Mentor, Professor, Football Coach, Wrestling Coach -- Gator Legend
Allen Abraham
Dr. Abraham wrestled and played football at San Francisco State from 1958-61 and claimed the Far Western Conference title at 191 pounds in his final year as a Gator. He went on to finish second at the PCI Championships and was selected to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Div. II All-America football team.
Dr. Abraham went on to pursue a coaching career after his collegiate playing days. He was a professor in Kinesiology, a football coach, and a wrestling coach - quite the commitment to mentorship at SFSU. During 1963-1975 he coached both sports while teaching, before switching to focus on just wrestling and teaching for another 8 years.
Dr. Abraham was five times selected as the FWC Coach of the Year, and in 2013, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Make A Gift
You can give directly to the Allen Abraham Wrestling Scholarhsip Endowment with this unique link
https://give.sfsu.edu/CAAWS25)
If you'd like to make a larger gift or speak more in depth about the fund, please contact Coach Welch and David Fierberg (Head of Fundraising for SFSU Wrestling) at dfierberg@sfsu.edu
Why Growing this Endowment Matters
The most financially stable programs in the country have endowments that support their coaching positions and/or athletic scholarship. For us, this is about building prowess today, AND a legacy.
An endowed fund is invested, and then our program draws 4% annualy to support current use scholarship. In this way, the fund exists in perpetity to honor the namesake of the scholarship and to support our program.
Endowed funds are contractually bound to support our wrestling student athletes for generations to come. There is a legal contract with the main donor that exists within the unvieristy.
At SF State we are committed to the long-term stewardship of this, and ensuring our ability ty to suceed today as well as stbalizing our program for the future.
