Larry Gabel has been the coach a Sainty since 1974, as of the end of the 2003 season he was 187-98-10. figuring that he has likely won 13 duals since then, I reckon that he is at 200 by now, but I was a bit surprised to note that he had not had more wins than that, but when you consider the fact that every year he was competing in the NWKL, you have to attach a certain premium to that, I would think. another thing about St. Frances is that in spite NEVER having less than 2 state placers EVERY SEASON SINCE 1937, no coach except Larry has ever coached there as head for more than 6 seasons, so no dynasty coachwise, Still Never getting skunked at state since 1937, even the Norton and Hoxie programs are not likely to match that statistic. I don't know where one could access the information, but it might be interesting to compare Rocky Welton's records at Goodland with the Garden City ones to give one an idea of the comparitive toughness of the two levels of competition. My thoughts would be that he likely had a better winning percentage and more state champions at Garden than at Goodland, mostly because of his competition. I also notice that while may of the fellows that compare Gabel with Lamar and Averell cite gable's age, inferring that it has taken him a long time to get to 200. Compare how many state champs they have coached-- Gabel has coached 40 state champions, I wonder how that compares? Gabel or Jackson would get my vote as best presently active coaches.
