Terry Gamble

Terry Gamble enters his fourth season as head coach at McNeese.  Gamble became the 10th head coach in Cowgirls history when he was hired in 2009.  
    
Gamble continues his transition stage of bringing in players to fit his system and he continued to do that again this season by bringing in eight newcomers, all freshman.     Gamble led the Cowgirls to the Southland Conference Tournament in his first season as a Division I head coach.  Gamble has coached four McNeese players who have been named to the All-Southland Conference team including the 2012 Southland Conference “Newcomer of the Year” in Courtni Bauer.  Gamble has also coached five players who have been named to the All-Louisiana team.     
    
Gamble has spent most of his coaching career in the junior college ranks, with his last stint as the head coach at Midland Lutheran College.  
   
In 17 years of collegiate coaching, Gamble has compiled a 782-220 overall record and was elected to the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007 and has won three National Championships.  
    
In 2006, Gamble was voted the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year and NJCAA Coach of the Year three times.  His 2006 team won the Academic Team of the Year award that year.  
    
Prior to his stint at Midland Lutheran College, Gamble spent one season as first assistant at Texas Tech and prior to that was the head coach at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, from 2005-2008.  Gamble guided IWCC to the NJCAA National Championship in 2006, a fourth-place finish at the National Championships in 2008 and seventh place finish in 2007.  He coached the AVCA Player of the Year in 2006.
    
A native of Michigan, Gamble also coached at St. Clair County Community College in Port Huron, Mich. from 1999-2004.  His 2000 and 2004 teams won the National Championships and his 2001 team finished third at the National Championships.  Gamble made a stop at Mott Community College in Flint, Mich. where he coached from 1995-1998 and led Mott to a ninth place finish at the 1998 National Championships.
    
Gamble’s coaching honors include the NJCAA Division II Coach of the Year twice; District C Coach of the Year three times; District D Coach of the Year three times; District 8 Coach of the Year; Regional Coach of the Year seven times and Conference Coach of the Year six times.  He has won eight Regional Championships, six State Championships and twelve Conference Championships.  
    
Gamble has coached 14 All-Americans, 17 Academic All-Americans, three NJCAA National Players of the Year, 17 All-Tournament players, 19 Regional Players of the Year, 33 All-Region Tournament players, 12 conference Players of the Year, one conference Newcomer of the Year, 40 All-State/All-Region players, 46 All-Conference and 35 All-Conference honorable mention players.  He had a Top 20 National Ranking in 14 of his 15 junior college coaching career.
    
Gamble also spent time at the Club level where he tutored seven All-Americans, won seven State Championships and earned a Top 50 National Ranking every season.  He coached more than 100 players that received collegiate scholarships and 80 plus players that won AAU/USAV Tournament Championships.
    
Gamble, a graduate of the United States Sports Academy, helped his 1997 team the National Championship and was an All-American as a setter in the Western Michigan men’s club team.
    
Gamble and his wife (Krista) and son (Kody) currently live in Moss Bluff, LA.