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A little bit about the Coaches.........

Head Coach Michael Eaton  

Coach Mike Eaton is currently in his 11^th year of coaching in Texas including his time as head coach of South Grand Prairie from 1997-2002 and Centennial High School in Frisco from 2003 to the present.  Despite starting both of these programs anew, he has been able to guide his teams to over 200 dual wins over this span.

 

Coach Eaton wrestled his prep career in Colorado Springs, CO followed by his collegiate career wrestling for Boston College.  At the conclusion of his college career he spent one season coaching at his alma mater in Colorado before moving to Texas.

 

Eatons teams have earned 13 district titles, 2 regional titles, and one state runner-up placement.  Three of his teams have participated in the THSWCA Dual State championships with one 3^rd place finish and one 5^th place finish.

 

Eaton has coached 85 individual district champions, 72 regional champions/placers, 17 state placers, and 4 state champions over the past 11 years.  Included in this group, he has had five wrestlers earn ALL-AMERICAN status and three wrestlers elected to the Asics All-American Team.

 

Coach Eaton also runs a freestyle club, Team Titan, as well as a youth club, The Frisco Bombers.  His freestyle club has produced 67 individual state medalists (top 3 finish), 21 state champions, 12 All-Americans, and one NATIONAL CHAMPION over the past five years.  In addition, Coach Eaton has one wrestler who qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in womens freestyle.

 

Coach Eaton was recently elected to serve as the President of the Texas High School Wrestling Coaches Association and he also serves as the state representative for the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

 

Coach Eaton is married and has two young girls, ages 8 and 3.

Eatonm@friscoisd.org

 

 

Asst. Coach Darren Snyder

 

Coach Darren Snyder was born and raised in northeast Iowa, and started wrestling when he was 7 years old.  He continued through high school culminating with a fifth place finish in the State tournament his junior year.  He graduated in 1992 from the University of Northern Iowa with a bachelors degree and moved to Rosenberg, Texas to teach math.

 

In 1995 he moved to Lewisville and began teaching and coaching at Arbor Creek Middle School.  From 1995 to 1999 Snyder was also a volunteer wrestling coach at The Colony High School and head coach of The Matcats Wrestling Club for kids.  During that time, he got involved with USA Texas Wrestling, serving in many capacities.  He currently officiates the local freestyle tournaments

 

In 1999 Snyder was named the head coach at Hebron High School.  While at Hebron his teams won a District and Regional championship.  He also had a two-time state champion and an all-american in Greco-Roman wrestling.  After seven years at Hebron, Snyder left the coaching world and began teaching at Centennial High School.  The last two years he has been involved with officiating

 

He currently resides in Frisco with his wife Kelli and their two children, Jakson and Hadley.

 

Asst. Coach Cody Bridwell

Bio Coming Soon......