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Youth Club Coaches
Dub has 10 years of wrestling
and coaching experience. He grew up wrestling in Amarillo, Texas winning
state his freshman year and was a state qualifier all three years of his high school career.
Dub started a wrestling club at his college
in Arizona, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in
1986 and today the college is a nationally ranked NAIA school. He is a Bronze certified USA Wrestling coach and still has a strong passion for the sport. His son, Mitchell....shares a similar
passion for this beloved sport, and is a very strong link in our program. Dub believes
in providing a positive approach while
pushing kids to maximize their success.
John Brabb:
John grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He wrestled from the ages of 10 to 18, and following graduation
he was a high school assistant coach for two years. After completing his studies at the University of New Mexico, he moved to Austin in
1995. John has been practicing Brazilian Jui-Jitsu for the past 3 years and currently holds a blue belt. He
joined the Vista Ridge Youth Westling Program in 2007 with his 5yr old son, Andy. John looks forward to continuing to
teach children the benefits of wrestling.
Jason Carter:
Although wrestling was not available at the school he attended growing up, Jason has a strong martial arts background. He earned a 2nd degree Blackbelt in TaeKwondo and
was an instructor for 2 years. Jason's experience practicing numerous martial arts includes a Master Certification in
CDT (Compliance, Direction, Takedown), Brazilian Jiujitsu, Krav Maga, Aikido, Kuk Sool Won, Soryu Karate, and Boxing. Jason's youth coaching experience spans the past 9 years
in football and baseball. He is a current board member of the Leander Cedar Park Youth Football
League (LCPYFL). Jason currently has 3 boys involved in the VR Youth Program (Dillon, Justin, & Ethan).
He will be working with our advanced wrestlers to help improve their work ethic and intensity throughout each
season.
Eric Duvall:
Eric grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He began wrestling at the age of 9. He often
tells a story about how much he hated wrestling for the first two years and that he never could win any matches. It
was a good thing that him and his father made a deal to commit 3 years before quitting wrestling. It was in his
third year that everything came together and started to become a champion of many tournaments. Eric went on to letter
4 times in high school. His freshman year in high school he took up Judo to help his wrestling. The opposite happened,
his wrestling propelled his Judo to become a National Champion at the Junior Olympics within 2 years. After high school
Eric was accepted and entered the United States Military at West Point, NY. He had the intent on wrestling at West Point
but decided to leave the sport in order to ensure he maintained his grades. Although that was a very hard decision to
make, he knew that it had to be done in order to graduate. Although he did not wrestle for West Point, he did intramural
wrestling and boxing and was undefeated. Eric currently has a lovely wife named Trisha and 5 Children. His 2 oldest
are Christian and Michael and both are wrestlers with our youth club. Eric has a very similar style of wrestling as
the other coaches which unifies the coaching staff significantly.
*Assistant coaching also provided by:
Cooper Cantrell
Jason Ziebell
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