New York USA Wrestling

As each season concludes, the buzz of the off-season immediately takes precedence throughout the wrestling community. Rumors tend to fly quickly and often with impact transfers making the biggest headlines. 

Beyond impact transfers, another major headline heading into the 2024-2025 season is defending NYS Division 1 Dual Meet Champions, Plainedge, dropping down to Division 2....and potentially setting up a Champion vs Champion dual meet with 3x defending NYS Division 2 Dual Meet Champions, Tioga.

Let's not forget NYSPHSAA approving the inaugural New York State Girls Tournament, being held at the MVP Arena on Thursday, February 27th, 2024. 

One area that may not draw as much attention, however, should not falter to the wayside are the new Head Coaches in 2024-2025. As a former Head Coach and Assistant, the time and effort put into developing and maintaining a program is remarkable. The sacrifices made may go without saying, however, they don't go unnoticed. These field generals are built differently. Their job does not stop once practice is over, or after the bus ride home from a tournament. 

Coaching is not always about X's and O's or putting a lineup together. Coaching also involves academics, paperwork, meetings, and schedules. Oh, but that's not all, kids making weight, team camaraderie, and maintaining a level of competitiveness that enhances your wrestlers.

The list of duties for a Head Coach is endless. Let's take a look at the new head coaches in New York this season. 

***Full disclosure, this list is not exact, more so, what has been reported to our NY-USAW content creators*** 

ALBERTUS MAGNUS FALCONS: MATT CAPUTO

CLARKSTOWN SOUTH VIKINGS: JIM ARDIZONE

HARRISON HUSKIES: JOE ENGLISH

HASTINGS YELLOW JACKETS: PETE VULPONE

CATSKILL CATS: MIKE MARTINEZ AND JARED CAMACHO

COLUMBIA BLUE DEVILS: BRANDON LAPP

COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE BULLDOGS: JIM HOTALING

DUANESBURG-SCHOHARIE: KOREY ROGOTZKE

TACONIC HILLS TITANS: ADAM ASHMAWI

WATERVLIET CANNONEERS (GIRLS): SHANON WOOD-GRONCKI

AUBURN MAROONS: DAN BUTLER

CENTRAL SQUARE REDHAWKS: PAT COST

FULTON RED RAIDERS: RON LABEEF

LIVERPOOL WARRIORS: ERIC ROSE

SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOLS (GIRLS): HEATHER NIVER

ELMIRA EXPRESS (GIRLS): AJ SINDONI

WINDSOR BLACK KNIGHTS (GIRLS): CHRIS DIXON

ATTICA-BATAVIA BLUE DEVILS: CHARLIE VOORHEES

CHURCHVILLE CHILI SAINTS: DAN GLOVER

IRONDEQUOIT EAGLES: MIKE ROSSELLI

GRAND ISLAND VIKINGS: STEVE LEIBLER

ORCHARD PARK QUAKERS: JOE GLINSKY

PIONEER PANTHERS: ZACH WEIDEMANN

WILLIAMSVILLE EAST FLAMES: VINNY CATANZARO

PERU NIGHTHAWKS: MIKE SEYMOUR

BALDWIN BRUNS: JAKE HORTON

GARDEN CITY TROJANS: STEVE JONES

HEWLETT BULLDOGS: NICK KHOURY

MACARTHUR GENERALS

(BOYS): MIKE MARRERO 

(GIRLS): NICK RAUSENBERGER

MASSAPEQUA CHIEFS: MICHAEL MCCANN

VALLEY STREAM NORTH SPARTANS: ANDREW RAKITZIS

CHESTER HAMBLETONIANS: JOEY YANIS

KINGSTON TIGERS: MIKE COLON

MIDDLETOWN MIDDIES (GIRLS): HEATH MACALUSO

NEWBURGH GOLDBACKS: WILL PARKS

PORT JERVIS RED RAIDERS (GIRLS): COREY FERGUSON

SAUGERTIES SAWYERS: COLBY AMELL

VALLEY CENTRAL (GIRLS): JEN KINSLEY

EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR SHARKS: JOE MORBILLO

HALF HOLLOW HILLS WEST COLTS: TIM PESCATORE

HUNTINGTON BLUE DEVILS: ANDY MARLOW

KINGS PARK KINGSMEN: MIKE MALETTA

MATTITUCK TUCKERS: RYAN GREBE

NORTH BABYLON BULLDOGS: PAUL TURANO

PORT JEFFERSON ROYALS: RICKY D'ELIA

ST. FRANCIS RED RAIDERS: RONNIE LORENZ