Greetings BHS Wrestling Families,
The Mat Club is excited to announce and welcome our new head wrestling coach, Coach Dan Keller!
Coach Keller's bio/highlights:
- Graduated from Prospect High School in 2003
- Wrestled at Truman State University D2 school in Northeast Missouri
- Was a D2 NCAA Qualifier in 2006
- Lives in Mount Prospect, Illinois and has two sons (Danny will be 4 in August, Noah will be 2 in June)
- Coached wrestling for one year in Lake of the Ozarks Missouri at Camdenton High School
- Coach wrestling and football for last 12 years at Prospect High School
- While coaching at Prospect was part of a program that won 9 regional championships, 4 elite 8 appearances, and finished 4th in the state in 2022
- Was named interim head coach at Prospect in February 2022, and official head coach in June of 2022
- Last season helped lead Prospect advance 7 individual State Qualifiers and 3 state place winners, both of which were school records
Message from Coach Keller:
I can't wait to get to work to help continue and build on the strong wrestling tradition and culture that has been built at Barrington.
I want to help to use wrestling as a vehicle not only to teach kids to win on the mat, but also to become great people off the mat.
One of my favorite sayings is there's no such thing as part time winners, you are either a winner in every single thing you do or you are not, the way you act in the classroom, the way you help out anyone in need, the way you treat your teammates, the way you act in the community, and the effort you wrestling with, to name a few. Be a 24/7 winner in every single aspect of your life.
Barrington wrestling is already a program that is well known and well respected in the state of Illinois. I can not wait to help to contribute to the program and help it continue to climb that ladder. It is time to chase down state team trophies!
Our Athletic Director sent out the following information today about an opportunity to meet Coach Keller:
We will have a short meet and greet with Coach Keller this Wednesday, June 14 from 4:30-6:00 in the main gym. It is not required to attend, but we wanted to offer an opportunity as soon as we could for everyone to meet Coach Keller.
Please stop by on Wednesday.
