UPDATE: This story has been updated with details from Pennsylvania State Police.
TOBYHANNA TWP., Pa. - One of Easton Area High School’s all-time wrestling greats has died.
Sean Richmond, Stroudsburg’s athletic director and its wrestling coach since 2016, died in a crash on Interstate 380 in Tobyhanna Township on Saturday night.
It happened while he was on the way to the Stroudsburg High prom at Kalahari Resorts, according to a report by WNEP Channel 16 in Scranton, Pa.
Pennsylvania State Police said they received numerous calls at 6:08 p.m. for a pedestrian struck by tractor-trailer in the highway's northbound lanes. They did not say why the victim was not in a vehicle.
Richmond, 38, was a 2004 Easton High grad who was part of the Red Rover teams that won four consecutive PIAA state team titles.
He was a former assistant coach at Easton and Delaware Valley before being named Stroudsburg’s wrestling coach eight years ago.
Two years later he was named Stroudsbug’s athletic director and continued to hold both roles.
As a wrestler at Easton, Richmond was coached by Hall of Fame coach Steve Powell. When the Easton job opened up in 2018, Richmond made it clear he planned to stay at Stroudsburg and build a winning program.
“We have a special group of parents and student-athletes in our program that have helped cultivate a family environment,” he said then. “As a staff, our goal is to see that through. We remain committed to helping the sport of wrestling grow and thrive in Monroe County.”
Powell paid tribute to Richmond in a post on Facebook and noted Richmond was a husband and father of two daughters.
"One of Easton's finest," he said. "Unbelievably sad. A devastating blow for an awesome family."
We are shaken and saddened by the loss of Sean Richmond. Though his professional career took him and his family to Stroudsburg, Sean was still very much a part of our Easton family, maintaining close friendships and relationships with many.
— Easton Athletics (@GoRedRovers) May 12, 2024
He will be greatly missed.
Stroudsburg’s wrestling team went 12-7 last season and Richmond amassed an overall record as coach of 109-42, according to The Morning Call.
Richmond marked his 100th win as Stroudsburg’s coach in December.
A University of Pittsburgh graduate, he went 109-26 in his wrestling career at Easton.
Tributes poured in on social media Sunday:
