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2011-2012
College
- Minnesota: Brandon
Eggum replaces Joe Russell as Head Assistant Coach, Luke Becker
moves up to Assistant Coach. (article)
- North Dakota State:
Roger Kish replaces Bucky Maughan as head coach. (article)
- North Dakota State:
Manny Rivera joins as an assistant coach. (article)
- St. Cloud State: Brady
Wilson and Tyson Reiner joins as assistant coaches. (article)
High School
- Benilde-Saint Margaret's: Larry Allar is the sole head
coach after co-head coach Jerry Henk's retirement.
- Blaine: Josh Prokosch replaces Tom Luck as head coach.
- Buffalo: Chris Lembeck replaces Paul Arens as head
coach
- Canby: Scott Snobl replaces Perry Fink as head coach.
- Chaska/Chanhassen: Brent Eidenschink joins Mike Schultz
as co-head coach.
- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton: Davey Kosen replaces Jesse
Barnacle as head coach.
- Eagan: Chad Gage replaces Tony Stensland as head coach.
- Hayfield: Brad Heydt replaces Mark Voyce as head coach.
Andrew Newman replaces Brian Klocke as assistant coach.
- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted: Ben Anderson has joined
the staff as an assistant coach.
- Lakeville South: Nate Moudry replaces Mike English as
head coach. (article)
- Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson:
Tim Tekautz is now the sole head coach after co-head coach Ben
Daley stepped down. Ethan Hackbarth and Ryan Theede are now
assistant coaches.
- Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther: Darren Gifferson replaces
Terry Ochsendorf as head coach.
- Mankato West: Dustin Buttell replaces Don Krusmark as
head coach.
- Moorhead: George “Skip” Toops replaces Joe Gaughan as
head coach. (article)
- Northfield: Mark Woitalla replaces Cliff Casteel as
head coach.
- Owatonna: Cliff Casteel replaces Scot Davis as head
coach. (article)
- Rogers: Chris Donnay replaces Matt Leshovsky as head
coach.
2010-2011
College
- Augsburg: Jim Moulsoff replaces Jared Evans as
Assistant Coach. (article)
High School
- Albany: Casey Johnson (formerly at Willmar) is a new
Albany assistant coach.
- BOLD: David Williams replaces Tom Gruhlke as head
coach.
- Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove: Dan Goergen replaces
Roger Knutson as head coach.
- Columbia Heights: Alex Wong (formerly at Minneapolis
Patrick Henry) is a new assistant coach.
- Cretin-Derham Hall: Dan Willaert replaces Kevin
Whinnery as head coach.
- Crookston: Skip Toops is a new assistant coach.
- Dover-Eyota: Curt Olson replaces Brad Morgan as head
coach.
- Eden Prairie: Adam Hennen and Mike Marcy replace Troy
Elmore as head coach.
- Eagan: Tony Stensland replaces Tim Hartung as head
coach.
- Fairmont: Jake Tietje replaces Bob Bonin as head coach.
- Farmington: Chad Olson replaces Jon Lund as head coach.
- Fridley: Eric Anderson replaces Stephen Janisch as head
coach.
- Hastings: Josh McLay replaces Justin Hahn as head
coach. (article
- twincities.com)
- Henry Sibley: Prentice Smith resumes head coaching
position after two-year leave, replaces interim head coach Wayne
Beaman who stays on as an assistant coach.
- Hibbing: Ellis (Wojo) Wojciehowski replaces Curt
Johnson as head coach.
- Kasson-Mantorville: Jon Buchanan is interim head coach
for the 2010-2011 season. He fills in for Paul Mann who is
expected to resume duty as head coach in 2011-2012.
- La Crescent: Brett Vesel replaces Josh Forman as the
head coach.
- Litchfield: Dan Buker from Waseca, graduate of River
Falls, replaces Robert Finneseth as head coach.
- MACCRAY/RCW: Derek Zieske and Nick Bruns are the
co-head coaches of the newly formed coop replacing Wayne Coulter
(MACCRAY) and Scott Fransen (Renville County West).
- Monticello: Andy Zigan, 2nd year, replaces Matt Palmer
as head coach. Palmer stays on as an assistant coach.
- Morris Area/Hancock/Chokio-Alberta: Troy Ostby replaces
Shane Tappe as head coach.
- Nashwauk-Keewatin/Greenway: Russ Smith replaces Jody
Wright as head coach. Jody Wright becomes the assistant head
coach.
- New Ulm: Shane Gulden replaces Dan Kurth as head coach.
- Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus: Travis Hoffarth
replaces head coach Tom Demars who stays on as an assistant
coach.
- Richfield/Edina: Eric Herrmann and Josh Burhans take
over as co-head coaches replacing Mike Coddington.
- River Valley: Todd Bertram replaces Jeff Briard as head
coach. Briard will serve as assistant coach.
- Spectrum: Sean Ryther is the new head coach of
Spectrum, PACT Charter, Legacy Christian (formerly Meadow Creek
Christian) co-op.
- Tartan: Dan Recchio replaces Dennis Andrewski as Head
wrestling Coach. (article)
- Saint Paul Harding: Andy Peterson replaces Jamie
Linfors as head coach.
- Sibley East: Chad Johnson replaces Rod Tollefson as
head coach.
- Waseca: Todd Traen replaces Brad Lechner as head coach.
Mark Pehrson and Mike Gehloff are assistants.
- Wayzata: Tim Hartung replaces Ross Johnson as head
coach. Ross Johnson becomes Associate head coach.
- Willmar: Ed Oehlers and Justin Brown are co-head
coaches replacing Casey Johnson.
- Windom Area/Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin: Brad
Schlomann, previously co-head coach with David Elg, is now the
sole head coach.
- Winona: Matt Drazkowski replaces Nathan Pollock as head
coach
2009-2010
College
- Minnesota State University Moorhead: Kris
Nelson replaces Keenan Spiess as head coach. (article)
- St. Olaf: Jeff Bullerman will be the interim coach in
2009-10. (article)
High School
- Aitkin: Kevin Lamke replaces Dan Stifter as Head
wrestling Coach.
- Albany: Caleb Watson replaces Dan Anderson as head
coach.
- Annandale/Maple Lake: Jason Bartels replaces Andrew
Neumannn as head coach.
- Becker: Matt Aho replaces Brad Novak as head coach.
- Bemidji: Rance Bahr replaces Rob Whelan as head coach.
- Benilde-Saint Margaret's: Larry Allar/Jerry Henk are
co-head coaches
- Chaska/Chanhassen: Mike Schultz replaces Ned Schuck and
Mike Houck as head coach.
- Eagan: Tim Hartung replaces Josh McLay as head coach.
- East Ridge: Hans Horning is the head coach at the new
East Ridge High School in Woodbury.
- East Grand Forks/Sacred Heart: Sean Ritchie replaces
Charlie Makovsky and Jack Knopp as head coach.
- Fridley: Stephen Janisch replaces Omar Adams as head
coach.
- Hastings: Justin Hahn replaces Paul Vaith as head
coach.
- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted: Matt Farber joins as an
assistant coach.
- LeSueur-Henderson: Scott Wilson is now the lone head
coach and is no longer co-head coach with J.D. Pesch.
- Marshall: Justin Bouwman replaces Cal Jeremiason as
head coach.
- Montevideo: Ron Reszel replaces Chris Weber as head
coach.
- Nashwauk-Keewatin/Greenway: Jody Wright replaces Jim
Madzey as head coach.
- Nicollet: Mike Amsden replaces Chad Johnson as head
coach.
- Osseo: Alan Wiley replaces Kelly McConville as head
coach.
- Richfield: Mike Coddington replaces Chad Olson as head
coach.
- Rochester Mayo: Art Trimble replaces Dwight Gingerich
as head coach. (brief
- postbulletin.com)
- Rush City/Braham: Jake Shockman is the head coach of
the new cooperative.
- Staples-Motley: Daniel Bjerga replaces Gordy Thompson
as head coach.
- St. Cloud Tech: Bob Boeck replaces Dave Schorn as head
coach. (article
- sctimes.com)
- St. Paul Humboldt: Travis VanDeWiele replaces Daryl
Johnson as head coach.
- St. James: Steven Wood joins as an Assistant Coach.
- United South Central High School: Marcus
Eytcheson replaces Steven Wood as head coach.
- Windom Area/Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin: Brad
Schlomann (previously assistant coach) joins David Elg as
co-head coach.
2008-2009
College
- Augsburg: Mark Matzek replaces Sam Barber as head
coach. (article)
- Itasca Community College: Tim Setala, assistant last
year, switches coaching positions with Shane Holm, the head
coach last year.
- Minnesota State University Moorhead: Nate Baker
replaces Desmond Radunz as Head Assistant Coach. (article)
- University of Minnesota: Joe Russell replaces Marty
Morgan as Assistant head coach. (article)
High School
- Annandale/Maple Lake: Andrew Neumann replaces Steve
Kosloski/Bryan Kulm as head coach. Assistant Coaches are Jason
Bartels, Steve Kosloski, Steve Fuchs, and Aaron Hempel.
- Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City: Dan Rouser replaces Tim
Roberg as head coach.
- Blooming Prairie: Kevin Driessen replace Jeremy Jirele
as head coach.
- Eagan: Josh McLay replaces Chad Gage as head coach. (article
- woodburybulletin.com)
- Elk River: Paul Nelson replaces John Peterson as head
coach.
- Fairmont: Robert Bonin replaces Tom Kuisle as head
coach. (article)
- Goodhue: Josh Grant replaces Bill Sutter as head coach.
- Hawley: Desmond Radunz replaces Dain Kalkbrenner as
head coach.
- Henry Sibley: Wayne Beaman replaces Prentice Smith as
head coach.
- Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson: Tim Tekautz replaces
Mike Honken as co-head coach (with Ben Daley).
- Mahtomedi: Matt Stefan replaces Dave Pope as head
coach, Assistant Coach: Steve Carr (yes, that Steve Carr).
- Orono: Jay Wood replaces Blake Sohn as head coach.
- Osakis: Kyle Kostrezwski replaces Brad Hoffarth as head
coach.
- Rush City: Josh Moulton replaces Tim Bowland as head
coach.
- Saint Paul Highland Park: Ben Kissling replaces Jesse
Guzman as head coach.
- Simley: Jim Short replaces Will Short as head coach.
- Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony: Eric Anderson replaces
interim coach Mike O'Brien (O'Brien replaced Lance Schilling
midseason of 2007-2008).
- United South Central: Steven Wood replaces Eric Wegner
as head coach.
- Woodbury: Justin Smith replaces Josh McLay as head
coach. (article)
- Zimmerman: Gary Hartman replaces Matt Kraus as head
coach.
2007-2008
College
- Augsburg: Sam Barber replaces Jeff Swenson as head
coach
- Ridgewater: Tom Beyer replaces Jesse Nelson as head
coach (article
- wctrib.com)
- Southwest Minnesota State: Jesse Nelson replaces John
Sterner as head coach (article)
High School
- Annandale/Maple Lake: Steve Kosloski and Bryan Kulm
takes over as co-head coaches replacing Dean Jennissen
- Benson: Brian Knutson replaces Steve Ricard as head
coach; new assistants will be Al Braaten and Randy Weber
- Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale: Mike Barthel replaces Steve
Techam as head coach
- Braham: Craig Kotsmith replaces Joe Rajkowski as head
coach
- Eden Prairie: Troy Elmore replaces Wayne Otto as head
coach (article
- edenprairienews.com)
- Forest Lake: Billy Pierce replaces Bob Dettmer as head
coach
- Hawley: Dain Kalkbrenner replaces Greg Nelson as head
coach
- Hayfield: Mark Voyce replaces Chris Steele as head
coach
- Holdingford: Adam Johnson replaces Jerry Huls as head
coach
- Litchfield: Robert Finneseth replaces Mike Fiedler as
head coach
- Madelia/Truman: Terry Ochsendorf replaces Wayne
Kronemann as head coach
- Minnehaha/Concordia/Mounds Park: Aaron Tatone replaces
Jim Moulsoff as head coach
- Moorhead: Joe Gaughan replaces Paul Larson as head
coach
- Morris Area/Hancock: Shane Tappe replaces Johnny Frank
as head coach
- New Prague: Greg Tikalsky replaces Greg Sayler as head
coach, Assistant: Dan Seymour, Ninth Grade: Dan Wagner
- New Ulm: Dan Kurth replaces Dar Arndt as head coach
- Ogilvie: Adam Halvorson replaces Brian Sjodin and Gary
Baker as head coach
- Parkers Prairie: Billy Wagner takes over as head coach
after being co-head coach with Larry Lahmen
- Pine Island: Tony Brown replaces Larry Berg as head
coach
- Robbinsdale Armstrong: Bill McCloskey replaces Paul
Ellison as head coach
- Rochester John Marshall: Brian Parlin replaces Brad
Haugen as head coach
- Rockford: Nick Peterson replaces Jerry Weyer as head
coach
- Royalton: Kevin Presler replaces John Holthaus as head
coach
- Saint Croix Lutheran: Scott Sievert replaces Paul
Kassulke as head coach
- Sauk Centre: Ken Vogt replaces Billy Dehmer as head
coach
- Saint Clair: Troy Stehr replaces Brad Loeffler as head
coach
- Tracy-Milroy-Balaton: Karl Campbell replaces Brian
Michelson as head coach
- Willmar: Casey Johnson replaces Tom Beyer as head
coach, Assistants: Justin Rewertz and Ed Oehlers
- Winona: Nathan Pollock replaces Warren Deets as
head coach
- Woodbury: Josh McLay replaces Jon Heeren as head coach
- Yellow Medicine East: David Wingert replace Gary Wolf
as head coach. Assistants: Corey Field, Scott Jacobson and Nick
Cole
- Zimmerman: Matt Kraus replaces Steve Vevea as head
coach
- Zumbrota-Mazeppa: Link Steffen replaces Paul Pagel as
head coach
2006-2007
College
- St. Cloud State: Steve Costanzo replaces Steve Grimit
as head coach (article)
- Dakota County Technical College: Jesus Wilson replaces
Curt Foley as head coach
High School
- Bemidji: Rob Whelan replaces Rob Strand as head coach
- Chaska: Chuck Nelson and Ned Shuck replace Jeff Piatz
as co-head coaches
- Chokio-Alberta/Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley: John
Ristveld replaces Bruce Johnson as head coach
- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton: Jess Barnacle replaces Greg
Schmitz as head coach
- Fertile-Beltrami: Jeremy Reiter replaces Bob Thorson as
head coach
- Fillmore Central/Lanesboro/Mabel-Canton: Nate Carlson
replaces Ryan Marx as head coach
- Glencoe-Silver Lake: Lance Wurm replaces Kelly Lipinski
as head coach
- Hawley: Greg Nelson replaces Brandon Gruchow as head
coach
- Lac qui Parle Valley: Jeremy Brady replaces Wade
Stottler as head coach
- Lake City: Lonnie West replaces Doug Vaith as head
coach (West and Vaith switch positions assistant/head)
- LeSueur-Henderson: J.D. Pesch and Scott Wilson replace
Rick Dahn as co-head coaches
- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Ryan Bothun replaces Larry
Edgerton as head coach
- Maple Grove: Troy Seubert replaces Dan Wrobleski as
head coach
- Minneapolis Roosevelt: Frank Walsh replaces Joe Tadros
as head coach
- Minneapolis Washburn: Todd Goggleye replaces Richard
Hodge/Jim Waggoner as head coach
- Montevideo: Chris Weber replaces Jeff Gallagher as head
coach
- Morris Area/Hancock: John Frank replaces Spencer Yohe
as head coach
- North St. Paul: Denver Moeller replaces Ryan Nash who
replaced Craig Zupko as head coach
- Ottertail Central: Scott Hart replaces Kevin Anderson
as head coach
- Parkers Prairie: Billy Wagner is now co-head coach with
Larry Lahmen
- Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus: Tom Demars replaces
Doug Lee as head coach
- Pierz: Simon Walton replaces Mark Jensen as head coach
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville: Mike Matiash replaces Bill
McDonald as head coach
- Saint Michael-Albertville: Dan Lefebvre and Gregg
Greeno are now co-coaches
- Staples-Motley: head coach Gordy Thompson takes over,
co-head coach Kevin Olsen retires from coaching
- Waseca: Brad Lechner replaces Dave Williams as head
coach
- West Central Area/Ashby: Brandon Gruchow replaces Randy
DeNardo as head coach
2005-2006
College
- Dakota County Technical College: Curt Foley replaces
Henry Gerten (article)
- Rochester Community & Technical College: Randy
Rager replaces Chuck Siefert (article)
- St. Olaf: Sean Ahrar replaces Ken Pratt (article)
High School
- Andover: Todd Kirkpatrick replaces Jeff Thompson as
head coach
- Anoka: Billy Pierce joins Todd Springer as co-head
coach
- Blooming Prairie: Jeremy Jirele and Jeremy Rummel
replace David Pfiefer as co-head coaches
- Brainerd: Mike Boran and James Kath replace Bob Brakke
as co-head coaches
- Buffalo: Paul Arens replaces John Barlund as head coach
- Columbia Heights: Chris Litecky replaces Brian McGrath
as head coach
- Dassel-Cokato: Bryan Clemen replaces Kip Lynk as head
coach
- Dear River: Mark Motherway replaces Bob Barnacle as
head coach
- Delano: Jeff Olson replaces Jason Scherber as head
coach
- East Grand Forks Sacred Heart: Jack Knopp replaces Jeff
Pesch as head coach
- Eden Prairie: Wayne Otto replaces Mitch Hegland as head
coach
- Frazee: John Barlund replaces Dennis Schermerhorn and
Marty Aho as head coach
- Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton: Adam Roesler replaces
Mike Niemczyk as head coach
- Lake Park/Audubon: Travis Nagel replaces Brett Ebersole
as head coach
- Litchfield: Mike Fiedler replaces Chip Rankin as head
coach
- Minneapolis Edison: Jeff Wichern replaces Billy Pierce
as head coach
- Orono: Blake Sohn replaces Dennis Lynn as head coach
- Osseo: Kelly McConville replaces Chris Meisch as head
coach
- Red Rock Central/Westbrook Walnut Grove: Brett
Bartholomaus (former assistant at Wabasso) replaces Bruce Olson
as head coach
- Richfield: Chad Olson replaces Eric Herrmann as head
coach
- Sauk Centre: Bill Dehmer replace Ken Vogt as head coach
- Sauk Rapids: Terry Gorecki replaces John Lelwica as
head coach
- Triton: Shane VanBeek replaces Ed Pitzenberger as head
coach
- Wadena-Deer Creek: Norm Gallant replaces Dennis Kaatz
as head coach
- Woodbury: John Heeren replaces Gary Diamond as head
coach
2004-2005
College
- Concordia: Clay Nagel joins Doug Perry as Co-Head (article)
- Saint John's: Brandon Novak (interim) replaces John
Elton (article)
High School
- Annandale/Maple Lake: Dean Jennissen replaces Bruce
Bartels
- Breckenridge: Marty Lanter replaces Lynn Jennissen
- Byron: Ryan Radke replaces Derrick Hintz
- Hawley: New program head coach is Jesse Barnacle
- Minneapolis Roosevelt: Joe Tadros replaces Damien
Poling
- Nicollet: Chad Johnson joins father Steve Johnson as
Co-Head
- Ogilvie: Gary Baker to Co-Coach with Brian Sjodin
- Ortonville: Joseph Eustice returns as head coach after
last years leave of absense due to deployment with the MN
National Guard
- Park Cottage Grove: Jim LaBrosse replaces Dave Bunn
- Paynesville: Tim Woehler replaces Virg Vagle
- Princeton: Mark Hayes replaces Shane Eastman
- Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove: Bruce Olson
(interim) replaces Chad Irlbeck
- River Valley: Jeff Briard replaces Todd Bertram
- Rockford: Jerry Weyer replaces Nathan Whiting
- Rogers: Matt Leshovsky heads up first year program
- Rosemount: Brett Larson replaces Kurt Bills
- Rush City: Tim Bowland replaces Kevin Jensen
- Waterville-Elysian-Morristown: Tim Bengtson replaces
Chad Johnson
- Wheaton/Herman-Norcross: Patrick Holm replaces Marty
Lanter
- Wayzata: Ross Johnson takes over as Head coach after
being a Co-Head with Todd Grams
2003-2004
College
- Augustana: Jason Reitmeier replaces Kraig Presler (article)
- Dakota County Technical College: Henry Gerten replaces
Zach Anderson
- Minnesota State University Moorhead: Keenan Spiess
replaces John Sterner (article)
High School
- Albany: Dan Anderson replaces Maury Meyer
- Alexandria: Tom Ellison replaces Billy Wagner
- Andover: Jeff Thompson replaces Tom Luck
- Blaine: Tom Luck replaces Todd Little
- Centennial: John Bergeland replaces Chad Johnson
- Crosby-Ironton: Champ Hesch replaces Bob Henry
- Deer River/Northland: Tom Gullickson replaces John
Nalan
- Dover-Eyota: Brad Morgan replaces Michael Mazzitelli
- East Grand Forks: Charlie Makovsky replaces Jeff Bakke
- Glencoe-Silver Lake: Kelly Lipinski replaces Jim Beshey
- Greenbush: Todd Bergeron replaces Tim Bowland
- Hayfield: Chris Steele replaces Will Pazurek
- Henry Sibley: Prentice Smith replaces Brian Ihrke
- Irondale: Josh Krebs replaces Glenn Beggin
- Jackson County Central: Randy Baker replaces Tim Allen
- Kasson-Mantorville: Paul Mann replaces Chris Litecky
- Lake Park/Audubon: Brett Ebersole replaces Pat Holm
- Lakeville: Shaun Murphy replaces Wayne Otto
- Le Center: Kelly Block replaces Tim Bengston
- Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity: Marcus Halvorson replaces
John Halvorson
- Madelia-Truman: Jeff Tietje replaces Wayne Kronemann
- Martin County West: Eric Tvinnereim replaces Jeff Wyatt
(article)
- Mounds View: Dan Engebretson replaces Andy Lentz
- Norwood-Young America: John Hughes replaces Darroell
Dammann
- Osseo: Chris Meisch replaces Ben Barton
- Princeton: Shane Eastman replaces Duane Anderson
- Robbinsdale Armstrong: Murry Herstien replaces Ken
Hollenbeck
- South St. Paul: Don Nihart replaces Shaun Murphy
- St. Francis: Keith Lipinski replaces Terry Sworky
- Waterville: Chad Johnson replaces Jeff Boran
- Wheaton-Herman/Norcross: Marty Lanter replaces Kevin
Gross