2009 Hall of Fame Inductee

Tom Gunderson

Tom Gunderson is a graduate of Dodge Center High School. A four-sport letter winner, he was named the school's outstanding senior athlete. He earned a BA from Augsburg College where he lettered in baseball. He has taught for 33 years, 32 of which have been in St. Paul. Tom coached baseball, boys basketball and softball at the junior high level. His high school coaching has included boys basketball, football, cross country, track and girls basketball. His 28 years of coaching girls basketball have all been at St. Paul City Conference schools, including Harding, Johnson and Central. Throughout his 33 years of coaching, his teams have been Twin City Champions eight times, conference champions 11 times, and have made seven trips to the state tournament where they were consolation champs once, had one third place finish, were runner-up twice and won two championships.