Bob Scott

Bob was born on February 20, 1935, in Rochester, Minnesota. He attended Chatfield High School, graduating in 1953. He participated in football, basketball, baseball, and track & field while in high school. He participated in the 1953 Minnesota State Track & Field Meet. Bob graduated from Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota with a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics & Physical Education in 1960 and a Masters in Mathematics in 1966. Bob ran track and cross country for Winona State serving as captain of both the cross country (fall of 1959) and track (spring of 1958) teams. He qualified for the national meet in the two-mile run and won the conference two-mile title in 1958. Bob held the Winona State Cross Country Course record in 1958. Bob began his track and field coaching career in 1960 at Bloomington, Wisconsin, starting the Track & Field program. He won two conference titles and had one individual state champion. Bob started the boys and girls cross country programs at North Fayette in 1968. During the last 38 year,s North Fayette (now North Fayette- West Union) High School has become one of the premier programs in the state. Here are some of Bob’s accomplishments in track & field, Twenty-two conference championships including the last twelve years in a row, five District titles, and one runner-up finish at the State Meet and the 2006 State Championship Team. He has been selected Regional Coach of the year four times and the State Coach of the Year in 2006. He has had twelve individual state champions (including 3 won titles in two events) and one relay team state champion which set a state record in the 4 X 200 Meter Relay. Bob also has coached a Long Jump Champion at the Drake Relays. Bob’s Cross Country achievements are just as outstanding. His girls’ team won the 1975 State Title, and has had 4 runner-up finishes. He has won nine district titles. The boys won one State Mile Team championship. His teams have won three conference titles. Bob was selected State Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1975. Bob is actively involved in many other aspects of track & field. He has served as a director of Kids Hershey’s Track & Field Meet. He has been the race director for the Fayette County Fair Road Race for 25 years. He was the Boy’s Referee for the Drake Relays in 2004. He is a Level II TAC Coach and a member of the Winona State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Bob was nominated for the National Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1975. He has also received awards for his teaching duties as well. Bob received the Honor Teacher Award presented by the NSF, NASA, NSTA, and UF at the Stearns Space Center in Mississippi. He also received the NSF Math award at Lafayette University. Bob and his wife, Betty have four children. They are Dan, Kelly, James, Julie and Kristyn. They are also the proud grandparents of 11 grandchildren. They also found time to raise eight foster children. Bob has been a member of the Lions Club for 37 years and the American Legion for 20 years.