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BAYMEN WRESTLING COACHES

Bill Germann
Head Coach
1972-1974

Richard McGuckin
Assistant Coach
1972-1981

Mike Fitzgerald
Head Coach
1974-1985 & 1987-2001

John Trzaskalski
Assistant Coach
1976-1977

Robert Emmons
Assistant Coach
1980-2001

Ben Hill
Assistant Coach
1983
HB Wrestling Alum (1976)

Bruce Doran
Assistant Coach
1980's-1990's

Joe Villareale
Assistant Coach
1980's-1990's
HB Wrestling Alum (1982)

Dom Pensa
Assistant Coach
1980's-1990's
HB Wrestling Alum (1980)

Ralph Hubbard
Head Coach
1986

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Lester Ware
Assistant Coach
1990-91

Rafael Lievano
Head Coach
2001-2014

Ricky Eckhardt
Head Coach
2002

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Paul Hoshlya
Head Coach
2015-2017

Jamie Kraus
Assistant Coach
2014-2017

Mike Lloyd
Head Coach
2017-Present
HB Wrestling Alum (2008)

Dan Garvey
Assistant Coach
2017
HB Wrestling Alum (2003)

Craig Mielenhausen
Assistant Coach
2018-Present
HB Wrestling Alum (1984)

WIN-LOSS RECORDS

COACH
Bill Germann
Mike Fitzgerald
Ralph Hubbard
Mike Fitzgerald
Ricky Eckhardt
Rafael Lievano
Paul Hoshyla
Mike Lloyd

YEARS
1974
1975-85
1986
1987-01
2002
2003-14
2015-17
2018-

WINS-LOSS
010
118

004
087
00
4
064

006
004


001
048
005
066
00
5
127

020
015

TIES
00
03
00
02
00
00
01
00

PCT
90%
72%
44%
57%
44%
34%
23%
21%

The above are the overall records for each coach. League records have yet to be compiled. Mike Fitzgerald's league record from 1975-82 was 62-4, (94%).

COACH PHOTOS

Mike Fitzgerald coaching up Craig Mielenhausen in the 1980 Sayville Holiday Tournament

Emmons & Fitz, mat-side during the 1981 Suffolk County Championships

1983 L to R: Bruce Doran, Joe Villareale, Team Physician "Doc"" Robert Fallot & Bob Emmons

1990: Alumni Party. Coach McGuckin catching up with some of his former wrestlers

1990: 2 legendary figures in Long Island Wrestling; Mike Fitzgerald & Doc Robert Fallot

1990: Alumni Party. Coach Emmons chatting with Joe Lever.

BIOGRAPHIES

BILL GERMANN
Varsity head coach, 1972-74

The first wrestling coach in Hampton Bays wrestling history, Bill Germann was born in Brooklyn, New York. He moved from the City to Long island, New York and graduated from Wantagh high School in 1965. As a senior, he placed runner-up in the New York State Championships (click here to watch Bill Germann's 1965 NY State championship match). Bill attended Minnesota State University-Moorhead and in 1969 graduated with a degree in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. While at Moorhead, he was a 3x Northern Intercollegiate Conference Champion at 130 lbs. He served as captain during the 1968-69 season. He was a two-time NAIA All-American, placing 3rd in 1966 and 4th in 1967. Upon graduation, Bill returned to Long island, New York to teach Physical Education K-6 in the Valley Stream Central School District and coach junior high wrestling in the neighboring Valley Stream North School District. At the end of the school year, Bill was drafted into the United States Army and served in the infantry in Vietnam from 1971-1972. After his tour of duty, he married his college sweetheart Linda, returned to Long island and started teaching Health, Physical Education and Driver Education in the Hampton Bays School District from 1972-1974. While there, he started the first ever wrestling program at the school. The first varsity season was in 1973-73.  The Baymen won the league championship and posted a fine 10-1 dual meet record. In 1974 he and his wife returned to Minnesota to teach in the Eden Prairie School District. He coached in the Eden Prairie Junior High from 1974-1977 then became the head wrestling coach in 1977-78. He earned a record of 196-132-6. During his tenure, his teams won five conference championships, one regional title, and many regional runners-up. He coached Eden Prairie’s first-ever state wrestling champion (Nick Ledin) in 1998. His 1985-86 team won the Region and took 3rd in the MSHSL State AA Dual Tournament. He stepped down from the head coaching position and continued coaching the 9th-grade wrestling team from 1998-2005. Bill and Linda have two daughters: Callie Burris (Craig) and Lezlie Tooley (Rich); and four granddaughters Emily, Isabella, Finley, and Signe.In 2017 Coach Germann was inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association David Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame.

The Guillotine, May 1, 2017

RICHARD MCGUCKIN
Varsity Assistant Coach, 1974-1981
Junior High Head Coach, 1972-1985

Besides being the assistant varsity coach, McGuckin coached the junior high team. McGuckin was an invaluable asset to Coach Fitzgerald. "McGuck" was excellent at teaching fundamental wrestling technique. The growth and success of the program was due to McGuckin teaching the basics and Coach Fitzgerald expanding upon that. McGuckin was a disciplinarian but his jolly mannerisms made his practices fun.  You were bound to hear him say "fiddle-dee-dee son" if your effort was not quite up to par!

The following was taken from Coach McGuckin's Roslyn High School class of 1957 page: Following Roslyn High School, I went to The Citadel, in Charleston, SC.   I was on the wrestling team and in general loved the place. The next 3 years I taught school ---actully the school was the US Army Jungle Warfare School, and I taught Jungle survival and river crossing.  If you need a grass hut built or want to float a jeep across a river, I’m your guy.

Leaving the Army in February, teaching jobs were in short supply so I ended up as a Multi-Peril Insurance Underwriter for Royal Insurance.  Days were sort of boring but being single and in Manhattan was enough fun to make up for it.

After 3 years, I left Royal for a teaching job (JHS science this time) in Valley Stream, NY.   I coached football and wrestling and still lived in NYC.  Nights I got a MS from Iona College in New Rochelle, NY.  However, when I looked around for a house to buy.  I discovered that all the teachers lived 1- 2 hours away.  I decided to find a place where I could afford a house and then look for a job there.

Hampton Bays, NY was a blue collar “lunch bucket” type of town where all the commercial baymen, the plumbers, electricians and bartenders that work in the “Beautiful Hamptons” live; but houses were still reasonable and I spent 30 wonderful years teaching General Science and Biology.  I coached wrestling for 20 years and football for 10.

In 1984 we were unable to find a replacement for the Physics teacher who retired and the school offered me a Sabbatical year off (with pay) if I would take enough Physics courses to be NYS certified.  While studying Physics, I entered the PhD program in the Education department at Virginia Tech.  I finished the courses and comprehensive exams but they absolutely hated my dissertation, and I ended up with a CAGS instead of a PhD – so it goes.

My last 15 years I taught Physics and a college level course in Marine Biology.  Fantastic times.  Retired in 1999.  Taught Biology at Southampton College, LIU until 2002 when CW Post discovered that the land in Southampton would cover their operating budget for 10 years and closed down.  I'm still in Hampton Bays.

Hobbies include photography and sailing.  Used to do my own photo lab work but I just got a digital camera.  At one time I owned 6 boats from kyacks and garveys to several sailboats.  Currently just one boat and a "Look Box."  I walk, paddle and photograph shallow water and watch the "creatures."

ROBERT EMMONS
Varsity assistant coach, 1980-2001


THE WRESTLER

Bob was born in Oceanside, NY and raised in Valley Stream, NY his first 18 years.  His father was killed in a truck accident when he was just a year old.  His brother Steve, who was eleven years older, helped guide Bob toward sports.

Bob started wrestling in the 5th and 6th grades.  In junior high he met his scholastic coach, Harold Earl, who became a Hall of Fame coach.  As a 7th grader Bob attended a Long Island Wrestling Championship at the famed Mepham High School in Bellmore, NY.  The gym floor was covered with small gym mats that were pushed together and then covered with a mat cover.  Valley Stream Central, which was the district Bob would attend, had five Long Island Champions.  At this point, sitting shoulder to shoulder in a packed hot gym, he was sold on wrestling and wanted to be like those guys, a LI champ!  The performance by Central in the LI Wrestling Championships raised the bar for the program and for future central teams.  Bob's junior high wrestling career was as impressive, he pinned every opponent but one!

Bob Emmons had a stellar high school career at Valley Stream Central.  He was a member of the first undefeated team in 32 years. He was All League 4 times, of which he was a two time league champion.  He was four times All County, twice being a runner-up.  In addition, he placed fourth twice in the Long Island Championships.

 

Bob Emmons at Valley Stream Central High School (left) in Nassau County, Long Island and at Moorhead State University in Minnesota (right)


THE COACH
Bob Emmons coached at several schools before coaching the Baymen.  His first coaching job was as an assistant during his senior year in college at Stanley High School in Fargo, ND in 1965.  The school had two league champions and a wrestler who placed third in the their state tournament.  Bob's first head coaching job was in Manville, NJ in 1966 where they hadn't won a match in three years.  Bob was there for one year and the team improved to 3-9.  The next year they won a championship under a new coach.Bob's next job was at Kings Park, NY in 1968.  His first year there he assisted Hall of Fame coach John Smith and they had one county champion.  The next year Emmons was the head coach and the team went 9-3.  An interesting side bar; during Bob's first year at Kings Park he recruited a guy named Jack Spates to the wrestling team while he was on cafeteria duty!  Spates did well his first year placing 2nd in the league tournament.  Unfortunately for Emmons, after his 10th grade year, Spates moved with his family to Smithtown (East) where he eventually won the NY State wrestling tournament in 1970 at 107 lbs. Spates went on to be an outstanding head coach of Oklahoma University. After Kings Park, Emmons became an assistant coach of the East Hampton wrestling team under Ted Meyer in 1975.  They won the league championship his first year there.  The following year Bob was interim head coach due to Meyer becoming ill.  The team finished with a 4-3 record.  They had one wrestler (Kalbacher) take 2nd in the Suffolk County championships.Bob landed in Hampton Bays in 1980 and would be Mike Fitzgerald's trusted assistant for another 20 years.  Together they coached 9 league championship teams, 3 Suffolk County Class B championship teams, 30 Suffolk County place-winners, 6 Suffolk County champions and 6 NY State place-winners.Emmons last coaching destination brought him to Westhampton Beach in 2002, an arch rival of Hampton Bays back in the old days.  He spent nine years assisting Paul Bass.  They won the league championship 2 years and came close in four other years.  They had 4 Suffolk County champions, about 20 Suffolk County place-winners and 5 NY State place-winners.

Bob Emmons dedicated his life to the sport of wrestling, involved as a wrestler or coach for over 50 years.  His love for the sport and dedication to coaching helped mold many wrestlers into champions.Robert Emmons was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Friday, April 24, 2015.  The induction ceremony was held at the Mariott Hotel, 1350 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747.  To view Bob's hall of fame pre-ceremony interview click on the following link: Robert Emmons Hall of Fame Interview.  To view Bob's hall of fame biography click here Robert Emmons Hall of Fame Biography.   

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