Harvey Starbuck
Every year we dedicate our AM580 KUBC/94KIX/103.7 THE BLAST Sports Guide to someone who has dedicated themselves to the betterment of children in our listening area. We look for individuals who have made their career goal to educate and improve the lives of children.
This year we dedicate the 2011 – 2012 Sports Guide to Harvey Starbuck.
Harvey is a native of Montrose. He grew up on a ranch south of Montrose. He attended Montrose schools and graduated from Montrose High School in 1969. After Montrose High School he attended Colorado School of Mines, wrestled at Mesa Junior College and graduated from Western State College in 1974.
After graduation, Harvey taught and coached at Roaring Fork High School from 1974 – 1980. While at Roaring Fork, he started a wrestling program. Moving close to home in 1981, Harvey began teaching and coaching at Olathe High School. For 12 years he assisted Bill Byers with the Pirate wrestling program and took over as the Head Coach during the 1994 – 95 season.
During his 35 year wrestling coaching career, Harvey also coached middle school football, wrestling and track. Between all of those sports he completed over 125 seasons. At Olathe High School his teams won 13 league titles, 9 regional titles, finished in the top 4 at State 5 times and in 2005 won the State Championship. Under his leadership as a head coach, Olathe had a dual record of 226 – 39, placed 63 wrestlers at State and crowned 9 individual State Champions.
Harvey was named Colorado Coach of the year in 2005. He was also honored as the National Federation of High Schools Sectional Coach of the year in 2005, representing the states of Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas and New Mexico. He was also selected to coach the 2010 All-State Wrestling squad and currently is a member of the CHSAA Wrestling Committee.
Harvey and his wife Sheryl have been married for 39 years. They have four great children, Natasha, Sara, Caleb and James. They also have two granddaughters, Greta and Heidi.
Although Harvey has passed on the reins of the wrestling program, he continues to teach English at Olathe High School.
It has been a pleasure to follow Olathe High Wrestling over the years of Harvey’s tenure. His teams always possessed the qualities and character that he lives by…a true gentleman and a great champion. For those young men and women who have had the good fortune to have been tutored by Harvey Starbuck, they will have experienced the very best. a man with true compassion and great character.
It is with great pleasure that we dedicate the 2011-2012 Sports Guide to Harvey Starbuck, a good man who cares about kids.
