| Gary Buer | |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1946 |
| Player Team1: | Minnesota–Morris |
| Player Positions: | Defensive end |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1972 |
| Coach Team2: | St. Cloud State (DC) |
| Coach Years3: | 1973 |
| Coach Team3: | Dakota State (DE/LB) |
| Coach Years4: | 1974–1975 |
| Coach Team4: | Minnesota–Morris (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1976 |
| Coach Team5: | BYU (GA/JV) |
| Coach Years6: | 1977–1978 |
| Coach Team6: | Dakota State |
| Coach Years7: | 1979–1992 |
| Coach Team7: | Southwest State |
| Coach Years8: | 1993–1996 |
| Coach Team8: | Minnesota (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 1997–2000 |
| Coach Team9: | Marshall Senior HS (MN) |
| Coach Years10: | 2001–2002 |
| Coach Team10: | Sabino HS (AZ) |
| Coach Years11: | 2003–2006 |
| Coach Team11: | Southern Virginia |
| Coach Years12: | 2007–2015 |
| Coach Team12: | Independence HS (AZ) |
| Coach Sport13: | Baseball |
| Coach Years14: | 1976 |
| Coach Team14: | Dakota State |
| Overall Record: | 92–102–5 (college football) |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs) |
| Championships: | 2 SDIC (1977–1978) 1 NIC (1990) |
| Awards: | NIC Coach of the Year (1987) |
Gary M. Buer (born June 8, 1946) is an American educator and former football coach. He served as the head football coach at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota in 1977 to 1978, Southwest State University—now known as Southwest Minnesota State University—in Marshall, Minnesota from 1979 to 1992, and Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia from 2003 to 2006, compiling a career college football coaching record of 92–102–5.
A native of Atwater, Minnesota, Buer graduated from the University of Minnesota Morris, where he played college football as a defensive end. In 1970, Buer enlisted in the United States Army serving in South Vietnam.
After being honorably discharged from the Army, Buer worked as the defensive coordinator at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he earned a master's degree. In 1973, he was an at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. Buer then spent two years as an assistant his alma mater, the University of Minnesota Morris, before returning to Dakota State in March 1976 as head baseball coach and defensive coordinator for the football team.[1] By August 176, Buer has moved on to Brigham Young University (BYU) as a graduate assistant. With four other graduate assistants, he coached junior varsity football team, while earning his doctorate in physical education and athletic administration.[2]
Buer's first head coaching position was at Dakota State. During his two seasons, the Trojans compiled a record of 18–2 and he was named NAIA District Coach of the Year and conference Coach of the Year in 1977 and 1978.
Buer coached at the University of Minnesota from 1993 to 1996 under Jim Wacker.
Buer served as head football coach and activities director at Marshall Senior High School in Marshall, Minnesota from 1997 to 2000.
In 2001, Gary Buer was hired as head football coach at Sabino High School in Tanque Verde, Arizona. Sabino finished 5–5 in 2001 and 853 in 2002. Sabino won the league championship and made a state playoff appearance in 2002. In 2003, Buer left the Sabercats to build a new college football program at a small, private liberal arts college in Buena Vista, VA.[3]
In 2003, Buer was named the first head football coach at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia. He helped to build the new football program and held that position for four seasons, from 2003 until 2006. His coaching record at Southern Virginia was 4–31.[4]
Gary Buer was named head football coach at Independence High School in Glendale, Arizona in 2007. In 2009 the Patriot football team won the Western Sky Region Championship and Buer was voted Region "Coach of The Year" by his coaching peers.[5]