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Steve Gabriel
Coaching
Inducted: 2019
- Native of Lincoln County
- Standout athlete at Appalachian State University
- Coached football at Appalachian High School
- Founded a wrestling program at AHS that earned a national record of 140–0 and resulted in 54 individual state champions over a 13-year period
- High school success evolved to coaching the wrestling program at App State to a 90-24-2 record with five NAIA All-Americans