Lou’s first coaching position was at Uintah High School in Vernal, Utah where he lived with his young growing family. There he coached the football, wrestling, baseball and track teams throughout the seven years he lived there before moving back to Price, Utah and taking a coaching and teaching position at Carbon High School.
1964 State Wrestling Champs display trophy and medals. Front row: Joe Davis, Ken Jenkins, Bob Pope, Kent McCurdy, Dennis Montgomery, Norman Powell. Back row: Coach Louis Mele, Philip Hardy, Thomas Bingham, Bill Wardle, Milton Billings, Doug Hacking, Principal Leland G. Rex.
Uintah High School champion wrestlers display the region trophy they won. Left to right: Coach Louis Mele, Dennis Montgomery, Kent McCurdy, Ken Jenkins, Doug Hacking, Norman Powell, Billie Wardle, Thomas Bingham, Kenny Stringham, Bob Downard, Milton Billings, Phillip Hardy.
Uintah High School wrestling Coach Louis Mele and co-captains, Kent McCurdy and Denny Stringham admire the region trophy received by the team.
Dennis Montgomery, right, coaches Greg and Louis, sons of Coach Louis Mele, on finer points of wrestling.
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