Pete DiPol

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 4^th 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.

Todd Palmisano