Clark Van Galder

Clark Van Galder

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, track
Biographical details
Born	(1909-02-06)February 6, 1909 Janesville, Wisconsin
Died	November 16, 1965(1965-11-16) (aged 56) 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 State
Head 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. 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 National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets and St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]

Head coaching record

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

↑ AP (November 17, 1965). "Van Galder Dad Dies". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved June 18, 2011.

Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles head football coaches

Joel Moore (1911) Fred Carter (1912–1914) Carl Sputh (1915–1916) Ray Keeler (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 (2000–2010) Joel Dettwiler (2011– )

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– )