Terry Hanson
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Terry Hanson, is an American on-air personality of The John Boy and Billy Big Show, a nationally syndicated radio show. He has also owned and operated the Charlotte, N.C. based Hanson Enterprises since 1994.
in Atchison, Kansas, where he was the head coach in both soccer and baseball, and he was named the National Soccer Coach of the Year in 1974 by the NAIA. Hanson also spent four summers as an associate scout for two major league baseball teams, and five seasons as a senior executive in the North American Soccer League.
in Cape Girardeau, MO in 1970.
Through his company, Hanson provides services in sports marketing, representation, television negotiations, executive placement, event management, personal coaching, media relations, speeches and on-air talent, movie development, and radio programming development.
He has also done television color analyst work in college basketball and professional soccer.
In the article, Gordon documents three separate times in Hanson’s life, when he was in the right place at the right time to come to a person’s rescue.
1970- While Hanson was the baseball and soccer coach at St. Benedict’s College in Atchison, Kan., he performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a retired Army officer, who had collapsed in front of Hanson’s office. At the age of 23, Hanson was unable to save his life.
1972- Hanson’s friend, Ed Ireland, goes missing on a Saturday night after closing the Knights of Columbus in Atchison, Kan with Hanson and friend Richard Dyer. The following Monday, Hanson, Dyer and Ireland’s brother go searching for their friend. They stop at every skid mark on a 20-mile stretch of highway. By a stroke of luck, Dyer slips down an embankment and spots Ireland pinned underneath his car in the mud.
1991- Lloyd Cox ,86 at the time, collapsed at a baseball game. Nearby, Hanson rushed over and performed CPR on Cox for ten minutes. Afterward a paramedic tells onlookers had Hanson not stepped into action, they would have watched Cox die.
2005- Hanson is at a lunch meeting with friend Andy Abdow, when Abdow collapses at the restaurant from a heart attack. Hanson performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while two other men assist. Abdow is later stabilized by repeated shocks from a defibrillator at a hospital where he stays for 15 days.
Early life
Hanson was born in East St. Louis, Ill. June 16, 1947. He began his career at Benedictine CollegeBenedictine College
Benedictine College is a co-educational university in Atchison, Kansas, founded in 1971 by the merger of St. Benedict's College for men and Mount St. Scholastica College for women. It is a Roman Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts, and residential college located on bluffs overlooking the...
in Atchison, Kansas, where he was the head coach in both soccer and baseball, and he was named the National Soccer Coach of the Year in 1974 by the NAIA. Hanson also spent four summers as an associate scout for two major league baseball teams, and five seasons as a senior executive in the North American Soccer League.
Education
Hanson earned a bachelor’s degree in Education from St. Benedict’s College (now Benedictine College) in Atchison, KS in 1968. He earned his master’s degree in Education from Southeast Missouri State UniversitySoutheast Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University, is a public, accredited university located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, near the banks of the Mississippi River. The institution, having started as a normal school, has a traditional strength in teacher education...
in Cape Girardeau, MO in 1970.
Hanson Enterprises
Hanson’s company is based in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb Cornelius, N.C.Through his company, Hanson provides services in sports marketing, representation, television negotiations, executive placement, event management, personal coaching, media relations, speeches and on-air talent, movie development, and radio programming development.
On Air
Currently Hanson is a regular ensemble member on The John Boy and Billy Big Show.He has also done television color analyst work in college basketball and professional soccer.
College Sports
Associate Professor of Sports Management, Head Coach in Baseball and Soccer, President of Major College Football Bowl Game, Managed basketball tournament hosted by Dean Smith's UNC Tar Heels, various boards on Sports Management graduate programs, Executive Producer of nationally televised basketball and football packages, Executive Search, NAIA Management Consultant.Pro Sports
Atlanta Braves TV Executive Producer, PGA Tour Executive, NBA TV Executive Producer, Arena Football Consultant, Executive Producer for weekly Motorsports Radio Program, Associate Baseball Scout, NFL Players Association TV Packager, Executive Search, Soccer Executive and Broadcaster, Motorsports League Executive.Medical intervention
In 2005, Charlotte Observer writer Michael Gordon wrote an article titled, “Life, Death and Terry Hanson.”In the article, Gordon documents three separate times in Hanson’s life, when he was in the right place at the right time to come to a person’s rescue.
1970- While Hanson was the baseball and soccer coach at St. Benedict’s College in Atchison, Kan., he performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a retired Army officer, who had collapsed in front of Hanson’s office. At the age of 23, Hanson was unable to save his life.
1972- Hanson’s friend, Ed Ireland, goes missing on a Saturday night after closing the Knights of Columbus in Atchison, Kan with Hanson and friend Richard Dyer. The following Monday, Hanson, Dyer and Ireland’s brother go searching for their friend. They stop at every skid mark on a 20-mile stretch of highway. By a stroke of luck, Dyer slips down an embankment and spots Ireland pinned underneath his car in the mud.
1991- Lloyd Cox ,86 at the time, collapsed at a baseball game. Nearby, Hanson rushed over and performed CPR on Cox for ten minutes. Afterward a paramedic tells onlookers had Hanson not stepped into action, they would have watched Cox die.
2005- Hanson is at a lunch meeting with friend Andy Abdow, when Abdow collapses at the restaurant from a heart attack. Hanson performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while two other men assist. Abdow is later stabilized by repeated shocks from a defibrillator at a hospital where he stays for 15 days.