William Thomas Coder Jr.

Simply stated I loved Tom Coder and will miss him tremendously. He had a phenomenal way of motivating us to succeed and win in sports and in life. The key factor is that it was not for him but for us and he made us realize that opportunities in life are precious and few.....failure was not an option. Special thanks to Tom's amazing family who was there for him every step of the way during his illness....God Bless.

Thank-you Coach Coder for the supportive words of encouragement on the practice field and the patience when this TE dropped the easy pass, forgot the snap count, or missed the block.

Dear Jodi, Jack and family; My sympathy and prayers to you. There are fond memories still at Hopewell of your Mother and Father. God be with you. Isabelle

I had the good fortune of student teaching at Christiana High School in the fall of 1974. I volunteered to be an assistant coach for the freshman football team . Playing football for both Bob Hoffman at Newark High and freshman football at the U. of D. under Tubby Raymond , Coach Coder was happy to put me to work. Needless to say that fall the varsity team went to the state championships and Coach Tom made us feel we were part of the building process which we were extremely proud of.
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If you had the good fortune of having Tom Coder in your life, you were blessed. At first, I worked with his wife Char at NHS. As an assistant football coach, I was watching Tom work his magic from across the field. Ironically, even though we weren't in college at the same time, we went to the same university ( IUP) and belonged to the same fraternity.

Char and Tom had such a beautiful relationship and they retired looking forward to devoting themselves to all of the things they had in...

Let each of us remember the moments in time that impacted our happiness with Tom/Coach. I have many.

Mr. Coder was a great teacher, coach, and person. I never was fortunate enough to have him in class at Conrad, but everyone who did thought the most of him. Everyone mentions how great a football coach he was, but in 1967 he was asked to be the Track and Field coach at Conrad my senior year. He was great at coaching track also. He was honest that he was learning just as I was when he asked me to run high hurdles for the first time, for which I never thanked him as I should have. My...

Mr. Coder was a hard working, dedicated, knowledgeable football coach. Typically dressed in grey gym trunks and grey T-shirt at practice, he earned his players' respect. I had Dr. Miller for Math and Mr. Coder's classroom was across the hall. It sure sounded like he taught Algebra with the same professionalism and tenacity that he coached with. He and Mr. Pletcher were a great team and I learned a lot from both of them.

Goodbye Coach,I'll miss you,good man that you were.