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Steve Hall |
Head Wrestling Coach swhall@wpi.edu 508-831-6138 |
Steve Hall enters his second season atop the WPI Wrestling program in 2011-2012.
In his rookie campaign, Hall's grapplers picked up the program's 500th win in a 29-16 victory over Western New England at the NEWA Duals. The team also boasted four All-New England wrestlers: seniors David Cardenas and Tyler Howe, as well as, freshmen Mike Perruccio and Alex Freilich.
Hall was standout heavyweight wrestler in the mid-1980’s for Hall of Fame coach Phil Grebinar. He totaled a career record of 54-4-2 (.902 winning percentage) and is tied for fourth in dual-meet wins. The 296 team points he amassed places him second all-time while his 22 career pins is good enough for seventh. Hall belongs to a rare group of WPI wrestlers who garnered four All-New England honors and he was a key part of WPI’s first two New England championship teams in 1985 and 1987. He was inducted into the WPI Athletics Hall of Fame in September of 2008.
After graduation Hall served as an assistant coach under Grebinar for four years. During that time, he coached All-Americans Brian Glatz and John Roy, a total of five New England champions and 33 New England placewinners. He has remained extremely active in various youth football, wrestling, and lacrosse organizations including serving as founder of the non-profit Nashoba Area Wrestling Association and president of the non-profit Lincoln-Sudbury Lacrosse Association.
Hall has been involved at some level with the sport of wrestling for 35 years and arrived at WPI after a impressive career at Unatego High School in upstate New York. He was a Section Four champion and third at the all-divisions New York State Championships. He wrestled for National Wrestling Hall of Fame coach Dan Wickham and helped the Spartans win the Section Four title and earn a final ranking of seventh amongst all divisions within New York.
While at WPI, Hall also enjoyed success out of the classroom as he was named a Academic All-American following the 1986-87 season. He graduated from WPI with a degree in mechanical engineering design and has had a successful professional career starting and running companies. Hall is currently the owner of Federation Sports and Consulting, a corporate management consulting and sports management firm.
Steve and his wife, Michelle (WPI '85), reside in Sudbury with their two sons, Connor and Matthew.
Garret Trombi
| Title: | Assistant Wrestling Coach |
| Year: | 2nd Season |
Garret Trombi begins his fourth year as an assistant coach for the WPI Wrestling team.
A two-time captain for head coach Phil Grebinar, Trombi capped an impressive career by winning the New England championship at 150 pounds as a senior. He earned All-New England status three times, finishing second in 1994 and fourth in 1992.
On October 30th, Trombi will enter the WPI Athletics Hall of Fame. Of the 30 WPI wrestlers that have won a total of 37 New England championships, only Trombi has earned the "Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler" award.
Trombi's outstanding scholastic career at Milford High School was highlighted by a New Hampshire state championship in 1989.
He graduated from WPI with honors in 1995 with a degree in Civil Engineering. Since 2006 he has been doing estimating & sales for Barker Steel LLC, a rebar fabricator. He and his wife Kathy have two children - Paul and Caroline.
