Steve Martin – Head Coach, Old Dominion University
After unparalleled success at the high school level, former Great Bridge High School head coach Steve Martin took his talent for molding wrestlers into elite athletes to Old Dominion University. Martin won 12 Virginia Group AAA State Championships at Great Bridge and his team was nationally ranked every single year during those state championship runs. In Martin’s inaugural season at Old Dominion University his team compiled a 12-5 dual meet record and 2 wrestlers advanced to the NCAA championships. In his third season at Old Dominion University, Martin has won 3 Virginia Intercollegiate State Championships, advanced 7 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, had 2 AWN All-Rookie Team members and produced ODU's first ever Academic All-Amercian.. With a high school record of 305-15-1, Martin was a national finalist for the National High School Coach of the Year twice. Martin has produced 40 State Champions, 37 All-Americans and seven National Champions at the high school level and has also produced a 2000 NCAA Champion Carl Perry, who won his title at the University of Illinois. A Virginia native and three-time high school State Champion at Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach, Martin was a 1989 NCAA All-American at the University of Iowa under legendary wrestling coach Dan Gable. He was also a Midlands Champion and a 1988 Olympic Trials qualifier. Martin has instituted his Granby Style at Old Dominion and over the last 2 years his recruited classes have been ranked in the top ten. His father, Billy Martin, was named America’s #1 High School Wrestling Coach according to the book, "Americas Greatest Coaches."
 
 
Mike Dixon – Assistant Coach, Old Dominion University & Director of Team Camps
Mike Dixon enters his third season with the Monarch wrestling program after serving as a volunteer assistant for the 2005-06 campaign. In his first season with the Monarchs, Dixon helped head coach Steve Martin's squad to an 11-7-1 overall mark having competed against 11 of the nation's top 25 teams. Old Dominion took second at the CAA Tournament and had four wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Tournament, the most since 1995. Dixon came to Old Dominion after serving as an assistant coach at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. While at JMU he coached two conference place winners and brought in the most credentialed recruiting class since the university dropped scholarships in 2000. Among his recruits included three state titles and three runner-up finishes. Prior to his stint at JMU, Dixon coached four Academic All-Americans, five national qualifiers, and the most wrestlers in the school's history to finish in the top twelve in the country with three at the University of Indianapolis. Dixon also spent some time as an assistant coach with Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, coaching four individual conference champions, two sectional finalists, and a city champion, the school's first ever freshman to win a city championship. A 2001 graduate of the Indiana University with a degree in management, Dixon was a four-year varsity letter winner for the Hoosiers. An NCAA qualifier, he was a 2001 University National Freestyle Champion and placed fourth at the Pan American Games.
 
 
Mark Strickland – Head Coach, Jesuit (La.) High School
A product of the Granby School of Wrestling, Mark Strickland took his knowledge of the Granby Series from Virginia and has helped take one of Louisiana’s top wrestling programs, Jesuit High School, to the next level. A Junior College National Champion at Garden City Community College, Strickland wrestled collegiately at Oklahoma State under two-time Olympic Gold Medalist John Smith and at Old Dominion under two-time Olympian Gray Simons, and he was also a product of Billy Martin’s Granby Series. Strickland led the Blue Jays to the 2005 Louisiana State Championship and was the 2004 National Wrestling Coach of the Year by Wrestling USA Magazine. Strickland teaches the Granby Series not only as a dominating way to beat opponents, but to pin them as well. Strickland held the Great Bridge High School record for pins until 1998. A two-time high school state champion at Great Bridge, Strickland is another success story to come from the Granby School of Wrestling and become a successful high school coach. Mark Strickland is currently the Head Coach at Poquoson High School in Poquoson, VA. where his 2007 squad placed second at the VA AA State Championships.
 
 
Norman Smith – Head Coach, Great Bridge High School (Va.)
Norman Smith is the first man without the name Martin to coach at Great Bridge High School in nearly 20 years. A state champion at Indian River High School in Chesapeake, Va., Smith has been a mainstay at the Granby School of Wrestling for years. A former head coach at Indian River and assistant at Great Bridge, Smith was handed the Great Bridge wrestling dynasty by the Martin family and will continue to produce winners at a program that’s grown accustomed to winning. Smith is always willing to put on the workout gear to get that extra work in for his wrestlers and even when coaching, Smith will get right on the mat and show technique to his wrestlers.
 
 
Jon Sioredas – Assistant Coach, Old Dominion University
Jon Sioredas joined the Monarch wrestling staff in September of 2006 as a volunteer assistant coach. He has since become a full-time assistant for head coach Steve Martin. He joined the staff after a successful collegiate career at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. While wrestling under NCAA and World Champion Terry Brands, Sioredas earned All-American status by placing 5th at 165 pounds in the 2005 NCAA Division I tournament. This was in addition to being named Outstanding Wrestler and Wrestler of the Year in the Southern Conference, as well as being ranked as high as 2nd in the country. Prior to joining the Chattanooga squad, Sioredas wrestled for three seasons at the University of Missouri where he was an All Big XII athlete. In 2000, Jon was a VHSL AAA State Champion and All-American under Coach Steve Martin at Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, VA. He was also an AAU National Champion in 1999. Sioredas has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is currently pursuing his Master's in Business Administration at Old Dominion University. Throughout the year, Jon runs and works numerous wrestling camps and clinics across the country.
 
 
Michael H. Strouse – Asst. Director of Team Camps & Head Coach, New Smyrna Beach High School
Michael Strouse has been a staff member at the Granby School of Wrestling since 1970. His 36 years of instruction have been essential in the development of many individual campers. Strouse has coached at New Smyrna Beach H.S. for 21 years. Utilizing the Granby System he has produced8 state champions, and 22 place finishers. Mike Strouse was a state champion at Granby High School during his senior year in 1972. Strouse has witnessed the Granby Roll’s evolution into the contemporary wrestling atmosphere.
 
 
Matt Storniolo – Assistant Coach, Old Dominion University
Matt Storniolo was a state champion at State College Area High School in 2002. He went on to compete at Penn State University where he was Big Ten freshman of the year before transferring to the University of Oklahoma. As a sophomore at OU he placed second in the Big XII tournament and was an All-American at the NCAA tournament. In his junior he advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament and placed 4th to earn All-American honors again. He entered the 2007 NCAA's as the Big XII champ and the #2 seed. Matt has an extensive technical background in scrambling, leg rides and turns.
 
 
Michael Martin – Asst. Coach - Cox High School
Michael Martin is the grandson of the legendary Billy Martin Sr. Michael wrestled at Great Bridge High School for his uncle Steve Martin. He was a 4X Virginia High School League State Champion as well as a Senior High School National Champion. He competed in college at the University of Illinois and at Old Dominion University where he was a NCAA Qualifier. Michael is an excellent technician and has vast array of knowledge. He likes working with young kids to help them reach their goals. Michaels father David, was a 4X VHSL champion as well at Granby High School. They are only the second father son duo to achieve this according to the National High School Wrestling Association.
 
 
Ray Baldwin – Asst. Coach - St. Christopher's High School
Ray was a VA State Champion at Indian River High School in Chesapeake, VA for former Granby State champion Bob Siman. He competed in college at Slippery Rock College for former Granby State Champion Freddy Powell. Ray was 2X NCAA East Region Champ, 2X NCAA Div. I qualifier, and a PSAC champ while at Slippery Rock College. Ray coached at Westminster High School in Atlanta, GA. From 1997-1999. He coached his team to 2 regional championships and 2 state runner-up finishes in 1998-99. Ray has a been a student of the Granby series his entire life. He is a top and bottom specialist and is a very conscientious and hard worker.
 
 
Matt Small – Head Coach - Grassfield High School
Matt Small competed at Great Bridge High School where he was a state place winner for wrestling coach Steve Martin. He continued his career at Old Dominion University for Granby legend Grey Simmons who was a 3X NCAA Champion and Olympian. Matt was a 2002 CAA Runnner-up, a co-captain of the wrestling team and graduated Cum Laud from ODU with a 3.45 GPA. Matt was a asst coach at Great Bridge High School until 2007. While at GBHS, he assisted in the development of 8 state championship teams and 21 individual state champions. Matt was voted the Virginia High School Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2006/2007 season. He started the wrestling program at Grassfield High School from scratch in 2007. Matt is a student of the sport and is a great teacher and coach of the Granby Series.
     
 

All of our staff members are granby trained and master teachers. the majority of our staff, coach at the high school level in championship programs. the remaining portion of our staff are competing in college at Old Dominion University or wreslte for sevreal Division I Universities throughout the nation. All are Granby System trained and excellent teachers.