One of the more popular and visible figures in Trigg County athletics has passed away. Gary Siegmund battled with illness to the end, just as he always instructed his players and students to battle with life. “Coach Sieg” passed away Thursday morning.
Siegmund helped coach several of Trigg County’s state champion track and field teams in the 1970s and 80s and served as an assistant basketball coach for the boys’ and girls’ teams for 14 years.
He served two different terms as Wildcat baseball coach. He guided the Wildcats to the school’s first district baseball title in 19 years in 1979, serving as head coach from 1978-82. He later returned as head coach in 1987 for a couple of seasons.
Coach Sieg also served as girls’ softball coach in 1989-90 and served as track and field coach.
He also was a long-time football trainer and assistant coach for the football team. It was during this time that he tutored many student-managers in the art of taping ankles, fingers, and wrists.
Coach Sieg also served as an athletic trainer for the Murray State football team in the 1980s.
He was able lend his boisterous personality to the public address announcer role for Trigg County football and basketball games. He later moved on to Christian County where he taught and did P.A. at the Stadium of Champions. For several years, Coach Sieg was asked by the senior class to give the main address at their graduation ceremony.
He was inducted into the Trigg County High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.
Through his roles as teacher, trainer, and coach, Coach Sieg remains one of the most popular icons in Trigg County High School athletic history.
Services will be announced at a later time.
