470 West Hartshorn Street
Alliance, OH, 44601
United States

(330) 904-6433

We are an independent wrestling club where all athletes are welcome.  We provide the top training to our young wrestlers with the option to travel to some of the best tournaments in Ohio as well as out of state.  We are not affiliated with any schools and/or other teams.

Coaches

COACHING HISTORY

  • 2016 Ironman Legacy Award

  • Total of 35 years coaching, 29 years at Perry

  • State Champions – 30, 48 State Finalist

  • State Place winners - 106

  • State Qualifiers - 175

  • Team Top 10 State Team Finishes - 25

  • State Dual Champions 2014

  • State Tournament Champions 2014

  • Team State Runner up - 9 x’s in the last 13 years

  • Dual Meet State Runner up - 7x’s

  • District Team Titles - 17

  • District Individual Champions - 82

  • Sectional Team Champions - 23

  • Sectional Individual Champions -149

  • Federal League Team Titles - 21

  • Team nationally ranked top 40 in Country - 18 times

  • Team nationally ranked top 10 in Country - 4 times

  • Overall Record 311-57-1

  • Perry Federal League Dual Record last 21 years 148-2

  • Perry High School Hall of Fame 2021

  • Ohio Hall of Fame Coach 2001-02

  • Ohio High School Coach of the Year 1996-97

  • National Hall Of Fame Coach 2015-16

  • National Coach of the Year 2014 (N.W.C.A.)

  • National Federation Ohio Coach of the year 2015

  • 13x - Federal League Coach of the Year

  • 14x -Stark County Coach of the Year

  • USA-Ohio National Team Coach 16 years

BIO PRIOR TO PERRY HIGH SCHOOL

  • Akron Coventry High Schools 1st State Champion 1973

  • Attended University of Arizona, scholarship athlete, four year starter, Pac-10 runner-up, nationally ranked and NCAA national qualifier. Nominated for Senior Athlete of the Year at the University of Arizona.

  • 1st coaching job- Grad assistant coach University of Arizona.

  • Coventry volunteer assistant coach- State Champions.

  • Medina Highland Head Coach 2 years- dual record 24-3, coached 5 state placers and 1 State Champion. 1982-84.

  • Assistant coach at North Canton Hoover 1984-85.

  • Ontario High School Head Coach 1 year- 5-7 dual record, coached 2 state placers and schools 1st State Champion. 1985-86

  • Massillon Perry 1986 to 2015

Ryan Riggs is the head wrestling coach at the University of Mount Union.  Throughout his college coaching career, he coached an NCAA National Champion, three National Finalists, nine All Americans, tHIRTY Academic All Americans, twenty-five National Qualifiers, seven NCAA regional champions, and forty-six regional place winners. Riggs also coaches the USA-Ohio Fargo National Team since 2007-present, coaching several National Champions and All Americans.

Riggs attended Massillon Perry High School and was a double All-American at the Fargo National Championships. He was a two-time Ironman Tournament place winner (4th, 4th) Beast of the East Tournament finalist (2nd), and a 3x ohsaa state qualifier. Massillon Perry achieved its first top-10 national ranking while he was in high school. The 2003 wrestling team was inducted into the Massillon Perry Hall of Fame, his senior season. He was ranked 23rd nationally by USA Wrestling and Amateur Wrestling News before continuing his career at Cleveland State University as a scholarship wrestler under coach Jack Effner. He placed 5th at the Eastern Wrestling League and was ranked as high as No. 3 in the EWL.

  • university of mount union assistant wrestling coach

  • 2x NCAA DII National Champion

  • 5x NCAA DII All-American

  • 3x OHSAA State Champion

  • 4x OHSAA State Placer

  • Ironman champion

  • 3x Ironman Placer

  • 3x Super 32 placer