Coach Terry Tadeo

•  Providence Day School, Charlotte, NC -  For the last 17 years Coach Tadeo has been the Head Coach at PDS, coaching wrestlers to a total of 22 individual state championships.  PDS wrestlers have gone on to wrestle at Duke, Davidson, Johns Hopkins, UNC Chapel Hill, NYU, Virginia Tech, Williams and JMU. Several of Coach Tadeo's wrestlers have gone on to become high school coaches.

•  Coach Tadeo has twice been named Coach of the Year during his time coaching at Providence Day.

•  In October 2014, funded largely by wrestling alumni parents and alumni wrestlers, Providence Day School built a new Wrestling Center and named it after Coach Tadeo and his fellow coaches- Tommy Racano and Paul Burnam in appreciation for their time and dedication to the Providence Day School Wrestling Program.

•  USMC, Quantico, VA - Officer in Charge/Team member of the Marine Corps Wrestling Team, which featured multiple USA World Team members.

•  Granby School of Wrestling instructor/demonstrator

•  Assistant Coach Kempsville High School, Virginia Beach, VA - While Assistant Coach at KHS Coach Tadeo conducted one on one instruction with numerous 4A State Champions, 2 Prep National All-Americans, a Prep National Champion and 2 D1-NCAA All-Americans.  

 

 Coach Tommy Racano

  • Entering 20th season as Assistant Coach at Providence Day School

  • 2 State Championship Teams and Multiple Runners Up

  • Have had 7 college wrestlers come out of our program\Wrestled at UNC- Greensboro

  • 2x State Runner Up in Connecticut 1992, 1993

  • 2x State Open 4th in Connecticut 1992, 1993.

  • Member of 3 State Freestyle and Greco Roman teams

  • Wrestled against Cuban National Team in 1992 as member of CT Team

  • 2x Boston Marathon finisher

  • Co-Founder and Coach with the Charlotte School of wrestling 

Me and Terry

Just wanted to give kids an opportunity to learn the sport of wrestling.

Coach Joseph Coss

  • Originally from Mount Holly, NC

  • Varsity wrestler for South Mecklenburg High School, has over 125+ wins.

  • 2012 Freestyle/Greco Team NC member.

  • Greco State Champion

  • D2 Varsity Wrestler for Belmont Abbey College

  • 12 years of wrestling/coaching experience

  • Assistant Coach for Fairfax HS for 2018-2019, helped 3 state qualifiers and 1 state finalist.

  • Assistant Coach for Midlothian HS, coached 12 state qualifers with 6 state placers and 4 state champions

  • Associate Adult/HS/Youth Head coach for the Charlotte school of Wrestling.

I just want to grow the sport

Wrestling shaped how I am today. I think wrestling is an underrated sport in North Carolina and I want to help change that.

Coach Jawan “JayJay” Jones

  • From Linden, NJ

  • Attended both St.Benedict’s Prep and The Phelps School, where he earned four varsity letters at St.Benedict’s under head coach Solomen Fleckman and Omar Felicano.

  • He earned three All- American finishes at Prep Nationals in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

  • 2014 State prep Champion.

  • Tallied over 140+ wins in HS.

  • Went to Ithaca College where he helped them reach a top 3 team finish at NCAAs from 2016-2019.

  • Tallied 80 college wins.

  • Associate Adult/HS/Youth Head coach for the Charlotte school of Wrestling.

“Wrestling gave me a way out.”