Dick Edge was a 1954 graduate of Wheeling High School. After serving two years in the Army, he returned to West Liberty for his B.A. degree and was a four year letterman in football, three year All Conference, and Co-captain his senior year. He initiated wrestling programs at Tridelphia High School (1964), three Junior High feeders, and Warwood High School (1967) and the Junior High School. He also started the first Pee-Wee Wrestling program in Ohio County. Coach Edge's 1971 Warwood wrestling team went undefeated in dual meet competition. He produced the school's first WV State Wrestling Champion in 145 pounder Joe Matyskiela. From there, Dick also launched the wrestling career of John Vdovjak. He became a two-time WV State Champion and set an Ohio Valley record for 50 consecutive wrestling wins which has since been broken. After his years at Warwood, he went to Wintersville High in Ohio and started a Pee-Wee Program. In three years, they won the Eastern District Championship which was the first in any sport in school's history. Coach Edge remembers looking out over the eight mats at the Westbanco Civic Center when the OVACs first came to Wheeling, thinking "Wrestling has come a long way from the days us old coaches had to train our wrestlers in 'dungeon-like' facilities." As one of Dick's former wrestlers put it, "Coach Edge was my inspiration, not only in wrestling, but also in life. My interactions with people are based on what I learned from my Coach." Following his retirement from coaching, he became a school administrator, but continued to stay involved in every aspect of valley wrestling for the next 35 years, and has been involved totally 49 years and would not change a single thing! Dick and his wife Pat, of 54 years reside in St. Clairsville. They are the proud parents of three daughters, Lynn, Jenny, and Holly and have four grandchildren.