| Clark Van Galder | |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1909 |
| Birth Place: | Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1932–1937 |
| Coach Team2: | South Milwaukee HS (WI) |
| Coach Years3: | 1938–1947 |
| Coach Team3: | Washington Park HS (WI) |
| Coach Years4: | 1948–1951 |
| Coach Team4: | La Crosse State |
| Coach Years5: | 1952–1958 |
| Coach Team5: | Fresno State |
| Coach Years6: | 1959–1965 |
| Coach Team6: | Wisconsin (assistant) |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1948–1952 |
| Coach Team8: | La Crosse State |
| Coach Years9: | 1953–1954 |
| Coach Team9: | Fresno State |
| Overall Record: | 77–27–3 (college football) |
| Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
| Championships: | Football 3 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference (1949–1951) 2 CCAA (1954, 1958) |
Clark Van Galder (February 6, 1909 – November 16, 1965) was an American football, basketball player, track athlete, and coach. He served as the head football coach at La Crosse State Teachers, now University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, from 1948 to 1951 and at Fresno State College, now California State University, Fresno, from 1952 to 1958, compiling a career college football record of 77–27–3. Van Galder died on November 16, 1965, after collapsing at a banquet in Madison, Wisconsin. He had five sons, the fourth of which, Tim, played football as a quarterback at Iowa State University and then in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets and St. Louis Cardinals.[1]