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Pete DiPol |
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Pete DiPol
Head Wrestling Coach
Phone: 856-415-2207
E-mail:
pdipol@gccnj.edu
Pete Di Pol
joined the Roadrunner coaching staff during the 2011-12
season. The first season was a remarkable one in
which the Roadrunners finished 4th in the
Country, won the Garden State Athletic Conference
Championship, Eastern District II Championship, finished
10-1 in dual meets, had 10 national qualifiers, 1 national
finalist, and 1 All-American. Coach Di Pol was named
Coach of the Year in the Garden State Athletic Conference
as well as the District Coach of the Year in 2012.
Prior to
coming to Gloucester County College, Di Pol was regarded as
one of the best high school coaches in the state of New
Jersey. Best known for his head coaching stints at Camden
Catholic H.S. and Haddonfield H.S., Di Pol also spent time
as Head Coach at Edgewood H.S. and Schalick H.S. He
has compiled an impressive 225-67 record and has been named
coach of the year five times. He has coached 36 District
Champions, 8 Region Champions, 11 State Place Winners, 3
State Finalists, and 1 State Champion. He also coached
a Beast of the East Champion in 2006 and had a High School
All-American in 2007 at the High School level.
Di Pol was a
standout wrestler at powerhouse Paulsboro H.S. in the early
1990's. At Paulsboro he was a member of four state
championship teams and the #1 team in New Jersey in 1991. He
was Captain his senior year, 2x District Champion, 1994
Region 8 Champion, and Most Valuable Wrestler of the Region
8 Tournament. He also finished 7th/8th in the State of
New Jersey in 1994. Coach Di Pol was a member of the
South Jersey All Star Team and was also named the Most
Valuable Wrestler of the 1994 Paulsboro wrestling team. He
was also a member of the 1996 NJCAA Division III National
Championship team as a wrestler at Gloucester CC and also a
graduate of the Gloucester County Police Academy.
During his
two year tenure as assistant coach at Camden Catholic the
team won two state titles as well as the Courier Post Cup
and the #1 Team in New Jersey in 2005. As Head Coach
at Camden Catholic for three seasons his teams won three
consecutive Division Titles, District Titles, and State
Titles. His teams also were named the #1 Team in South
Jersey in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 and 2007 his teams at
Camden Catholic were nationally ranked. At Haddonfield H.S.
he turned the program into a state power in three short
years leading the team to their first District Championship
in 30 years and Division title in 40 years. His Haddonfield
team also appeared in two South Jersey State Sectional
Finals, the only appearances in school history.
Di Pol is
currently a Supervisor of Education at Bancroft in
Haddonfield, N.J. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Rutgers
University, a Master’s Degree and an advanced degree in
education; Educational Specialist Degree both from Liberty
University and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in
Education from Northeastern University. He resides in
Haddonfield, NJ with his wife Tina and three children
Alexis, Angelo, and Cecilia.
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Todd Palmisano |
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