FSCC Meat Judging Coaches
Ryan Edgecomb
ryane@fortscott.edu

Ryan Edgecomb
Head Coach
Ryan Edgecomb is in his fourth year as the Meat Judging Coach and Agriculture Instructor at Fort Scott Community College. Mr. Edgecomb's tenure started at Fort Scott Community College in 2003 and he has developed a very strong and competitive meats judging program. He expects his students to be academically sound, maintain excellent attendance, and be good Samaritans both on and off campus.

In his reign at FSCC, he as coached 11 of the 12 All-Americans produced by FSCC. His teams have placed in the top 5 at every national contest in which they have competed. Currently, FSCC is first in the number of All-Americans produced by any one school. Mr. Edgecomb was named the 2006 Kansas Association of Career and Technical Education - Young Teacher of the Year.

Prior to employment at FSCC, Mr. Edgecomb was the Agriculture Instructor and FFA Advisor at Quinter High School in Quinter, KS. He was able to move a struggling program to a well respected state approved program. The enrollment in the Quinter FFA chapter over doubled during his tenure. He was also able to create a nationally competitive meat judging team by coaching a State Reserve Champion team two years in a row. One of those teams went on to place 2nd in the National competition in Denver, CO.

Edgecomb grew up on a small cow/calf farm near Williamsburg, KS. His meat judging career started in high school before he was recruited to Coffeyville Community College to judge on the Meat Judging team. After completion of his Associates degree at CCC, Edgecomb transferred to Kansas State University where he continued to work on his Bachelor's of Science degree in Agriculture with a major in Agriculture Education and Agriculture Economics. During his work at KSU, Edgecomb participated on one of the most consistent meat judging teams in KSU history as they placed in the top 3 in every contest they participated. Edgecomb also has his Master's of Science degree from Kansas State University in Secondary Education.