Mike Machholz
Head Coach

Contacting Coach Machholz
Email: Coach Machholz
Phone: 831-4158

Coach Machholz is entering his sixteenth year at the helm of the Viking wrestling team. During the 2008-09 season his team produced a 6-5 dual meet record, placed 5 th at the NWCA National Duals, garnered seven All-Americans placing 4 th Nationally in the team race.  During the past 15 years Coach Machholzs' teams have produced ten regional team titles, three National Titles, four National Runner-ups as well as a third and fourth place team finish. This past season marked the programs fifteenth straight top 10 national placing.

 

During his first year as Head Coach, Machholz was named, “1995 Rookie Coach of the Year” by Amateur Wrestling News.  In 2003, Coach Machholz was named the NAIA Coach of the Year for the third time. Additionally, Coach Machholz has also earned 10 Regional Coach of the Year Awards during his tenure.  Machholz also served as a member of the coaching staff for the 1997 National Wrestling Coaching Association All-Star Classic held in Clarion, PA and directed USA Exchange trips to Sydney, Australia where 15 of 18 athletes earned medals in the 1997 Australian National Freestyle/Greco Championships and to Beijing, China in 2002 with competitions against the Chinese National, University and Army teams.

 

Machholz just completed his second stint as the President of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches Association and has also served as the NAIA liaison to the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee, as a member of the Board of Dir. for USA Wrestling and the National Wrestling Coaching Association and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

 

A native of Marshall, MO and a 1984 graduate of Missouri Valley College, Machholz was instrumental in reviving the Viking wrestling program in 1991. He served as assistant head coach for three years before taking over the reigns in 1994. In 1999 Machholz pioneered the way for Missouri Valley to become the first USA College/University to offer a women's varsity wrestling scholarship program and coached his team multiple regional and national titles across North America.   In the fall of 2004, Machholz was elected to the Missouri Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame in the category of coaching excellence. 

 

During his tenure at MVC, Machholz has coached 124 All-Americans and 14 National Champions, 29 National Finalists while claiming three national team titles.  His athletes have garnered multiple titles at the University, FILA, Senior and World levels in both freestyle and Greco competition.  His MVC overall dual meet record is 123-67-3.

 

He is married to his wife Janine of twenty years.

 

 
Pat Giangrosso
Assistant Coach

\Contacting Coach Giangrosso
Email: Coach Giangrosso
Phone: 831-4158

Coach “G” begins his fifth season as a member of the Viking coaching staff and second season in the role of top assistant. He will continue to work closely within all phases of the Viking wrestling program and has an active role in the daily management and recruiting efforts of the team. He possesses a vast knowledge of wrestling skill in the neutral position and on the mat in collegiate as well as freestyle and greco. Pat graduated from MVC in 2003 and capped off his wrestling career as a member of the 2003 National Championship team while earning his second All-American title at 157 lbs. Giangrosso is a graduate of perennial Kansas powerhouse, Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita, KS, where he was a State 5A Champion and a third place winner.

 

 

Shawn Terryberry
Volunteer Assistant Coach

Shawn is starting his second stint as a Viking Assistant. Currently he is a member of the MVC faculty in the American Humanics Dept. and very active in the campus leadership.  He will be a great addition as a lower weight coach and is an avid student of wrestling. He will assist in recruiting and as academic studies co-coordinator for the program. As an undergraduate athlete Shawn was a member of the original 1991 men’s wrestling team and helped begin the traditions of today’s wrestling teams and standout varsity performer.  He is a graduate of Ft. Osage High School in Ft. Osage, MO, where he was a multiple Freestyle state placer and Greco State Champion.  He is married to his wife Wanda, of 4 years and has a son, Corey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Eierman
Student Assistant Coach

 

Adam Nuru
Student Assistant Coach