• 2-year High school varsity wrestler at Birmingham, Michigan Seaholm High School
• State qualifier at Seaholm High School
• Birmingham-Bloomfield Eccentric Newspaper All Area Wrestler 1983-1984
• Northern Michigan University Wrestler, 2 seasons under Coach Mike Duroe & Coach Robin Ersland
• While in Michigan Coach Ferdie competed in Freestyle wrestling in the U.S. and Canada
• Coach at Birmingham, Michigan Seaholm High School
• Co-head coach at Brother Rice High School
• Volunteer youth coach at Bloomfield Warriors Wrestling Club
• Owned/operated Detroit Wrestling Club and Training Center

Illinois

• Volunteer Head Coach of Riverside-Brookfield Youth Wrestling Club
• Volunteer Assistant Coach of Riverside-Brookfield High School under Mike Boyd

Wisconsin

• Volunteer Coach for Stoughton High School wrestling
• Volunteer Head Coach for Stoughton Youth Wrestling Club
• Iowa
• April 2018, named Head Coach at Hard Drive Wrestling Club
• Introduced Long Term Development Plan 

Lehigh University Wrestler

Indiana State Champ

• Started wrestling at age 5. Has competed or coached every season since then.
• 2X state qualifier
• district and conference champ while wrestling for Jefferson HS
• Jefferson HS record holder for career reversals.
• Head Coach Jefferson Youth WC

18 years in youth, middle, High School wrestling

Varsity High School wrestler

USGWA National Champ, 4x Judo National Champ, Bronze Medalists at the USA Judo Senior Open, WCWA All-American, KCAC Athlete of Character

4-years folkstyle wrestler at Iowa State

1-year freestyle at Ottawa University

4-years Judo at Iowa State

1-year coaching experience at Ottawa University (currently working of bronze/copper certification)

B.S. in Animal Science and Business, Master’s in Business Administration

20+ years of wrestling experience

Attended Cedar Hawk Freestyle Club summer wrestling camp

4-year varsity wrestler at Solon High School

100+ wins in high school

4x District qualifier

Walk on at Iowa Central Community College

2-years at ICCC

Volunteer wrestling coach 8+ years

Returning for a 3rd year at Hard Drive

Started wrestling as a youth

Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Wrestler

Competed in tournaments nation wide

Competed on many Cadet and Junior Dual Teams

Studying Business at Coe College