For 35 years, Ron Seibel taught and coached in Moses Lake, spending seven years at Frontier Junior High and the last 28 years for the Chiefs of Moses Lake.

Seibel also wrestled in the Moses Lake program, placing as a runner-up in state his senior year. He later earned All-America honors wrestling for Big Bend Community College.

As a wrestler Ron was given the best chance to succeed because of some outstanding coaches including Hall of Fame coaches s Dick Deane, Gary Frey, Bob Mason, and Eric Beardsley. With this strong foundation and the dedication of many outstanding assistant coaches, Seibel's teams were destined to excel.

Seibel coached nine state championship teams while also having seven runner-up finishers and finishing third and fourth twice. His teams finished in the Top 10 on 26 occasions while winning 23 league titles and 25 district titles.

Seibel coached 132 state place-winners, including 26 state champions and 29 runner-up finishers. His dual meet record in the Big Nine was 227-7-2 and his overall record was 408-28-2.

Seibel was named National Coach of the Year in 2004 and Region Seven National Coach of the Year in 1996. He was named the Big Nine Coach of the Year 21 times and Washington Coach of the Year twice.

After retiring from Moses Lake, he joined the coaching staff at Royal City for three years. In Seibel's three years Royal City won two state titles and finished third. Seibel remained active coaching the Moses Lake youth wrestling program.

Seibel was very proud of his son Bryan, who placed third at the state tournament twice and earned All-America honors at both the high school and NAIA level. Bryan possesses his father's ability to coach wrestling.

Without his wife Cathy's tremendous support and sacrifice, the above accomplishments could not have been possible.