Terry Geiger joined the Valpo football coaching staff in December 2024 as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
Geiger spent the last three seasons on staff at Marietta College, where he was the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator under Waddle and Valpo offensive coordinator Reed Florence. He coached the first 1,000-yard receiver in program history and the player who broke the program's single-season and career receiving records. During the 2024 season, he instructed All-Ohio Athletic Conference First Team honoree Dawson Snyder and All-OAC second team choice Jay Melchiori, both of whom ranked in the top five in the league in receiving yards. Snyder's 11 receiving touchdowns ranked second in the OAC.
During the 2023 season, Geiger mentored a group that totaled 149 receptions for 1,974 yards and 20 touchdowns while producing a pair of all-conference honorees. In his first season on staff in 2022, Geiger helped Snyder become Marietta's first all-conference receiver since 2016 by ranking fifth in the OAC with 689 receiving yards. His group totaled 97 receptions for 1,525 yards and 11 scores that season.
While at Marietta, Geiger contributed to the Pioneers offense breaking the following program records in 2024 – points (433), points per game (43.3), offensive touchdowns (58), passing touchdowns (29), first downs (236), passing first downs (123), offensive yards (4,612) and yards per game (461.2). During the 2024 season, Marietta ranked among conference and national leaders in the following offensive categories – first-down offense (second OAC, 21st nationally), passing offense (second OAC, 32nd nationally), red-zone offense (second OAC, eighth nationally), scoring offense (second OAC, 21st nationally), total offense (second OAC, 19th nationally) and more.
During Geiger's three years at Marietta, the Pioneers enjoyed a 22-8 overall record and 19-8 conference mark.
Prior to joining the Pioneers staff before the 2022 season, Geiger served as the wide receivers coach at Otterbein University in 2021. He got his coaching start in 2020 as a student recruiting assistant at Defiance College, where he was a two-time all-conference performer, a team captain and a member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) as a student-athlete. He began his collegiate playing career at Muskingum, where he was the team's Offensive Player of the Year in 2018. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Geiger graduated from Defiance with a bachelor's degree in sports management in 2021 and earned his master's in business administration (MBA) from Otterbein in 2022.
What They're Saying About Coach Geiger
Darrell Hazell, Former Purdue Head Football Coach (2013-2016): "Terry is an outstanding young man who is eager to help people improve. He has a real passion for learning and sharing. His players will be well prepared to perform at an extremely high level each week. He brings energy, intelligence and creative ideas to the game plan. His players love to play for him."
Chris Shank, Bluffton University Football Assistant Head Coach: "Terry will do a great job at Valpo. I have known Terry since his freshman year at Muskingum, and he has always been someone striving to get better. His work ethic, personality and passion for the game will be valuable to the success of the Valpo Football Program."
Theo Brown, Idaho Special Teams Quality Control: "Terry is a great up-and-coming coach who develops student athletes both on and off the field so that they reach their full potential. He's a difference maker on someone's staff as he gives his absolute best day in and out."
Tyler Bolen, Trine University QB Coach & Pass Game Coordinator: "Terry is one of the great wide receiver coaches coming up. It was great coaching TG; he was a smart player and a dynamic playmaker. Now, his love for the game has turned to developing players. Any young wide receiver would love to play for Terry."
