Nate Urbach from Powell Earns WCA Hall of Fame Induction

After 22 years of coaching wrestling, Powell's Nate Urbach finally called it a career. Before coming to Wyoming, Urbach coached in Rushville, Nebraska, and won three state championships. Then he earned a half dozen more state titles in his tenure in Powell. The Panthers had an unbelievable run from 2012-2015 where they won the 3A state championship in each of those years. This was a time where 3A wrestling was very, very competitive.

Under Urbach's guidance, Powell had a whopping five individual state champions in 2014 and four in 2015. More often than not, Panther wrestlers were winning multiple state crowns in their prep careers His first boss at Powell High School is the current Commissioner of the Wyoming High School Activities Association, Ron Laird.

Wrestling is not an easy sport to coach with the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat on display just about every day. To that extent, Urbach was named Coach of the Year nine times in his career and was the NHSACA Region, 7 Coach of the Year, twice.

He is part of the 2021 Hall of Fame class of the Wyoming Coaches Association and is a worthy inductee. We talked with Urbach at the WCA banquet last month in Casper about his career and his induction. Enjoy!

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University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players

During the summer of 2021, 7220Sports.com counted down the Top 50 football players in University of Wyoming history, presented by Premier Bone & Joint Centers, Worthy of Wyoming.

The rules are simple: What was the player's impact while in Laramie? That means NFL stats, draft status or any other accolade earned outside of UW is irrelevant when it comes to this list.

This isn't a one-man job. This task called for a panel of experts. Joining 7220's Cody Tucker are Robert Gagliardi, Jared Newland, Ryan Thorburn, and Kevin McKinney.

We all compiled our own list of 50 and let computer averages do the work. Think BCS -- only we hope this catalog is fairer.

Don't agree with a selection? Feel free to sound off on our Twitter: @7220sports - #Top50UWFB

- University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players

5 Things To Know If Your Family Is Moving To Wyoming

Brand new to Wyoming? Wyoming is a unique place, so here are a few bits of information that may help your transition to the Cowboy State go a bit more smoothly.

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