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Scott Glabb
Scott was born and grew up in the state of Washington. He graduated in 1980 from Evergreen High School in Vancouver Washington, where he was also an assistant wrestling coach. Thereafter, he attended Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon and took up wrestling for two seasons, wrestling in the 118lb. and 126lb. divisions. He then transferred to Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, where he wrestled 2 years and coached 1 season for the Mascot Eagles. He graduated in 1985 with a Bachelors degree in Speech Communication and Education and began teaching and coaching in the Evergreen School District before he left for Orange County, California in the fall of 1988. There, he spent two years as Head Coach at Marina High School in Huntington Beach.
In the fall of 1990, he took his teaching and coaching skills to Santa Ana High School at a time when the sport was struggling dismally to gain the respect of the Orange County Wrestling community. However, while studying at California State University Long Beach to earn a second degree in English Literature and a California Teaching Credential, he guided, the Saints to their first league Championship in 1993 - a Santa Ana High historical feat - then to a further fifteen straight league titles. By 1996, Glabb’s team had won the CIF (California Inter-scholastic Federation) DIV. III team championships and went on to capture the 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003 CIF Team and Dual Meet Titles and has previously won the Div. IV Dual Meet title in 2007 and 2008. Thus, making it 11 total CIF Championships for the Saints wrestling team.
The highlight of Glabb’s coaching tenure was when the team placed 4th in the California State Championships in 1999. He has, to date, compiled an overall record of 294 wins and 53 losses. He coached 23 individual CIF champions, 48 state qualifiers and 15 state place winners.
Aside from these accomplishments, he is extremely proud of two National Championship wrestlers he has coached Tony Perez who wrestled at 103lbs in 1998 and Jose Leon at 112lbs in 1999. Glabb is currently a member of the Orange County Wrestling Coaches Association and has served on the CIF Wrestling Advisory Committee for the past ten years. He won the Orange County Register’s Wrestling “Coach of the Year” Award in 1996 and 1998, the LA Times “Coach of the Year” in 1996, and the National Wrestling Coaches Association “California State Wrestling Coach of the Year” in 1999. He was also the recipient of the “California Coaches Association” State Wrestling Coach of the Year Award for the 2006-2007 season.
He is also involved with the Campus Ministry “Fellowship of Christian Athletes” and was honored as the FCA “John Wooden” Southern California Coach of the Year in 2003. In May 2004, Glabb was presented the “Coaches & Spouse Influence Award” by the Coaches of Influence Christian Ministry and was presented the Community Recognition Award by the city of Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Board.
Glabb was also instrumental in orchestrating a wrestling camp at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Campus Ministries in 1992 and in the same year began a huddle group (bible study) on campus through the FCA ministry which is still meeting with 80 members strong. Glabb also founded the Asics Southern California Wrestling Academy, a summer wrestling camp in 2001. From 1989 to 1993 Glabb worked as volunteer doing crisis intervention phone-counseling for the Hotline Help Center in Anaheim and presented seminars and classes on teen suicide prevention throughout high schools in Orange County.
Glabb has been married to his wife Andrea since November 2000. She is a science teacher at Loara H.S. in Anaheim. They have two sons. He and his family live in Costa Mesa. He is currently teaching Freshman English.
It is a privilege to have Santa Ana High School Wrestling Standout Jose Leon on Staff with the Saints. He is on his 3rd season as a teacher and assistant coach for the school. Jose wrestled at the 119lbs. weight class all four years of high school and also played varsity football his sophomore and junior years. He finished his career with 129 wins and 21 losses graduating with a 3.5 GPA and “Scholar Athlete Honors” from Santa Ana High School in 1999. He placed 3rd and 7th in the state and was a 2x CIF Champion. Jose wrestled in the High School Nationals at 112lbs. and won the championship match with a takedown and near fall in the final 8 seconds of the bout. Jose went on to Boston University on a five-year wrestling scholarship. At Boston, Jose was a 4x NCAA Qualifier and during his junior year ranked among one of the top 125lbs. wrestlers in the Nations. While at Boston University, He earned a B.A. in Social Science, a Masters in Education with a teaching credential. Jose lives in the City of Orange and is currently teaching World History and College and Career.
Tony wrestled at Independence High School in San Jose where he was a 3x state place winner. He won the state title his junior year along with his team winning the title as well. Tony was also a high school national champion his senior year. After graduation, he went on to wrestle at North Idaho Junior College in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. An injury stopped his career short. He went to Bible College where he earned his pastoral degree. Tony recently earned his Masters at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa. Tony has been a tremendous addition to the staff. He has a real heart for the kids and is on staff with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He now helps direct the FCA Huddle Meetings at school every Monday during lunch time. He is an excellent instructor and brings a great deal of wrestling knowledge to the team. He owns a home in South Santa Ana.
Jaime is a 2001 Graduate of Santa Ana High. He was a 3 year varsity letterman for the Saints. Jaime has proven himself as a dependable and committed athlete and coach. He adds stability to the coaching staff as well as his bizarre sense of humor. He shows a genuine interest in the squad and is dedicated to improving their wrestling skills. Jaime is on his seventh year of coaching for the Saints. He is currently in school pursing a degree in education and lives in Santa Ana.
In 2006, The Saints were fortunate enough to add Tim Byers to our teaching and coaching staff at Santa Ana High School. He is originally from the great wrestling state of Ohio. He spent most of his teaching and coaching career at Yucca Valley High School. There he helped lead the wrestling team to 5 CIF Championship titles. He spent 14 years coaching at Yucca Valley until he was called to Orange County. He spent the 2005-2006 school year teaching business and coaching wrestling at Orange High School. He picked up a credential in Math and was hired to teach Algebra I and Geometry at Santa Ana. He currently resides in Lake Forest with his wife Lisa, who teaches history at Trabuco Hills High School.
Luis is our newest addition to Santa Ana’s coaching and teaching staff. He comes to us from Pacifica High School in Garden Grove. There he was the head wrestling coach for 2 years. He was also the head wrestling coach at Rancho Alamitos High School for 2 years. He was a 3 sport, 4 year varsity letterman in high school. Luis is a true student of the sport. He attends The Martin “Granby School of Wrestling” Camp every year it comes out to Southern California. He adds a great deal of knowledge and technique to the Saints mat style of wrestling. Luis is also a 19 year veteran football coach and has coached Santa Ana’s freshmen football team for the past two seasons. He teaches history and is currently living in Garden Grove with his daughter.
