1998 Hall of Fame Inductee

TERRY FRANSON - Claremont, CA
Football - 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Track - 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973

Terry's college career included All Conference Football 1972, honorable mention All Coast (including Pac 89), and All-American in the hammer throw in 1973.

Terry has been at Azusa Pacific University since 1978 and has risen from assistant track & field coach/assistant football coach to athletic director and is currently the vice president for student life and dean of students. He was head coach of Azusa Pacific's highly successful men's and women's track & field programs until the summer of 1995 when he opted to take a sabbatical. He led the Cougar men to eleven NAIA Outdoor Track National Championships in the past thirteen years, including an unprecedented streak of seven consecutive crowns from 1983-1989. He was named NAIA Coach of the Year for ten consecutive years (1982-1991).

In his fourteen years as a head coach, he coached over 100 All Americans and seven Olympians, including 1992 Bronze Medal Decathlete Dave Johnson and 1986 Bronze Medal Sprinter Innocent Egbunike. He has also been an analyst on NBC's track coverage.

He earned his Masters at Chico State in 1977 and his Ph.D. at USC in 1986. Terry and his wife, Nancy, have three daughters &emdash; Becky, Molly, and Cara.

Terry was inducted into the NAIA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Mt. Sac Hall of Fame in 1998.