MARQUETTE, Mich. - The Northern Michigan University athletic department is excited to announce they will be inducting five individual athletes and the 1979-80 and 1980-81 Men's Basketball Team into the NMU Sports Hall of Fame. 

Robert Fehrs was the head coach of the NMU men's wrestling team from 1975-78. During his tenure at Northern, Bob coached 22 All-Americans, including two Division I All-Americans and two Division II National Champions, and recruited several wrestlers who are now in the NMU Sports Hall of Fame.

Each of his four Wildcat teams finished in the top 20 for NCAA Division 2 Championships (13th, 19th, 13th, and 6th) and Bob was nominated for the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year in 1978.

He is a member of the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Central Penn All-Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. However, he is most proud of the fact that 100% of his All Amercians graduated from college.

Bob's father passed away when he was young. Because of this event, and various other reasons, including that Bob was the youngest of three and by his own choice, Bob enrolled in Milton Hershey School, which at that time, was only open to poor orphan boys. Bob credits the school for teaching him discipline, hard work, and giving him a basic foundation for the rest of his life. At Milton Hershey School, Bob excelled at wrestling and football, and he earned a wrestling scholarship to the University of Michigan. At Michigan, Bob was a three-time Big Ten champion and three-time NCAA finalist with an overall record of 67-5-1.

After having coaching jobs at the University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University, Milton Hershey School, and Muskegon Community College, Bob came to NMU as head coach where he coached to a 36-8 record. When given the opportunity to coach at Nebraska, Bob succeeded there as well with teams finishing 6th, 6th, and 4th in the NCAA Championship. His program boasted two NCAA Champions and one finalist.

After 20 years of coaching, Bob changed careers, becoming a public school teacher, then principal, then superintendent, and finally the Head of the Middle Division back home at Milton Hershey School. As the head of the Division, Bob was responsible for the student homes, their staff, the educational programs for 5th through 8th grades, and the general welfare of the students, which now included girls, including arranging health care and counseling. By far Bob's most significant accomplishment was the $125 million, four-year renovation of the iconic of Milton Hershey School facility.

Currently, Bob resides in Hummelstown, Pa., with his family.