Biography
Scott grew up in the state of Washington. He graduated in 1980 from Evergreen High School in Vancouver, Washington. Thereafter, he attended Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, where he wrestled for two seasons. He then transferred to Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, and wrestled for two years and coached one season. 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. In 1993, he guided the Saints to their first league championship than to a further twenty-six straight league titles. Glabb’s teams have also won thirteen CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) titles.
He has, to date, compiled an overall record of 414 wins and 71 losses. He has coached thirty-six individual CIF champions, sixty-six state qualifiers, and eighteen state place winners. The teams best finish was in 1999 when they placed 4th in the California State Championships and won the southern section Masters Meet. Aside from these accomplishments, he is extremely proud of two national championship wrestlers he has coached, Tony Perez (1998) and José De Leon (1999). Also, an alumnus of Glabb’s is professional mixed martial arts fighter Gilbert “El Niño” Melendez who holds a world championship belt at 155 pounds and now fights for the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships).
The program had their first California State Champion in the history of the school this past season (2017-2018). Joey Daniel accomplished the feat at 220 lbs. He was also a 3x CIF Champion, A Masters Champion, 2x Masters Meet Runner-up and was 2nd at the NHSCA National Championships in Virginia Beach, VA.
With girls wrestling as one of the fastest-growing sports in California, the Santa Ana girl’s wrestling team has had the parallel success that of the boy’s team with a 2nd place finish at state in 2013, 4th in state 2012 and a 6th place finish in 2014. The girl’s program has 2 state champions, 11 state place winners, 5 CIF Champions and 4 All-Americans.
Glabb is currently a member of the Orange County Wrestling Coaches Association and a was member of the CIF Wrestling Advisory Committee from 1998 to 2019.
In 2010 Glabb published a book called ” A Saint in the City.” It is the story of the individual journeys of a young coach who was clinically depressed who found a generation of equally lost kids and how they each found inner strength to fight day after day on and off the wrestling mat while everyone else was saying it was impossible to succeed. Lesson Plans & Curriculum are now available that align with the book and can be used as a supplemental resource for the classroom.
Glabb has been an adjunct professor for the Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration program through Concordia University since 2011.
Degrees Earned
- Bachelor’s Degree in speech communication and education, 1985
- Bachelor’s degree in English, California State University, Long Beach
- Master’s Degree in Athletic Administration, Concordia University Irvine
Honors/Awards and Accolades:
- 1996 OC Register Wrestling Coach of the Year
- 1996 LA Times Coach of the Year
- 1996 Orange County Wrestling Coaches Assoc. Coach of the Year
- 1998 OC Register Wrestling Coach of the Year
- 1998 Orange County Wrestling Coaches Assoc. Coach of the Year
- 1999 NCWA California State Coach of the Year
- 2003 Fellowship of the Christian Athlete “John Wooden” Coach of the Year
- 2007 California Coaches Association State Coach of the Year
- 2014 National Wrestling Hall of Fame: California Chapter
- 2015 California Wrestling Hall of Fame
- 2015 Santa Ana Unified School District’s Sports Wall of Fame
- 2017 Santa Ana Unified School District’s High School Teacher of the Year
- 2018 Semi-finalist for the Orange County Educator of the Year
- 2018 Honored a Commemoration in Congress by US Representative Lou Correa of California’s 46 Congressional District
Courses Taught
- MCAA 532: Faith Based Coaching
- MCAA/ MSCE 579: Applied Exercise Sciences and Strategies for Coaching Wrestling