John Kammauff-CWC Youth Head Coach
Coach Kammauff grew up in Cumberland, MD and wrestled at Allegany High School where he was a conference champion and state placewinner. After graduating he coached high school wrestling for 3 years (2 yrs in MD and 1 yr in WV). He was the president and head coach of the Albemarle Bulldogs Wrestling Club and now serves at the Youth DIrector and Head Youth Coach of CWC for the past 5 years. Coach Kammauff is a USA Wrestling Bronze Certified coach.
Michael Eareckson- CWC Middle School Head Coach
Coach Eareckson grew up in Richmond, wrestled for St. Christopher's School and then for Bowdoin College in Maine. He was an assistant wrestling coach at St. Christopher's School, and assistant and then head coach at St. Anne's-Belfield School, and founded the team and was the head coach for nine years at Tandem Friends School. He also coached a season with the local YMCA wrestling program. He has assisted with the Cavalier Wrestling Club since 2006.
Jim Harshaw-CWC President
Coach Harshaw grew up in western Pennsylvania where he wrestled for Seneca Valley High School. He was a 3x section champion, regional champion and 2x state qualifier, finishing top 8 as a senior. He was a Cadet & Junior National All American. He wrestled at UVA where he was a 3x ACC Champion, 3x Virginia Collegiate state champion and an All American. Harshaw was also a 2x ACC Scholar Athlete and an Academic All-American. He currently stands in the top 5 on UVA's Career Wins, Season Wins, Matches Competed (Career & Season), Pins (Career & Season). After college he served as the assistant coach at UVA for 2 seasons before taking over as head coach at Slippery Rock University in PA. He returned to Charlottesville in 2004 to head up the Cavalier Wrestling Club. He is the owner of Albemarle Window Cleaning and Riot Sports Marketing.
Scott Moore-CWC Vice-President
Coach Moore grew up in Franklin, PA where he and his twin brother Josh were a PA state placewinners. He attended Penn State University where he was a Big Ten Champion, an All American and 3x Big Ten Scholar Athlete. He transferred to UVA his senior year where he again was an All American after winning the ACC Championship and 2004 ACC Wrestler of the Year award. A prolific pinner, he is a 2X NCAA Pinner of the Year Award winner (Wade Schalles Award)and holds the career and season pin records at UVA. He also holds the Penn State Season Win's record (54) and both the Season and Career Pins Records at Penn State. He is in his 6th season as the assistant coach at UVA and has been an integral part in recruiting 5 top 25 recruiting classes.
Steve Garland- CWC Secretary
CoachGarland grew up in Middletown, NY where he was a state runner-up. He wrestled for Central Connecticut State University before transferring to UVA. At UVA he became an ACC Champion and NCAA runner-up, UVA's first since Henry Jordan in 1952. After graduating he became an assistant coach at Cornell University where he helped the Big Red become a top 5 program. Travis Lee, a 125 lber like Coach Garland, was a 4x All American and 2x NCAA Champion, largely due to Garland's influence. In 2006 he was voted the NWCA National Assistant Coach of the Year. It was shortly afterward that UVA hired him to lead the Cavalier's. Since his return he has led the program to 4 top 25 recruiting classes and it's highest ever preseason ranking (17th) in 2009-10.
Alex Clemsen- CWC Assistant Coach
Coach Clemsen grew up in Moberly, MO and attended Moberly Senior High School where he finished with a 158-7 career record and was an All-American. He twice posted perfect records, while winning the Missouri state championship three times and advancing to the state finals all four years. Clemsen also holds the state record with 27 tournaments won. In addition, he received Academic All-America honors.
After high school he attended Edinboro University where he was an All-American and four-time NCAA qualifier while posting a 121-35 career record. He was just the 14th wrestler to win four Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships, and he also was named an Eastern Wrestling League Champion. He ended his career with the ninth-most wins in Edinboro history. At the international level, Clemsen was a University Nationals All-American and a University World Team Trials runner-up.
Clemsen also was a two-time Academic All-American, graduating with the highest GPA of any wrestler in school history. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration with concentrations in financial services and marketing.
Coach Clemsen worked the 2008 and 2009 seasons as Oregon State's Director of Wrestling Operations.
Brian Lee- CWC Assistant Coach
Coach Lee grew up in Dayton, OH, where he wrestled for Oakwood High School. He was a Sectional Champion and State Qualifier as a senior, finishing in the top 8 at the State Tournament. He wrestled for the University of Toledo Club program, where he was ranked 4th nationally by the NCWA. After graduation, he spent 2 seasons coaching the Youth program at Oakwood. Coach Lee's Youth wrestlers now form the core of a Lumberjack squad that finished 3rd at the District Tournament in 2010, including one State Placer, three State Qualifiers, and five District Placers. Coach Lee is in his first season with the CWC.