Killingly Coaching Staff

Head Coach Rich Bowen

24th season at Killingly
2010 National Coach of the Year Region 1 Finalist
2009 C.H.S.C.A. Class S Coach of the Year
2009 Norwich Bulletin All-Area Coach of the Year
2008 C.H.S.C.A. Class S Coach of the Year
2003 (CHSWCA) Connecticut State Coach of the Year
2003 All-area Coach of the year
2002 C.H.S.C.A. Class M Coach of the Year
1995 All-area Coach of the year
Career Wins 429
5 E.C.C. Championship Teams
3 State Championship Teams
4 State Runner up Teams
6th place all time career coaching wins in Connecticut
22 consecutive winning seasons 1988 to present
Coached 51 State Open Place Finishers
13 State Open Champions
10 New England Place Finishers

Assistant Coach Todd Cooke

2008 C.H.S.C.A. Class S Assistant Coach of the Year
Coach Cooke is back for his 3rd season and 5th overall with the program.
He was been with the program as a wrestler and coach back in the 1980's and was
a place winner in the Class M Tournament.

Brad Beausoleil--vol. assistant coach
Brad is a former New England Champion for the Redmen in 1995.
He is also a State Open Champ, 2x Class M Champ and 2x ECC Champ
He is in his 4th year with the program



James Peek--Head Coach--Killingly Intermediate School Wrestling Club .
Coach Peek has been with involved with both the youth
and the varsity program at Killingly for a number of years.
Coach Peek is in his second season with the intermediate school program.




Justin Gilbert---vol. assistant coach
Coach Gilbert is entering his 4th year as an assistant coach
4x State Class M Place Finisher
2x State Open Place Finisher
Killingly record holder for pins with 96







Ray Beausoleil-- vol. assistant coach
Coach Beausoleil ran our youth program for many years and now helps
out with our off season wrestling program.
He was a former Class M Champion
and State Open place finisher at Killingly and his son Brad was Killingly's first New England Champion.

Lee Post-- Youth Team Head Coach
ECC Champion at Killingly in the heavyweight division

Mike Whelan--Former Killingly High wrestler