Coach Gunther, who served on the staff of legendary Emory Bellard at Spring-Westfield High School, Houston, Texas from 1990-1994 (Coach Bellard's last 4 years of coaching), was a football coach from 1968-2011, a total of 43 years. A longtime head football coach in Iowa, he also had coaching stints at Colorado State University, and Independence Community College, Independence, Kansas.