Fred Kalal
Inducted in 1996

RA Long High School 1971-1994
J.F. Kennedy High School (CA) 1965-1971

Fred Kalal was born in Inglewood, California and later 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 as Foster Junior-Senior High School. He was there for two years. In 1965, Fred took a teaching assistantship at the University of Washington. Fred taught wrestling to the freshman physical education classes, served as the wrestling intramural director, and assisted with the university's wrestling program. After completing work on his masters degree, Fred moved to Fremont, California, where he became the Head Wrestling coach at John F. Kennedy High School. He remained at Kennedy for six years. While in Fremont, Fred was a finalist for "Citizen of the Year."

Returning to Longview in 1971, Fred became head coach at his alma mater, R.A. Long High School. He would remain there until his retirement in 1994. During his years 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 "AA" place winners. Pat Connors, Washington's only 4-time state champion wrestled for Kalal in the 1990's. He has had eight wrestlers go on to achieve All American status in college. 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.

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 works for the Tacoma Rainiers while serving as the Publicity Director for the WSWCA. Their dusghter 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. 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.

Nominated by Jim Buchan, Chris Fritsch and Jeff Philbrook and inducted by his son, Kevin Kalal.