Sidney Wrestling Coach Guy Melby (far right) poses for a picture with the other NHSACA Coaches of the Year at the NHSACA annual banquet in Fargo, ND, on July 25.
Sidney High School Wrestling Coach Guy Melby was awarded Wrestling Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association on July 25. The award was given during the 47th Annual NHSACA National Awards Banquet in Fargo, ND.
Melby has been the Sidney High School wrestling coach, assistant football coach and shop teacher for 27 years. Under his leadership the Sidney wrestling program has had 8 state championship teams and countless individual state champions.
Melby was humble about winning the award. “It was a bit of a surprise,” stated Melby. “I had been nominated before and never thought I would actually win. After winning I asked my wife Veronica, ‘Where do we go from here?’”
The award could not have been given to a more deserving person. “It’s about time,” stated Jody Wells, former wrestler and 1994 Montana State Champion. “Melbs is no hypocrite. He is ready, willing and able to grind out those two and a half hour practices and 6:30 am morning runs with rest of the team. He makes the journey to the championship podium along with each and every wrestler every year. How could you respect a coach more?”
Melby has no intentions of slowing down. He is already building and preparing his next championship team with year round camps and tournaments. He holds a wrestling camp each year and coaches both Sidney and other wrestlers across Montana at the National Scholastic Duals in Orlando, FL.
Melby’s coaching and mentoring has done more than make great athletes, but also great people after wrestling is over. “I owe all my wrestling success, and success in life, to Guy Melby, and I know that many of us former state champions would not have made it to the top without his leadership and determination,” concluded Wells.
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