Paul Virgin

St. Paul Central

Year Inducted 1997

Paul Virgin is 57 years old.  He has 3 children and 3 grand children.  He is married to fellow teacher, Eudene.  They share a love of the American southwest and the native cultures of that area. When Paul and Eudene retire at the end of the school year 2004 they plan on moving to Arizona.

Paul has been a middle and high school art teacher with the St. Paul public schools since 1970.  During most of his career in teaching, Paul has been a coach.  He has coached jr. high soccer and track, senior high track, cross country running and nordic skiing.  Paul loves to coach and he strongly believes in giving students the opportunity to participate in sport.  One year he even volunteered to coach for free in order to keep the nordic ski program from being cut due to a budget crisis.

Paul was very successful as a nordic ski coach at St. Paul Central.  For many years St. Paul Central was the team to beat in Nordic skiing and many coaches looked up to Paul as a roll model of successful coaching.  His St Paul Central boys and girls nordic ski team won the state championship in 1991.  The boys went on to capture the state title for 2 more years in 1992 and 1993.  Paul was chosen as Coach of the Year by his peers in the high school nordic ski coaches association in 1991.  He served as secretary of the association from 1989-1993. 

Paul currently teaches art, and coaches track and cross-country running at Arlington High School in St. Paul.  He is an avid outdoorsman; he loves hiking, camping and skiing.  Even though he has retired from nordic ski coaching, Paul still competes in nordic ski races.  In 2004, Paul was third in his age group for the classic division at the Birkibiener Nordic Ski Race in Hayward, Wisconsin.