Keith Gilbertson Sr. taught, coached and mentored youth for 61 years at Snohomish High School, including the last 31 as an unpaid volunteer coach. Asked why he continued so long without pay, he always said, “That is not why I do it.” His reward was the daily opportunity it provided to help teams and individuals maximize their potential.

Now is the moment for those of you who had the opportunity to work with Mr. Gilbertson to honor this great man for our future generations by making a personal donation to his scholarship.

Help Us Reach Our Goal Raised So Far: $46,134 Our Goal: $250,000

Does this goal sound difficult? Would you tell Mr. Gilbertson you could not run another lap or add another rep? His gift was setting difficult goals and then showing you how to achieve them with regular, incremental improvements on your performance. Our scholarship goal is no different!

Currently the offensive line coach and assistant head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, SHS football great Tom Cable recently taped this appeal for your support of the Keith Gilbertson Sr. Memorial Scholarship at the Seahawks training facility in Renton. He is a former NFL head coach with the Oakland Raiders and a former college head coach at Idaho, where he was a standout offensive lineman under Dennis Erickson and Keith Gilbertson Jr. after earning all-state honors at Snohomish in the 1981 season. To join Mr. Cable in making a donation to the Keith Gilbertson Sr. Memorial Scholarship endowment, click here.

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Classic views of Keith Gilbertson Sr. in the regional sports press

Several splendid newspaper articles have focused on Keith Gilbertson Sr. over the final decade of his 61-year coaching career at Snohomish.

Coach Gilbertson died in February of 2011 at age 83, ending a legendary career at his high school alma mater.

Among the best reads readily assessible on the Internet are a pair of Daily Herald articles written by sports columnist Larry Henry Read More…

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