bbb Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) Former Tennessee at Chattanooga All-American and McCallie state champion Cody Cleveland is the new head wrestling coach at Tullahoma High School. Cleveland, 24, replaces Ronnie Bray who is now the head wrestling coach at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro. Bray coached Wildcat state champion Brandon Brunner (2010) and 2011 state runner-up Alex Kaferle during his three years as head coach. “This is a great opportunity for me and I am glad to be back in Tullahoma where I grew up as we have a great support base for wrestling in the community,†said Cleveland who was a four-time state medalist and two-time state champion. “We should be an experienced team this year as we return seven state qualifiers from last year, including state runner-up Alex Kaferle (112).†Cleveland’s assistant coaches are Jeff Lester and Steve Britton, while former Bradley Central state champion Al Morris is the new Tullahoma Middle School wrestling coach and will help with the varsity program. College: Cleveland was a 2008 All-American for the Mocs, placing eighth at the NCAAs … Southern Conference tournament Outstanding Wrestler in 2009 … three-time SoCon champion, 2008-09-11 ... has a degree in Criminal Justice ... pursuing an MBA. High School: Tullahoma HS – 3rd place state medalist in 2002 … McCallie –three-time medalist; 2003 (2nd), 2004 (1st), 2005 (1st) … member of Blue Tornado state duals championship team in 2003. Notes: Cleveland wrestled for the Tullahoma youth program from the first through eighth grades ... a two-time champion at the Ohio Champions tournament ... He wrestled for the Tullahoma youth wrestling program under Ken Hagen and Pat Welch who started the program … Hagen is the dad of former three-time McCallie state champion J.T. Hagen … Cleveland's dad, David, started the Tullahoma Middle School program when Cleveland was in the sixth grade. New Head Wrestling Coaches Region 1 (5) David Crockett – Todd Parker Morristown West – Roy Rucker Science Hill – Jimmy Miller is co-head coach with Jeff Price Sevier County – John Thompson West Greene – Lynn Bowers Region 2 (4) Christian Academy of Knoxville - Chris Hawkins Farragut – Joe McAllister Knox Catholic – Justin Anderson Knox Fulton – Jeremy Branam Region 3 (3) Bradley Central – Ben Smith Greenback – Jason Hicks Kingston – Randy Burts Region 4 (1) Chattanooga Central - Marquis Dotson Region 5 (6) Blackman – Ronnie Bray Coffee County – Roger Barlow Eagleville - John Edgepath Franklin County – Andrew Giel Lebanon – Josh Wilkins Tullahoma – Cody Cleveland Region 6 (3) Hillwood – Michael Henderson Nashville Christian – Bradley Rowlett Summitt – Wayne Dunn Region 7 (3) Cheatham County – Jeremy Boyd Clarksville Northeast – Eric Christie Tim Cherry – Creek Wood Division II (1) McCallie – Mike Newman contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net also posted on chattanoogan.com head coaching list courtesy of Chris Vandergriff Edited October 14, 2011 by bbb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEANIMAL Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 GREAT ARTICLE B.B. KEEP THEM COMING, THE ANIMAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Congrats to Tullahoma...... Cody is a very good person, and could do some really good things there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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