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American football player and coach (1907–1991)

Gander Terry
Biographical details
Born	(1907-09-24)September 24, 1907
Died	February 22, 1991(1991-02-22) (aged 83) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1925–1928	Western Kentucky State Normal
Basketball
1925–1929	Western Kentucky State Normal

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1938–1941	Western Kentucky State Teachers
1946	San Diego State

Head coaching record
Overall	31–13–3

William Lester "Gander" Terry (September 24, 1907 – February 22, 1991) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Kentucky State Teachers College from 1938 to 1941 and at San Diego State University in 1946, compiling a career college football coaching record of 31–13–3.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1938–1941)
1938	Western Kentucky State Teachers	7–2	4–1	T–8th
1939	Western Kentucky State Teachers	7–1–1	5–1–1	T–5th
1940	Western Kentucky State Teachers	7–1–1	4–1–1	T–5th
1941	Western Kentucky State Teachers	4–5–1	3–1–1	T–6th
Western Kentucky State Teachers:		25–9–3	16–4–3
San Diego State (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1946)
1946	San Diego State	6–4	2–3	4th
San Diego State:		6–4	2–3
Total:		31–13–3

v t e Western Kentucky Hilltoppers head football coaches
M. A. Leiper & Roy C. Manchester (1913) J. L. Arthur (1914–1916) No team (1917–1919) Lloyd T. Smith (1920–1921) Edgar Diddle (1922–1928) Carl Anderson (1929) James Elam (1930–1931) Ernest R. Miller (1932) Jesse Thomas (1933) Carl Anderson (1934–1937) Gander Terry (1938–1941) Arnold Winkenhofer (1942) No team (1943–1945) Jesse Thomas (1946–1947) Jack Clayton (1948–1956) Nick Denes (1957–1967) Jimmy Feix (1968–1983) Dave Roberts (1984–1988) Jack Harbaugh (1989–2002) David Elson (2003–2009) Willie Taggart (2010–2012) Lance Guidry # (2012) Bobby Petrino (2013) Jeff Brohm (2014–2016) Nick Holt # (2016) Mike Sanford Jr. (2017–2018) Tyson Helton (2019– ) # denotes interim coach

# denotes interim coach

v t e San Diego State Aztecs head football coaches
Charles E. Peterson (1921–1929) Walter Herreid (1930–1934) Leo Calland (1935–1941) John Eubank (1942) No team (1943–1944) Bob Breitbard (1945) Gander Terry (1946) Bill Schutte (1947–1955) Paul Governali (1956–1960) Don Coryell (1961–1972) Claude Gilbert (1973–1980) Doug Scovil (1981–1985) Denny Stolz (1986–1988) Al Luginbill (1989–1993) Ted Tollner (1994–2001) Tom Craft (2002–2005) Chuck Long (2006–2008) Brady Hoke (2009–2010) Rocky Long (2011–2019) Brady Hoke (2020–2023) Sean Lewis (2024– )

Charles E. Peterson (1921–1929)
Walter Herreid (1930–1934)
Leo Calland (1935–1941)
John Eubank (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Bob Breitbard (1945)
Gander Terry (1946)
Bill Schutte (1947–1955)
Paul Governali (1956–1960)
Don Coryell (1961–1972)
Claude Gilbert (1973–1980)
Doug Scovil (1981–1985)
Denny Stolz (1986–1988)
Al Luginbill (1989–1993)
Ted Tollner (1994–2001)
Tom Craft (2002–2005)
Chuck Long (2006–2008)
Brady Hoke (2009–2010)
Rocky Long (2011–2019)
Brady Hoke (2020–2023)
Sean Lewis (2024– )

v t e San Diego State Aztecs athletic directors
Charles E. Peterson Morris Gross (1935–1941) Carl H. Young Charles R. Smith (1947–1954) Gander Terry Al Olsen Ken Karr (1968–1979) Cedric Dempsey (1979) Gene Bourdet (1979–1983) Mary Alice Hill (1983–1985) Fred Miller (1985–1995) Rick Bay (1995–2003) Mike Bohn (2003–2005) Jeff Schemmel (2005–2009) Jim Sterk (2010–2016) John David Wicker (2016– )