Every Section in New York State is blessed with those individuals who dedicate their lives to promoting and developing the great sport of wrestling. Richard "Rick" Gumble embodies that person in Section IV. Rick's selflessness, passion, perseverance, dedication, and willingness to go the extra mile to enhance wrestling is unparalleled in the southern tier and all areas of the state. Those attributes exemplify what it means to be considered for the great honor of being a "Hall of Famer" and why the Upstate New York Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame is bestowing that honor on Coach Gumble. Rick began his successful wrestling career in Maine-Endwell High School, where he is a member of their Athletic Hall of Fame, under the direction of Regan Beers. Following graduation Rick remained in the area and wrestled for 2 years at Broome Community College. While at Broome he was the 1978 NJCAA Regional Finalist and in 1979 NJCAA Regional Champion. Rick coached at Maine Endwell after being the BCC coach for 1 year and then joined Hall of Fame Coach Steve Erber at Binghamton University as his volunteer assistant coach. At Binghamton Rick was influential in the development of his brother, Mark Gumble, who became a Division III National Champion at the 150-pound weight class in 1988 for the Colonials, and many others wrestlers on Coach Erber's team. In 1990 Rick became the head coach at Johnson City and then moved on to Chenango Forks in 1995. His record as head coach is 272-96 and he has coached 58 individual Section IV champions. Furthermore, he has coached 36 individual New York State place winners, 14 New York State finalist and six New York State champions which included Matt Sorchinsky, Paul Lyman, John Alexander, Troy Nickerson, Jesse Villella and Kyle Kelly. Coach Gumble's teams have won 4 consecutive overall Section IV team titles at Johnson City (1990-1994) and were victorious in 4 Section IV Dual Meet Team titles from the year 2008 to 2011. Furthermore, Coach Gumble has been active with USA Wrestling serving as the state coach since 1990 and on the USAW Board of Directors (1996-2008). He has also been the head coach of the New York Junior/Cadet teams and acted as the Director of the NYS Freestyle and Greco Championships from 1990 to 2015. In 2009 he was selected USA Wrestling & United States Olympic Developmental Coach of the year and in 2016 USA Wrestling Kids/Cadet Person of the year. In addition, Rick has assisted as the co-chairman of Section IV wrestling with Rick Armstrong. Rick and his wife, Dr. Andrea Gumble, reside in Binghamton, and are the proud parents of three children, daughters Livia and Alanna and their son, Logan who wrestled for his father this season. The Upstate New York Chapter is honored to welcome Rick as a new member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his many accomplishments and service to the sport of wrestling.