I have created a unique career in our great sport and am engrossed in wrestling full-time. I am able to coach wrestling, plan camps, and help children full-time throughout the year. We conduct our Gold Medal Camps across the country all summer and Weekend Warrior Camps and clinics during the school year. I live in State College, PA with my wife Laurie and our two children.
We have a Home Training Center (HTC) built next to our home on 4 acres of land. Our HTC is like an Olympic Training Center (OTC) for wrestlers of all ages. We regularly train dedicated wrestlers from throughout Pennsylvania and the nation. Along with our HTC we have our camp offices as well as the WearandGear.com warehouse.
Our dedicated office team of coaches and office staff work along with Laurie and I to provide prompt, personalized service. When coaches, parents, and wrestlers contact us for information about our camps, equipment, or apparel, we are there for you. Contact us if we can ever help you in any way.
I have also produced a series of 30 instructional videos and written a book, Wrestling: A Commitment to Excellence. We encourage you to take advantage of these valuable learning tools. We fill book and video orders on a daily basis and also sell home and school mats for the Resilite Mat Company.
I am the broadcast analyst for CSTV, FOX Networks, and the Penn State Network. I frequently study video tape of elite college and international competition, as well as my students. I am a devout student of the game and am committed to becoming far more successful as a coach than I ever was an athlete.
"Hard Work Really Does Make Dreams Come True"
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- 3X Academic All American
- 3X NCAA All American
- 2X Junior National Champion
- 2X Junior World Champion
- Midlands Champion & OW
- Elected to Midlands Hall of Fame
- Olympic Festival Champion
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- 7X U.S. National Team Competitor
- U.S. National Team 1986-1993
- Gold Medal Wrestling School 1994-2006
- 200 USA & AAU National Champions
- Tulsa National Team Championship
- Wrestling USA National Champions
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- Gold Medal Training Camp 1989-2006
- 450+ H.S. State Champs 1998-2006
- Featured Clinicians at: NCAA Coaches Clinic, NWCA National Convention, World Team Trials
- Penn St. & Ohio St. Coach 1989-93
- National Dual Meet Champions 1992-93 |
Ken has found success at all levels of competition, both as a competitor and a coach. After winning 2 State Championships and Outstanding Wrestler Awards, Ken culminated his prep career by winning Junior Nationals in both freestyle and Greco and the Junior World Championship.
While studying and training at PENN STATE, Ken was a 3X NCAA All-American, World Espoir Champion, Pan American Champion and 1988 U.S. Olympian.
Ken also excelled in the classroom as he became a 3X Academic All-American, graduating with a 3.6 G.P.A.
Ken conducted summer day camps throughout college and started the Gold Medal Training System upon graduation from Penn State in 1989. During Ken's first 5 years conducting camps, he also coached at Ohio State and Penn State.
During Ken's 3 years at OHIO STATE, he helped build the Buckeyes into a national powerhouse. OHIO STATE finished 4th and 5th in the 1991 and 1992 NCAA Championships, respectively, the program's best finishes in school history.
Ken returned to PENN STATE in 1992 and joined the Nittany Lion Coaching Staff. Ken's team won the National Dual Meet Championship and was 2nd in the NCAA Championships, PSU's best finish since 1953.
In 1994, Ken left college coaching to focus his time and energy on helping young people through his local wrestling school and to devote more time to developing his camp system. Many of Ken's wrestlers have excelled, winning State & National Championships.
 Ken's dedication and skills, coupled with his commitment to surrounding his campers with the best possible staff in the nation, has made the Gold Medal Training Camp the most highly organized and successful camp system in the Nation. Ken's summer camp draws and develops MANY CHAMPIONS. From 1998-2006 high school campers won 450+ State Championships, while younger campers won well over 250 AAU, NHSCA, & USA National Championships.
Ken Conducts clinics throughout our country, has produced a series of instructional videos, and is the broadcast analyst for College Sports Television (CSTV). Ken has also written a motivational book entitled, "Wrestling: A Commitment to Excellence."
You will learn more than just technique at Ken's unique camp.
You will learn the skills and philosophies that it takes to excel
in both wrestling and life.
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