Bob Bubb was the head coach at Clarion Univ. from
1967-1992, where he posted a
322-121-4 dual meet record. Clarion placed fourth
at the NCAA Championships
in 1973, sixth in 1972 and 1987 and eighth in
1992. His teams won 11
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
titles and an Eastern
Wrestling League title. His teams were in the NCAA
Top 20 for 12 years, and
in the Top 25 for 19 years.
Two of the top individual athletes to compete for
Bubb at Clarion are fellow
members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame:
Kurt Angle and Wade
Schalles. Angle won two NCAA titles under Bubb
(1990 and 1992) and went on
to be a 1995 World Champion and 1996 Olympic
champion. Schalles was NCAA
Champion in both 1972 and 1973, and was NCAA
Outstanding Wrestler in 1972.
Other individual Div. I national champions under
Bubb were Gary Barton
(1972), Don Rohn (1973) and Bill Simpson (1973).
Bubb coached 27 NCAA Div. I
All-Americans, 29 EWL champions and 69 PSAC
champions.
Bubb was NCAA Div. I Coach of the Year in 1986,
and the NCAA College
Division Coach of the Year in 1972. He has been
named to numerous Halls of
Fame. In 1987, he received the Varsity Letter
Awardee of Distinction from
the Univ. of Pittsburgh.
Bubb was a professor at Clarion from 1967 through
1995, retiring as a Full
Professor. He took great pride in his athletes'
education, with an
impressive high graduation rate. Prior to taking
the Clarion job, Bubb was
the wrestling coach at Tyrone Area High School
from 1959-1966, where he
coached a Pennsylvania state champion and five
district champions.
Bubb competed at the Univ. of Pittsburgh, where he
placed fourth at the 1959
NCAA Championships and was named Most Valuable
Wrestler for Pitt. He was a
1954 Pennsylvania state high school runner-up
competing for Lock Haven High
School.
After many years as a leader within the
organization, Bubb served as the
Executive Director of the National Wrestling
Coaches Association (NWCA) from
1995-1999.
His technical knowledge and commitment to detail
is displayed as the
Secretary Rules Editor to NCAA Wrestling, which he
has served since 1990.