Scot Davis
Scot Davis is the former wrestling head coach and gym teacher at Owatonna High School in Minnesota. Prior to Owatonna, he coached at Turtle Mt. Community HS-Belcourt, North Dakota Bird Island-Lake Lillian, Minnesota; Hutchinson HS-Hutchinson, Minnesota; and UW-Superior-Superior, Wisconsin. Following Owatonna he has coached at Flathead High School-Kalispell, Montana; Eden Prairie HS-Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Bishop Heelan Catholic High School-Sioux City, Iowa; Westwood Community HS-Sloan, Iowa; Sugar-Salem HS-Sugar City, Idaho; and Indian Land HS-Indian Land, South Carolina. He is the current record holder for most wins in  national high school wrestling history with a 1205-209-4 HS Career Coaching Record. Davis is a graduate and was an All-American wrestler and team captain at Augsburg College-Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is now serving as Co-Head Wrestling Coach for the St.Cloud "Crush" co-op (Tech HS, Apollo HS, Cathedral HS and Granite City Baptist HS) high school wrestling program in St.Cloud, Minnesota. Honors and Awards:National honors/awards include: 1986 Bob Dellinger Award, representing the "Outstanding Wrestling Writer" in the USA; Named one of the "Top Rookie College Wrestling Coaches of 1986," by NCAA News  and Amateur Wrestling News; 1986 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)-District 14 "Coach of the Year:" 1998 National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) "National Coach of the Year;" 2001 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) "25-Year Service Award; 2004 Minnesota "Man of the Year" by Wrestling USA Magazine; 2006 Wrestling USA Magazine Runner-up for "National Wrestling Coach of the Year;" 2007 Wrestling USA Magazine "National Coach of the Year;" 2009 "USA Dream Team Coach" for the 13th annual "Dream Team Classic" (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Wrestling USA Magazine's "Master of Wrestling" Award; Coach Davis also served four years (2010, 2011 , 2012, 2013) as "USA Team Coach" to Australia and New Zealand for Down Under Sports; Davis was presented the 2017 "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association. Note: Wife, Mary Davis, was honored with 1999 Wrestling USA Magazine's "National Coaches Wife of the Year." Mary was also inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame - Minnesota Chapter in 2020. State and Regional Honors: 1979 MN District 16A Wrestling "Coach of the Year;" 1979 MN Region 4A "Wrestling Coach of the Year;" Big Nine Conference Wrestling "Coach of the Year" (1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010); Section 1AAA Wrestling  Coach of the Year 1992, 1996, 2003, 2005); 1999 Minnesota "All-Star Coach" for the Minnesota vs Wisconsin All-Star Wrestling Classic (River Falls, WI); 2005 Minnesota (Class AAA-Large Schools) "Wrestling Coach of the Year;" 2011 "Grand Marshall" for Owatonna High School Homecoming Parade, selected by the OHS Student Council. Hall of Fame honors include: Augsburg College Wrestling "Wall of Fame;" 1998 Minnesota-Dave Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame; 1998 "Distinguished Alumnus" Bloomington-Kennedy High School (MN); 1998 NHSCA National Hall of Fame (Easton, PA); 2007 Region One-Mayo Civic Center Wrestling Hall of Fame; 2008 John F. Kennedy  High School Athletic Hall of Fame (Bloomington, MN); 2013 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-Minnesota Chapter (Stillwater, OK); 2015 Augsburg College Athletic Hall of Fame (Minneapolis, MN). Offices held: 1985 Chairman for the Minnesota vs Iowa "All-Star Wrestling Classic" (Blaine HS-Blaine, Minnesota); 1985: Initial organizer of annual MN vs WI "All-Star Wrestling Classic;' 1993 to 1996 Southern Division Director-Minnesota Ninth Grade and under Wrestling League; 1990-1991 President Elect-Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association (MWCA); 1991-1992 President of Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association (MWCA); MSHSL Advisory Committee (Region "Re-Alignment" Committee); 1993 to 2000 MWCA Publicity Director ; 2004 to present: Vice-President (Programs) Minnesota Chapter-National Wrestling Hall of Fame; 2004 to present: Minnesota Chapter-NWHOF Banquet Host. 2019-2020 Idaho State Chairman for the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA).