Terry Brockland was born in South Miami. Growing up, he loved reading about and playing sports. He read every sports book in the local library and played sports daily with his neighborhood friends. He played organized baseball as a youth and had fun with it.                                                    

He was introduced to wrestling during the summer after his 6th grade year and fell in love with the sport. Terry was never a good athlete but worked hard to achieve successes and enjoyed participating each year until graduating. Afte practices during his senior year, he attended the junior high practices to help the coach and to get in extra work. This is where his coaching service began.                                                                                                                                            

While pursuing a biology degree at the University of South Florida, he played collegiate rugby and wrestled at the club level. After college, Terry became a science teacher, first at Hillsborough High School where he helped Coach Mark Yost with the wrestling program. This renewed his passion for the sport and encouraged him to transfer to a school where he could teach and coach. Terry moved to Buchanan Jr. High School where he helped with the football team and coached the track team for seven years. He learned under a great mentor named Steve Randolph.  From Steve, Terry learned what positive motivation was and how to use it to encourage athletes.

When Sickles High School opened in 1997, he was hired as the head wrestling coach and relished the opportunity to coach the sport. He has been their wrestling coach since then. During his coaching career at Sickles, Terry has had the opportunity to work with Hall of Fame coach Gerald Brisco, who has been a mentor to him to this day. Over the last 28 years as the wrestling coach at Sickles, Terry has had the opportunity to work with, teach, and learn from over 40 coaches and he hopes he has passed on to them some of the wisdom that he has picked up along the way.                                                                                                                                           

Coach Brockland’s teaching career comes first and he is proud to have multiple athletes attend military academies and high academic institutions. During his time as a teacher, Terry does his best to always be there for his athletes and students. During his 37 years of teaching, he has only called in sick once and never misses wrestling functions. He does his best to lead by example.                                                                                                                                                

Terry met and married the love his life, Barbara, a great volunteer and supporter of him, his students and athletes, and a dedicated volunteer throughout his career. She has guided him through thick and thin. They have a son named Adam who grew up playing sports and participating in Boy Scouts. Terry and his wife have supported his various sporting adventures and activities as band parents, PTA members, and sporting adventures. Adam made the rank of Eagle Scout and is presently working his way through school.                                                                                                   

Terry was honored to be considered and even more honored to be selected to enter the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. His goal was always to help the next generation achieve their goals. He is also honored to work and have worked with so many young students and athletes on their journeys. He is thankful for the various people who have given him the opportunity to teach and coach, to the members of the Hall of Fame committee for doing what they do, and to the other coaches for their contributions to the youth of America.