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UTC Assistant Wrestling Coach Jeff BeDard will be hosting a 2 day wrestling camp at GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL. The dates are JULY 7TH - 8TH from 1:00 P.M. UNTIL 5:30 P.M. The cost is $100.00 per wrestler. REGISTRATION: Please send an email to gibbshighwrestling@yahoo.com with the wrestler following information: Name, Date of Birth, Mailing Address, School year entering, School or club wrestler is affiliated with. Please mail a check to Gibbs High Wrestling, 1412 N. 6th Avenue; Knoxville, TN 37917; or bring cash on the first day of the camp. JEFF IS THE ASSISTANT COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA. He was most recently the co-owner for Compound Wrestling in Buford, Ga. Respected as one of the top training facilities in the region, Compound Wrestling produced 54 high school All-Americans and 37 state champions since 2009. Bedard spent the previous five years as a high school head coach and assistant in Georgia. He was the 2007 Georgia Coach of the Year when he led Wesleyan High School to the state dual and traditional championships. From 1999-2003, Bedard was a Sergeant in the Army while still competing. In 2000, he became the first American Freestyle World Military Champion and placed sixth at the 2001 Military Worlds. He was a three-time U.S. Armed Forces Champion and a USOC resident athlete. Bedard also worked as an assistant at Carson Newman (1993-94), Georgia State (1995-97), Cumberland (1997-98) and Cornell (1998-99). In seven seasons at the collegiate level, he coached 27 All-Americans and two National Champions. A 1993 graduate of Carson Newman, Bedard was an NAIA National Champion and a two-time All-American. He was the 1988 NAIA Most Outstanding Wrestler and the Gorriaran Award Winner. (Bio adapted from UTC Wrestling)