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Wrestling

Section Champions

  • 2010

WPIAL Team Runner-Up

  • 2012
  • 2011

PIAA State Team Runner-Up

  • 2011

Upcoming Wrestling Matches

Head Coach

Mr. Ian Ferguson
Leadership Instructor
About our Coaching Staff:
Head Coach Ian Ferguson

Coach Ferguson spent 4 years as the lead assistant at Central Catholic before becoming head coach for the 2022-23 season.  A 1985 grad of Bucknell, he lettered 3 years in wrestling at 134 and 142.  After college, Coach Ferguson spent 30 years in the US Marine Corps, retiring in 2015. He teaches a Leadership Class at Central in addition to coaching.

Assistant Coach Austin Hertel

A 2022 graduate of Gannon University, Coach Hertel lettered at 133 and 141 and was a 2-time NCAA qualifier and 3-time Scholar All-American for the Knights.  He brings youth, energy, and the latest technique to our wrestling room. A native of Rochester, NY, he is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Pitt.

Dom Means, '17

Coach Means is a 2023 Div II All-American who placed 4th at 157 for Gannon University.  As a Central Catholic grad and state qualifier, he has intimate knowledge of the history and traditions of our outstanding school.  He joins the staff for the ’23-24 season and we are motivated to have him back in Pittsburgh to mentor Viking wrestlers.

Assistant Coach Joe Brasile

A native of New York, Coach Brasile settled in western Pennsylvania after graduating from Slippery Rock in 1984 and began coaching football and wrestling right away.  With over 30 years of experience, Coach Brasile spent most of his career coaching wrestling at the varsity and middle school level at Hampton, where he also served as an elementary school teacher.