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 References External links 1929 births 2013 deaths St. Olaf Oles football coaches St. Olaf Oles football players St. Olaf Oles men's ice hockey coaches St. Olaf Oles men's ice hockey players High school basketball coaches in Wisconsin High school football coaches in Wisconsin High school track and field coaches in the United States People from Stillwater, Minnesota Coaches of American football from Minnesota Players of American football from Minnesota Basketball coaches from Minnesota Ice hockey coaches from Minnesota Ice hockey players from Minnesota