Meet the Coaches


Paul Nelson Head Varsity Wrestling Coach Industrial Technology Instructor at Elk River High School Elk River High School Graduate BS @ St. Cloud State, MA @ St. Marys 8th year of Coaching at Elk River, 2nd year as Head Coach Coached at: Forest Lake 2 years, Tartan 2 years, South St. Paul 4 years Hobbies: Long walks in the park.......jk Hobbies: Outdoors, hunting and fishing MQ: "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." paul.nelson@elkriver.k12.mn.us
John Peterson Assistant Coach Math Teacher (ERHS) Graduated from Burnsville Bachelor of Science from Univ of MN, Masters Degree from St. Mary’s This is my 28th year of coaching. That includes 9 at Burnsville and 19 here. Hobbies: Golf, Flipping Houses (yeah, like the TV show) john.peterson@elkriver.k12.mn.us

Gary Lefebvre Assistant Coach Contract Sales at Lefebvre’s Carpet Graduated of Elk River High School BA in Business from University of MN, Coached at the University of Minnesota for 2 years Started the Freestyle program with Paul Ebner in1975 Started Youth Program with Ken Jordan 1984-1985 Hobbies: Loves to watch Judge Judy MQ: The harder you work; the harder it is to surrender garylefebvre@charterinternet.com

Brad Olson Assistant Coach Economics Teacher ERHS Elk River High School Graduate B.S. Degree St. Cloud University & Masters from St. Marys University Coached at: Chisago Lakes 2 years, Elk River 5 years Motto: Work to become, not to acquire brad.olson@elkriver.k12.mn.us

Rick Roche Assistant Coach Owner, Principal Insurance Agent Elk Agency Inc. Elk River High School Graduate BA in Business Marketing and BA in Economics University of Minnesota, Morris Wrestling 1988 Motto: "Never give up" MQ: Nothing happens unless first a dream elkagency1@qwestoffice.net
 Mike is in the Red shirt
Mike Dahlheimer Assistant Coach Graduate of Anoka High School Attended Anoka Ramsey and BA@ St. Cloud in Industrial Arts 3 time All American (Once as a Freshman at Anoka Ramsey, twice @St. Cloud) Coached 1 year at Anoka Ramsey and 4 years at Elk River High School Motto: The one who works the hardest, wins Hobbies: hunting and fishing mdahlheimer@wwdb.org

Brett Svendsen Motivational Coach Self Employed Elk River High School Graduate Attended NDSU Coached at Elk River High School 1 year MQ: One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates, and in your coach, you will succeed. svendsenbrett@yahoo.com

Tim LeMoine Middle School Wrestling Coach Industrial Technology Teacher at Salk Middle School Blaine Senior High Graduate University of Wisconsin-Stout: B.S. in Technology Education. Currently attending Concordia University-Saint Paul: M.S. Differentiated Instruction Motto: "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail." -Paul Simon timothy.lemoine@elkriver.k12.mn.us

Gary Ebner Middle School Coach, Freestyle & Greco Coach, High School and Youth Volunteer Elk River High School Grounds Keeper Graduated from Elk River High School Attended Itasca Community College Motto: What YOU put into it is what you will get in return gary.ebner@elkriver.k12.mn.us

Loren Ebner Plant Manager Graduate of Elk River High School Attended Anoka Technical College Coached on an off the last 20 years in the Elk River Youth Program Hobbies: Fishing and Hunting ljebner@msn.com

Gary Clem Youth Wrestling Coach Electrician Graduate of St. Francis High School Attended the University of North Dakota and Anoka Technical College Coached: Champlin Park 1 yr, Anoka 8yrs, Rogers 2 yrs, Elk River 5 yrs MQ: Wrestling is hard everything else in life is easy garylclem@charter.net
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