Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace (born 13 December 1958) is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.

As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection, and two Best and Fairests with the Footscray Football Club. Wallace currently resides in Melbourne, with his wife Keryn and his three children; Brent, Georgia and Cam.

As coach, he took the Western Bulldogs from 15th in 1996 to 3rd when he featured in the documentary Year of the Dogs a position in which the club held in 1997 and 1998 during which he was named coach of the All-Australian team. Wallace's coaching style is considered to be innovative and he is credited with having started the modern practice of sides warming up the side on the field before a match. However Wallace's coaching career at Richmond between 2005 and 2009 was not so successful and he stepped down from coaching on 1 June 2009. His last game as coach of the Richmond Tigers was against the Western Bulldogs on 5 June. It was later announced that his successor as coach would be Jade Rawlings.