 6, 1909 – November 16, 1965) was an American football, basketball player, track athlete, and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at La Crosse State Teachers, now University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, from 1948 to 1951 and at Fresno State College, now California State University, Fresno, from 1952 to 1958, compiling a career college football record of 77–27–3. Van Galder died on November 16, 1965 after collapsing at a banquet in Madison, Wisconsin. He had five sons, the fourth of which, Tim, played football as a quarterback at Iowa State University and then in the NFL with the New York Jets and St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
Contents
Head coaching record
College football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs La Crosse State Teachers Eagles (Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference) (1948–1951) 1948 La Crosse State Teachers 7–1–1 5–1–1 2nd 1949 La Crosse State Teachers 7–2 6–1 1st 1950 La Crosse State Teachers 10–0 6–0 T–1st W Cigar 1951 La Crosse State Teachers 7–2 6–0 1st La Crosse State Teachers: 31–5–1 23–2–1 Fresno State Bulldogs (NCAA University Division Independent) (1952) 1952 Fresno State 8–2 Fresno State Bulldogs (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1953–1958) 1953 Fresno State 4–4–2 1954 Fresno State 7–3 1955 Fresno State 9–1 1956 Fresno State 8–2 1957 Fresno State 5–5 1958 Fresno State 5–5 Fresno State: 46–22–2 Total: 77–27–3 References
- ^ AP (November 17, 1965). "Van Galder Dad Dies". Lawrence Journal-World. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V04xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6687,4969314. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
External links
- Wisconsin Football Coaches Association profile
- Clark Van Galder at the College Football Data Warehouse
Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles head football coaches Joel Moore (1911) • Fred Carter (1912–1914) • Carl Sputh (1915–1916) • Raymond Kellor (1917–1929) • Howard Johnson (1930–1937) • Clyde B. Smith (1938–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Gordon Bahr (1945) • Clyde B. Smith (1946–1947) • Clark Van Galder (1948–1951) • E. William Vickroy (1952–1968) • Roger Harring (1969–1999) • Larry Terry (2000– )
Fresno State Bulldogs head football coaches Arthur Jones (1921–1928) • Stanley Borleske (1929–1932) • Leo Harris (1933–1935) • James Bradshaw (1936–1942) • No team (1943) • Earl Wight (1944) • Alvin Pierson (1945) • James Bradshaw (1946) • Ken Gleason (1947–1948) • Alvin Pierson (1949) • Duke Jacobs (1950–1951) • Clark Van Galder (1952–1958) • Cecil Coleman (1959–1963) • Phil Krueger (1964–1965) • Darryl Rogers (1966–1972) • J. R. Boone (1973–1975) • Jim Sweeney (1976–1977) • Bob Padilla (1978–1979) • Jim Sweeney (1980–1996) • Pat Hill (1997– )
Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches Arthur Jones (1921–1929) • J. Flint Hanner (1929–1932) • Leo Harris (1932–1933) • No coach (1933–1934) • Stanley Borleske (1934–1939) • Hal Beatty (1939–1942) • Pix Pierson (1942–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • J. Flint Hanner (1944–1945) • Hal Beatty (1945–1947) • Cornelius Warmerdam (1947–1953) • Clark Van Galder (1953–1954) • Bill Vandenburgh (1954–1960) • Harry Miller (1960–1965) • Ed Gregory (1965–1977) • Boyd Grant (1977–1986) • Ron Adams (1986–1990) • Gary Colson (1990–1995) • Jerry Tarkanian (1995–2002) • Ray Lopes (2002–2005) • Steve Cleveland (2005–2011) • Rodney Terry (2011– )
Categories:- 1909 births
- 1965 deaths
- Fresno State Bulldogs football coaches
- Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball coaches
- Wisconsin Badgers football coaches
- Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles football coaches
- Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles football players
- College men's basketball players in the United States
- College track and field athletes in the United States
- College track and field coaches in the United States
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- High school football coaches in the United States
- People from Janesville, Wisconsin
- Players of American football from Wisconsin
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