Tom Porter (coach)

Tom Porter

Biographical details
Born	(1929-04-21)April 21, 1929 Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	January 24, 2013(2013-01-24) (aged 83) Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	St. Olaf
Playing career
Football
c. 1950	St. Olaf
Ice hockey
c. 1950	St. Olaf
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1954–1955	Neenah HS (WI) (assistant)
1956–1957	Neenah HS (WI)
1958–1967	St. Olaf
1969–1990	St. Olaf
Ice hockey
1970–1977	St. Olaf
Head coaching record
Overall	171–119–10 (football) 24–110 (ice hockey)
Tournaments	Football 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 6 MWC (1960–1961, 1966, 1969–1971) 2 MIAC (1978–1979)
Awards
Football MIAC Coach of the Year (1978)

Thomas Gene Porter (April 21, 1929 – January 24, 2013) was an American football and ice hockey coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota from 1958 to 1967 and 1969 to 1990, compiling a record of 171–119–10. Porter was also the head ice hockey coach at St. Olaf from 1970 to 1977, tallying a mark of 24–110.

A native of Stillwater, Minnesota, Porter attended high school in Bayport, Minnesota. He played football and ice hockey at St. Olaf before graduating in 1951. Porter began his coaching career in 1954 as an assistant football coach at Neenah High School in Neenah, Wisconsin under head coach Jerry Thompson. He succeeded Thompson has head coach 1956 when Thompson left to become head football coach at Ripon College. Porter also coached track and freshman basketball at Neenah.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
St. Olaf Oles (Midwest Conference) (1958–1967)
1958	St. Olaf	4–4	4–4	4th
1959	St. Olaf	6–2	6–2	3rd
1960	St. Olaf	6–2	6–2	1st
1961	St. Olaf	6–2	6–2	T–1st
1962	St. Olaf	5–2–1	5–2–1	T–3rd
1963	St. Olaf	4–4	4–4	T–5th
1964	St. Olaf	4–4	4–4	6th
1965	St. Olaf	5–3	5–3	T–3rd
1966	St. Olaf	7–1	7–1	T–1st
1967	St. Olaf	6–2	6–2	2nd
St. Olaf Oles (Midwest Conference) (1969–1973)
1969	St. Olaf	8–1	8–1	1st
1970	St. Olaf	9–0	8–0	1st
1971	St. Olaf	8–1	7–1	T–1st
1972	St. Olaf	6–3	5–3	T–3rd
1973	St. Olaf	5–4	5–3	5th
St. Olaf Oles (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1974–1990)
1974	St. Olaf	3–6	1–6	T–8th
1975	St. Olaf	5–3–1	3–3–1	5th
1976	St. Olaf	7–3	5–2	T–2nd
1977	St. Olaf	5–4–1	2–4–1	6th
1978	St. Olaf	9–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
1979	St. Olaf	7–3	6–2	T–1st
1980	St. Olaf	6–4	4–4	T–5th
1981	St. Olaf	4–7	2–6	T–6th
1982	St. Olaf	2–8	1–7	T–8th
1983	St. Olaf	3–7	3–6	T–7th
1984	St. Olaf	5–3–2	4–3–2	5th
1985	St. Olaf	4–6	4–5	T–5th
1986	St. Olaf	5–5	4–5	T–6th
1987	St. Olaf	3–7	3–6	T–7th
1988	St. Olaf	4–6	3–6	T–6th
1989	St. Olaf	6–4	5–4	T–4th
1990	St. Olaf	4–6	3–6	8th
St. Olaf:		171–119–10	146–110–5
Total:		171–119–10
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Tom Porter at Find a Grave