Fred Kalal RA Long High School 1971-1994 J.F. Kennedy High School (CA) 1965-1971 Fred Kalal was born in Inglewood, California and moved to Washington where he attended R.A. Long High School, graduating in 1957. While in high school he participated in wrestling, coached by Les Smith, and earned the Inspirational Award for football in 1956. He would go on to attend Lower Columbia CC and Washington State University, graduating in 1962. In 1962, Fred started his teaching and coaching career at Foster Junior-Senior High School. In 1965, Fred took a teaching assistantship at the University of Washington teaching wrestling to the freshman physical education classes, serving as the wrestling intramural director, and assisted with the university's wrestling program. After receiving his masters degree, Fred moved to Fremont, California, and became Head Wrestling coach at John F. Kennedy High School. While in Fremont, Fred was a finalist for "Citizen of the Year." Fred was also involved with Fellowship for Christian Athletes for many years. Returning to Longview in 1971, Fred became head coach at his alma mater, R.A. Long High School and would remain there until his retirement in 1994. At R.A. Long, his teams earned five league championships, five district championships, a regional championship, and six regional runner-up placings. Fred coached seven state champions and 38 state 2A place winners. Pat Connors, Washington's first 4-time state champion wrestled for Kalal in the 1990's. He had eight wrestlers go on to achieve All American status in college and 22 of his former wrestlers have entered the coaching ranks. In his 29 years of coaching, his teams earned a record of 184 wins, 166 losses and 6 ties. Fred has been an active member of the coaching ranks. He has served as Secretary and Publicity Director of the WSWCA and was a state representative for Scholastic Wrestling News. He served as the Region III Representative for wrestling. Fred earned the Region III-AA Coach of the Year and the Washington State AA Coach of the Year in 1993. Coach Kalal was inducted into the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1996. Fred and his wife Marjorie have four children, Tim, Kevin, Karen and Mark. Tim played for the 1990 National Championship team at the University of Miami and is the holder of the NCAA record for fewest punt return yards allowed as a punter. Their son Kevin worked for the Tacoma Rainiers for 17 years and served as the Publicity Director for the WSWCA. Kevin currently serves as the Facilities Director at Bellarmine Prep High School where he has been an assistant wrestling coach since 1993. Their daughter Karen is a graduate of R.A. Long High School, where she competed in Cross Country and Track. During her tenure at R.A. Long she held many records in both sports and was a state competitor in Cross Country. She also ran cross country for Lower Columbia College. Their son Mark graduated from Mark Morris High School in June of 1997. He was a state competitor in Track and was an All-Conference quarterback and punter for the Monarchs.