
Title: | Head Coach |
Phone: | 860-444-8587 |
Email: | steve.eldridge@uscga.edu |
Steve is in his 48th season as the head coach of the wrestling
team at the Coast Guard Academy.
Eldridge was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches
Association Division III Hall of Fame in 1995 and was the Lifetime
Service to Wrestling recipient by the Hall of Fame last year. He is
the first coach at the Coast Guard Academy to earn national Hall of
Fame honors as a coach.
Under his guidance, the Bears have enjoyed great success with five
New England Championships while placing second four times. Eldridge
earned Coach of the Year honors four times.
Coach Eldridge has twice served as the President of the National
Wrestling Coaches Association and has twice hosted the Division III
National Championships at the Academy.
Eldridge has coached nine All-America selections including
two-time National runner-up Chris Fertig and most recently Nate
Giorgio, who placed fourth last season as a freshman at 125
pounds.
Eldridge, is a 1989 inductee of the Coast Guard Academy Hall of
Fame.