COACHES

We take Pride in our coaching staff

We at SPARTA YOUTH WRESTLING take pride in our coaching staff. The safety, protection and well being of our young athletes should always be our priority. We have a responsibility to recruit the most qualified adults to serve a coaches, board members and other volunteers to ensure our players are able to enjoy a fun, educational experience. In addition parents trust that their children will be safe while participating in our league. This is why all of our coaches have undergone a County Criminal Record Search, National Criminal Database Search and a Sex Offender Record Search.

Clinic Room Coaches

Robert Shearer

Clinic Head Coach

Asst. Coach Parsippany Hills 2003-2007

Asst. Coach Newton High School 2007-2011

Asst. Coach Eclipse (Freestyle and Greco Roman) 2006-present

Schoolboy duals FS Coach 2008, Schoolboy Duals GR Coach 2009

Team NJ Assistant Coach for Cadets and Juniors 2008-2016
Newton Recreation Coach-Clinic, JV, K-6 2014-2018

Clinic Room

The Clinic Room is for children that are currently attending Kindergarten through 2nd grade. This class will focus on the wrestling basics. Practices are held Mondays and Thursdays from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM at the Mohawk Avenue School. Typically children at this level will participate in 3-4 jamboree style events throughout the season. Jamborees are usually held on Saturday mornings. Participation is encouraged but not required. The level of competitiveness at this level is low. The goal of this group to have fun and learn some basic wrestling techniques.

JV/ Varsity Room

Trevor Salvatore

Head JV/ Varsity Coach

2x State Qualifier

Region 1 Champion

State Placer

2 year college wrestler

(ESU and TCNJ)

Involved in coaching the Sparta program for 8 years

Darren Bruseo

JV/ Varsity Coach

Wrestled 4 years at Rutgers University.

Coaching High School wrestling for 19 years.

Currently Assistant Coach at Jefferson Twp HS

Mark Piotrowsky

JV/ Varsity Coach

2nd and 4th in NJ state at Jefferson

3x NCAA qualifier

4x starter at University of Pennsylvania

6 year Head coach at Pope John

Anthony Petrock

JV/ Varsity Coach

Sean Finnegan

JV/ Varsity Coach

4 year Sparta High School Wrestler

Wrestled for Springfield College & Centenary College

Ed Giananntonio

JV/ Varsity Coach

Andy Legge

JV/ Varsity Coach

8 years experience wrestling

75-26 Sparta High School Wrestler

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