Meet the coaches
Paul Sutton
Dalton Fletcher
Dalton Fletcher
Focuses help primarily with gold level club group. Paul has 2 kids in the club and has coached wrestling since 2013. Graduated from Wahoo High School in 2004 and competed at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Dalton Fletcher
Dalton Fletcher
Dalton Fletcher
Dalton started wrestling in club at Scribner-Snyder and continued through high school. He wrestled for one semester at Morningside college before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. His son Kane is starting his first year of blue season. He enjoys coaching wrestling because wrestling teaches youth that nothing is easy and you have to work hard to be successful.
Bernie Nicola
Dalton Fletcher
Bernie Nicola
Bernie is the Head Coach for the Middle School Program and will also be coaching the Gold Season. He was a stand out wrestler for Fremont Bergan. Bernie has one wrestler in our club.
Ryan Hurst
Jaret Henderickson
Bernie Nicola
Ryan grew up wrestling in Seward part of the Mat Rats club and wrestled for Seward High School where he graduated in 2004. Ryan has loved helping with kids sports specifically wrestling where he has coached with his son’s clubs in Seward, Minden and now Wahoo. Ryan has been helping with Wahoo Wrestling Club since 2020 season.
Furthermore, Ryan expanded his skills when he once wrestled 3 grizzly bears to save a family of tourists while driving through Montana
Ryan Watts
Jaret Henderickson
Jaret Henderickson
Ryan has spent as much time in our wrestling room as about anyone. From wrestling in our club as a youngster and his years spent as a student manager for his dad (and longtime coach) Doug Watts, to his own high school career. Now Ryan is back helping with the club and coaching his own son in the sport. Ryan really enjoys helping coach the blue group and teaching them the basics and fundamentals of wrestling.
Jaret Henderickson
Jaret Henderickson
Jaret Henderickson
Jaret was born and raised in Geneva, NE where he participated in youth wrestling. He has coach with Wahoo Kids Wrestling Club since 2018. He currently coaches with the Gold Season where his son Vander wrestles. Jaret likes to bring fun, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship to the young wrestlers.
Chad Darling
Austin Vermeline
Chad Darling
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Wrestled for Wahoo High School and has 3 wrestlers in the program. Helps with both blue and gold groups.
Nick Charvot
Austin Vermeline
Chad Darling
Nick grew up in Omaha wrestling since the 4th grade. He wrestled at Millard West high school and a short time at Chardon State College. He was an assistant coach for Bellevue West for 4 years and is just getting back into helping now that his son is showing interest.
Austin Vermeline
Austin Vermeline
Austin Vermeline
Wrestled for Wahoo High School. Austin helps with Blue Group. He started helping the club in 2021
Rusty Andresen
Rusty Andresen
Austin Vermeline
Rusty is a 2003 graduate from Wahoo High School. He began wrestling for WWC in the Pre K age group and continued through high school. He also helped with the gold groups after the high school practices. Rusty enjoys watching the kids learn and develop their skill set. He has a young kids of his own now and wanted to get them involved in WWC for the work ethic it develops, on and off the mat. Rusty has been coaching since 2021.
Joel Gensler
Rusty Andresen
Joel Gensler
Started wrestling in kindergarten right before moving to the area where he joined the Wahoo club. Went on to wrestle for Wahoo public until graduation. Enjoyed wrestling year round, traveling the the Midwest wrestling and going as far as Florida, competing in freestyle and folk style. Now Joel coaches his son, the Blue group, and is an assistant high school coach. He's been helping out since 2021
Meet the coaches
Cody Hull
Eric Thomalla
Eric Thomalla
Cody Wrestled in Valley growing up. He was part of their kid's club and wrestled through junior high and high school. He graduated as a Valley Terrier in 2003. Cody wanted to get his kid involved in wrestling as he feels if teaches discipline and is thrilled to help with our club. He currently helps with the Blue Group
Eric Thomalla
Eric Thomalla
Eric Thomalla
Eric wrestled from 7th grade until he graduated high school in 2003 from North Platte St. Pat's. This is his first year coaching the Blue Group. His son Jaxon just got into the sport. Eric is excited to help coach this group of wrestlers to grow and learn.
EJ Hancock
EJ Hancock
EJ Hancock
Who doesn't know EJ???..
I grew up in Wahoo Nebraska born and raised here. I've been wrestling in the wahoo wrestling clubs since 1977. I come from a family of six three of the four boys all wrestled at least up until Junior high.
I have five children three boys all of which who have and still wrestle in the wahoo wrestling club. I pretty much coach every sport my children are involved in from girls basketball to softball to baseball to football to track to wrestling and occasionally ping pong.
I coached high school wrestling at Ansley, Elkhorn high School, St. Wenceslaus, and Wahoo high School.
My son's Tucker, Cooper, and Thatcher will all hopefully continue the tradition at the Hancock household. Currently the boys have racked up 31 years of competitive wrestling and including highschool around 850 matches and counting.
I have an opportunity to participate in almost every high school sport and some collegiate sports. In my assumption the most challenging, rewarding, heartbreaking, accelerating sport of all is wrestling. Is the one sport that teaches you everything you need to know about yourself... Good and bad.
Once on a trip to Valparaiso Nebraska I wrestled a yeti.
Joe Wynn
EJ Hancock
EJ Hancock
Joe attended and wrestled for Ralston High School. He loves mentoring and leading young athletes. He loves wrestling and believes it teaches kids to be strong independent warriors. Most importantly, it teaches discipline and builds confidence.