Ken Fearing

Ken attended Wapello High School where he was All Conference in basketball, Captain of the track team, and the State Mile Champion. After high school, he attended the University of Iowa where he was a 3 year Letter winner in Cross Country as well as being a member of the Big Ten Champion Cross Country Team. Following graduation from the University of Iowa, Ken started his Math teaching and coaching career at Anamosa High School as Assistant Varsity Football, Head Boys Track, and Cross Country Coach. During his coaching tenure, from 1964-1986, his Track teams won 34 invitationals, 7 Conference and 9 District titles. His Track teams won back to back State Titles in 1974 and ’75, places 2nd once and 3rd 4 times. He has had the pleasure of coaching 8 individual and 2 relay teams as State Champions. In 1975 he was selected as Northeast Coach of the Year. Ken was seriously injured in a fall in June of 1986 and has not been able to return to teaching and coaching. Ken and his wife Sandra still live in Anamosa and are the parents of 3 daughters.