Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Woodburn, Indiana |
August 19, 1947
Died | June 19, 2007 Bloomington, Indiana |
(aged 59)
Playing career | |
1966–1969 | Franklin (IN) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1970–1972 | Eastbrook HS (IN) |
1976–1978 | Mullins HS (SC) |
1979 | East Noble HS (IN) |
1980–1985 | Franklin (IN) (DC) |
1986–1992 | Miami (OH) (LB) |
1993–1998 | Miami (OH) (AHC) |
1999–2004 | Miami (OH) |
2005–2007 | Indiana |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 57–39 (college) |
Bowls | 1–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Mid-American (2003) 2 Mid-American East Division (2003–2004) |
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Awards | |
MAC Coach of the Year (2003) |
Terry Lee Hoeppner (August 19, 1947 – June 19, 2007) was an American college football coach who served as head coach of the Miami RedHawks from 1999 to 2004 and the Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 2006. Shortly after announcing that he would be on medical leave for the 2007 season, he died of brain cancer.
Hoeppner was a 1969 graduate of Franklin College, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta international fraternity. He owned a 57–39 overall record as a collegiate head coach. He is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
Terry and Jane Hoeppner had three children: Drew Hoeppner, Amy Fox and Allison Hoeppner. Allison Hoeppner was killed in an automobile accident on September 24th 2016.
Hoeppner played for the Detroit Wheels and the Charlotte Hornets of the World Football League for one season each. He was also invited to training camps for the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals and Green Bay Packers, but never made either active roster.
Terry was a head coach of Eastbrook High School in Marion, Indiana (1970–1972), Pinson Valley High School in Pinson, Alabama (1973-1976), Mullins High School in Mullins, South Carolina (1976–1978) and East Noble High School in Kendallville, Indiana (1979).