Coach Terry Gamble, an SC4 Alumnus, came back to SC4 after his first coaching stint at Mott Community College from 1995 to 1998. In 1998, he led Mott to a ninth-place finish at the National Championships. Gamble had a successful run as head coach in his time here at St. Clair County Community College from 1999 to 2004, where he led the Skippers to national championship titles in 2000 and 2004 and to a third-place finish in 2003.

After SC4, his successes continued. From 2005 to 2008, Gamble served as the head coach at Iowa Western Community College. In 2006, Gamble was voted the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year after guiding the Reivers to the NJCAA National Championship that year. He also was named the AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year and coached the AVCA Player of the Year in 2006. He took IWCC to a seventh-place finish at the National Championships in 2007 and a fourth-place finish in 2008. 

Gamble had a Top 20 National Ranking in 15 of his 16 junior college seasons and also was elected to the Port Huron Sports Hall of Fame and Iowa Western Sports Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007 after winning three NJCAA volleyball championships (two being at SC4) and three NJCAA Coach of the Year awards. He also was selected the president of the NJCAA Coaches Association in 2007.

Now, Gamble is at Blinn Community College in Texas and continues to coach successfully with 25 years of experience coaching at the collegiate level. In his career, he compiled a 957-323 record (.748 winning percentage). Gamble ranks first in all-time wins among active coaches in the NJCAA with 828. In addition, he ranks sixth in all-time wins in the NJCAA.

Gamble’s coaching honors also include seven District Coach of the Year honors, seven Regional Coach of the Year honors, and eight Conference Coach of the Year accolades. He has won eight regional championships, six state championships, and 14 conference championships, and has coached 17 All-Americans, 20 Academic All-Americans, three NJCAA National Players of the Year, 18 all-tournament players, 20 regional players of the year, 37 all-region tournament players, 14 conference players of the year, 38 all-state/all-region players, 52 all-conference and 31 all-conference honorable mention players.