CLARION, Pa. --- It was a night of celebration and honors for one of the most well-known figures in Golden Eagle athletics history, as former wrestling coach Robert "Bob" Bubb was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 28. Bubb was honored along with 12 other inductees at a ceremony at the Delta by Marriott in Breinigsville, Pa.
 
With his induction, Bubb became the fifth former Clarion student-athlete or coach to be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, joining Robert "Tick" Cloherty, Al Jacks, Alex Sandusky and Pete Vuckovich.
 
"We are extremely thrilled that Coach Bubb has received the well-deserved honor of being inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame," said Clarion athletic director Dr. Wendy Snodgrass. "For decades he has been an amazing ambassador not just for our wrestling program but for the entire sport, and he has proudly represented our community and University with grace and dignity. I can think of no one more deserving of this recognition. Congratulations Coach Bubb!"
 
In his 26 years as Golden Eagle head coach, Bubb led Clarion wrestling to its greatest heights, turning them from a small and relatively unknown program to the so-called "Little Giants of Wrestling." The Golden Eagles burst onto the scene in the early 1970s, when Clarion produced five Division I national champions from 1972-73. Wade Schalles won back-to-back national titles in those years, while Bill Simpson, Don Rohn and Garry Barton also reached the top rung of the podium. Bubb would later go on to coach Kurt Angle to national championships in 1990 and 1992, with Angle eventually winning Olympic gold in 1996.
 
As a team, the Golden Eagles competed with some of the very best in the nation. They recorded four top-10 and eight total top-15 team finishes at the NCAA Division I Championships. His squads combined for 27 Division I All-American honors, 29 Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) individual championships and 68 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) individual championships. The team won three EWL dual meet championships (1980, 1981, 1986) three EWL Team Tournament Championships (1980, 1994, 1995) and 11 PSAC Tournament championships. Because of these successes at the conference level, Bubb was three times voted the EWL Coach of the Year and twice the PSAC Coach of the Year.
 
In his 26 years at the helm of the Clarion program, Bubb amassed a coaching record of 322-121-4, giving him a 72.5 winning percentage. In 1986 he was voted the NCAA Division I Coach of the Year after the Golden Eagles went 17-0-1. When he retired in 1992, he was one of only four coaches in wrestling history to surpass 300 career wins.
 
After his time coaching the Golden Eagles, Bubb went on to become the Executive Director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) from 1995-99, as well as the Secretary Rules Editor to NCAA Wrestling. He has been honored by a slew of other Halls of Fame in his career, including the Clarion Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.