Clark Van Galder

Clark Van Galder
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, track
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	South Milwaukee HS (WI)
1938–1947	Washington Park HS (WI)
1948–1951	La Crosse State Teachers
1952–1958	Fresno State
1959–1965	Wisconsin (assistant)
Basketball
1948–1952	La Crosse State Teachers
1953–1954	Fresno State

Head coaching record
Overall	77–27–3 (college football)
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 3 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference (1949–1951) 2 CCAA (1954, 1958)

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 College Division independent) (1952)
1952	Fresno State	8–2
Fresno State Bulldogs (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1953–1958)
1953	Fresno State	4–4–2	2–2–1	3rd
1954	Fresno State	7–3	4–0	1st
1955	Fresno State	9–1	2–0	1st
1956	Fresno State	8–2	2–0	1st
1957	Fresno State	5–5	1–1	2nd
1958	Fresno State	5–5	4–1	1st
Fresno State:		46–22–2	15–4–1
Total:		77–27–3
National championship Conference title Conference division title

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 (2011–2015)
Mike Schmidt (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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– )

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