Head Coach: Josh Heffernan, 5th year, Career dual record 20-26
 
Coach Heffernan, 33, began his wrestling career in the 80's when he was in elementary school in the Elyria YMCA youth program.  His family moved to the Chicago area in 1987, and, later, he was a 4-year athlete in football, wrestling, and baseball at Palatine High School.  There, under the tutelage of coach Jerry O'Brien, he qualified for the state tournament twice and finished his senior season (1994) as the state Runner-Up in the 160 lbs. division compiling a record of 42-3 and 30 pins that year.  In the summer of 1994, he qualified for the Team Illinois freestyle squad and competed in Fargo at the Junior National Tournament.  He went on to wrestle for Harry Houska and Joel Greenlee at Ohio University.  As a Bobcat, Coach Heffernan, a captian, placed in the MAC Tournament three times and qualified for the NCAA Championships in 1999 at Penn State University.  He also played baseball at Ohio for two seasons as a catcher.  He graduated with a degree in English Education in 1999 and moved back to Chicago to began his teaching and coaching career at his high school alma matter, Palatine High School.  He stayed for the next five years, and, in that time, earned his masters degree in creative writing from Columbia College of Chicago.  Then, in 2005, he moved to the Columbus area with his family; he taught at Whitehall-Yearling High School and coached with head coach David Grant at Westerville North High School for one year before being hired as the head coach at Delaware Hayes High School in 2006.  He currently lives in Delaware with his daughters Madison (5) and Brenna (2) and, besides coaching, he continues to teach sophomore English, coordinates the Academic Center, and is the yearbook advisor at Hayes High School.

Links:
Columbia College of Chicago Fiction Writing Department
 
Assistant Coach/Head JV Coach: Josh Lamb, 4th year
 
Assistant Coach: Nick Hauff, 3rd year

Volunteer Assistant Coach: Travis Woodworth, 1st year

Volunteer Assistant Coach: Isaiah Webber, 1st year

Head Junior High Coach, Head Cobra Elite Coach: Kevin Rieman, 4th year

Assistant Jr. High Coach: Michael Freado, 2nd year

Volunteer Assistant Middle School Coach, Asst. Cobra Elite Coach: Mark Rieman, 1st year

Volunteer Assistant Middle School Coach: Todd Lee, 2nd year

Team Cobra Head Youth Coach: Jason Smothers

Team Cobra Assistant Coaches: Craig Brinkmoeller, Dan Sutander, Tim Williams, Leo Cain

Tournament Director: Tony Rieman

Pacer Mat Backer President, High School Parent Rep.: Steve McCurdy

Pacer Mat Backer Treasurer, Ed Calfe

Pacer Mat Backers Board: Angelo Giannakos, Tom Cook, Lyndell Williams, Becky Stewert

Concessions: Rene Weber