Arkansas State University

Bill Templeton, known to many people around A-State as "Coach Temp," is the Director of Planned Giving for the Red Wolves Foundation.  Overall, Coach Temp has been involved in A-State athletics in some capacity for 48 years.

Templeton has worked with the Red Wolves Foundation, formerly the Red Wolf Club and Indian Club, since 1978, serving as the Indian Club Director and Coordinator, Director of Major Gifts, and now Director of Planned Giving for ASU’s athletic booster organization.  During his time as Director and Coordinator of the Indian Club, he developed an endowment scholarship fund of over one-and-a-half million dollars and helped to rebuild the membership base. 

Prior to running the Indian Club, he spent 13 years as an assistant football coach at ASU.  He joined the staff in 1965 under Bennie Ellender and became the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach under Bill Davidson in 1971.  During his time as an assistant, he coached ASU’s offensive backfield in three Pecan Bowl games (1968-69-70). 

Before coaching at ASU, he spent four years as a high school assistant (Osceola from 1958-59; Kennett, Mo., 1960; and Blytheville 1961).  He was the head coach at Blytheville from 1962-64. His 1964 team was runner-up in the state’s toughest prep league. 

Templeton played football at Pocahontas High School from 1949-51 where he was a two-time all-state running back, played basketball, baseball and competed in track.  He attended the University of Arkansas as a freshman and then transferred to ASU and lettered three years (1954-56) as a running back.