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Ferraro enters 10th season with Golden Eagles

Brookville native Keith Ferraro enters his 10th season as head coach of the Clarion Golden Eagles wrestling team and 12th overall.

His Golden Eagles finished 11-6 in dual meets, 8-2 in the Mid-American Conference and third at the postseason tournament. He was named Intermat Wrestling’s MAC Coach of the Year this spring.

Monday, we spent some time talking about his coaching career, the state of Golden Eagles wrestling and reflecting on what’s influenced his career in wrestling.

Ferraro currently has two Brookville natives on his staff, including former Raiders state champion and Golden Eagles standout Brock Zacherl and Nick Deloia.

QUESTION: Where your program finished this spring has to feel pretty good. You were 11-6 in dual meets, 8-2 in the Mid-American Conference and finished third in the conference championships. Are you proud of what the Golden Eagles have accomplished?

FERRARO: Our approach the whole time has been slow with a 10-year plan. Every decision is made with long-term interest and what that leads to is very slow growth and quite honestly, it’s not that flashy, but it’s worked here. There was a time when the program struggled here and the one thing that was missing was that long-term vision. So that’s been good.

We’ve had this much talent on other teams, but the guys didn’t get hurt, our training was on the money and we didn’t over-train guys and we performed well at the end. … rest of story at … Thecourierexpress.com/the_leader_vindicator/Ferraro-enters-10th-season-with-golden-eagles

July 3, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment