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Coaches with the Most Number of Place-winners in the
Suffolk County-Section XI Public High School Varsity Wrestling Tournaments:

 

Name

School(s)

Years Coached

# of PW Before 2004 # of D1 PW Since 2004 # of D2 PW Since 2004

Total
# of Place-Winners

1

Lou Giani Sr.

Huntington

1971-2008

164 24

188

2

Jack Mahoney

Sachem (North)

1973-2005

149 8

157

3

Joe Valla

Amityville

1948-1963

149

149

4

Cliff Clark

Bay Shore

1940-1964

148

148

5

Joe Campo Sr.

Brentwood (Ross)

1966-1985

126

126

6

Chris Messina*

Hauppauge

1983-

63 30

93

7

Lonnie Kittle

Amityville

1933-1947

87

87

8

Mike Picozzi*

Walt Whitman and Longwood

1983-1994, 2006-

58 27

85

9

Walt Stewart

Riverhead

1951-1985

82

82

10

Fred Hohusen

Walt Whitman

1952-1976

72

72

11

Bill Santoro*

Connetquot

1979-

54 16

70

12

Rocky Davey*

Shoreham-Wading River, Mercy & Riverhead

1983-

46 21

67

13 Joe Patrovich* Islip 1996- 22 41

63

14

Norm Maisel

Amityville

1968-1992

62

62

15

Jack Stanbro Sr.

Lindenhurst

1963-1972

61

61

16

Tony Mellino Sr.

West Islip

1975-

54 5

59

16

Terry Phelan

William Floyd

1987-2008

48 11

59

18

Guy Leggio* East Islip 1990- 29 29

58

19

Dick Rosener*

Bay Shore and Centereach

1980-1999, 2008-

52 2

54

20

Craig Kelskey

Patchogue-Medford

1981-1998

53

53

21

Bill DeSario*

Babylon and Commack

1970-1989, 2001-

33 19

52

22

Joe Russo

Lindenhurst

1980-2004

51

51

23

Matt Armstrong*

Mt. Sinai

2002-

9 40

49

23

Ed Luksik

Deer Park

1964-1974, 1978-1996

49

49

25 Bob Armstrong Westhampton, Port Jefferson 1969-1970, 1972-1992 47

47

26

Ralph Forman*

Harborfields, Copiague, Commack North, & Amityville

1978-82,1984-87,1993-

35 9  

44

27

Brian Uvena

Walt Whitman and North Babylon

1985-1988, 1990-2007

38 5

43

28 Ralph Napolitano* Brentwood 2003- 5 34

39

28

Bob Panariello

Brentwood

1993-2002

39

39

28

Robin Winkel

Central Islip and Rocky Point

1974, 1979-2004

38 1

39

31 Al Cicio Noethport 1990- 25 10

35

31

Mike Fitzgerald

Hampton Bays and Southampton

1975-1985, 1987-2001, 2005

33 2

35

31

Paul Jendrewski

Shoreham-Wading River

1992-2001

35

35


* = active in 2010

Note: There were NO tournaments held from 1943-1948

List compiled as of March 31, 2010 by Andy Slawson