A former college football and track athlete, high school coach, college coach, and business owner, Templeman is best known for what he’s done to help throwers as the founder of the Iron Woods Throwers Center in Rathdrum.
In 2013, Templeman purchased five acres in Rathdrum and put in a world class indoor/outdoor throwing training facility for the shot put, discus and hammer. A few years later he purchased another five acres and added a javelin throwing area. He and his staff coach athletes in age from 12 to 75 and each spring he hosts them Iron Woods Throwers Classic, a competition for post collegiate athletes training for the Olympics and for the top high school throwers from across the United States.
Templeman graduated from Salmon High School in Idaho and then played football and competing in throwing events at Boise Junior College during 1962-64. He then transferred to Eastern Montana College in Billings where he did both sports.
After his senior year the San Francisco 49ers made Templeman their 16th round selection in the NFL draft. He played center during the spring and fall camps but was cut after four months. He then tried out with Denver but was cut after two months.
After returning to Idaho, Templeman coached football, track and wrestling while teaching at Minico High in Rupert, including three years as head football coach. He then went to Boise High where he was head wrestling coach and an assistant coach in football and track.
In 1979, he moved to Coeur d’Alene where he started working at a local building supply company before starting his own wholesale building supply company in 1981. He also served as a volunteer throwing coach at Coeur d’Alene High for 10 years and also volunteered at North Idaho College.
In 1989, he founded the Iron Woods Throwing Camp, which has become one of the largest and most prestigious throwing camps in the U.S.