About The Coaches
Head Coach, Mike Eaton
Coach Mike Eaton is currently in his 15th year of coaching in Texas including his time as head coach of South Grand Prairie from 1997-2002 and Centennial High School in Frisco from 2003 to the present. Despite starting both of these programs anew, he has been able to guide his teams to over 300 dual wins over this span.
Coach Eaton wrestled his prep career in Colorado Springs, CO followed by his collegiate career wrestling for Boston College. At the conclusion of his college career he spent one season coaching at his alma mater in Colorado before moving to Texas.
Eaton’s teams have earned 15 district titles, 2 regional titles, and one state runner-up placement. Six of his teams have participated in the THSWCA Dual State championships with one 3rd place finish and one 5th place finish.
Eaton has coached 109 individual district champions, 105 regional champions/placers, 24 state placers, and 7 state champions over the past 15 years. Included in this group, he has had six wrestlers earn ALL-AMERICAN status and three wrestlers elected to the Asics All-American Team.
Coach Eaton also runs a freestyle club, Team Titan. His freestyle club has produced 43 individual state placers, 26 state champions, 16 All-Americans, and two NATIONAL CHAMPIONS over the past nine years. In addition, Coach Eaton has one wrestler who qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in women’s freestyle.
Coach Eaton has served as the President of the Texas High School Wrestling Coaches Association since 2008 and he also serves as the state representative for the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
Coach Eaton and his wife, Charlotte, have three kids: two girls, Abigail and Brindley, and one son, Cameron.
Head Coach, Joe Opiola
• Wrestled at Chicago Mt. Carmel High School (1991-1995)
• Wrestled at University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana (1995-1998)
• Has 4 children (Cayden - 8, Riley - 6, Owen - soon to be 4, Nathan - soon to be 2)
• 1995 - placed 2nd at Illinois State High School Tournament
Coach Rick Dellagatta
• 2 Time Olympian- Freestyle Wrestling Team Member 1980 and 1984
• 3 Time USA Wrestling National Freestyle Champion
• 2 Time Canadian Cup Champion
• 1983 Outstanding Wrestler at USA Nationals
• 1981 University of Kentucky Athlete of the Year
• 3 Time College All American, University of Kentucky
Coach Mike Green
Glenbard North HS(IL) – 1978-1982
• HS State Champion – 1981
• HS State Runner-Up – 1982
• Jr-Freestyle State Champion – 1980-1982
• Jr-Greco Roman State Champion – 1981
• 5th Place JR-Freestyle Nationals – 1981
Northern Illinois University – 1982-1987
• NCAA Division 1 National Qualifier – 1985,1986
• Ranked Top 15 in the Nation NCAA Div 1 – 1986
Coach Jim Curtiss
• Bombers coach 2003-present
• TXUSA Wrestling North Region Director 2009-present
Coach John Martin
John began wrestling in 7th grade when Union High School in Tulsa, OK started their now nationally prestigious program.
He continued wrestling though high school often as the team captain and in his senior year, becoming Union's first state placer.
John also wrestled a semester at a prominent Junior College before chosing to focus on earning an engineering degree.
But his yearning for wrestling continued until his daughter Emily picked up the sport in 2003 at Centennial High School.
Younger daughter Stacy began wrestling three years later at Liberty High School.
Wrestling then became a year-long passion for the Martin family while traveling around the country for different events.
Now, Emily and Stacy both have outstanding wrestling scholarships in college. Not the one to be left out, wife and mother,
Jackie, also shares in the love of the sport volunteering her time and energy including serving as the Texas USA Wrestling
Womens State Director and running the head table for numerous wrestling tournaments.
Coach Scott Ellingson
• 9th –103lbs. freshman state tournament participant , varsity letterman
• 10th—103lbs. mike kuplic award (sophomore wrestler of the year), varsity letterman
• 11th—112 lbs. varsity letterman
• 12th –119 lbs. Team Captain, State tournament entrant, 28-10 record, 23 pins (team record), BHS MVW
• Overall HS Record 73-34
• College—University Of MN-Morris
• Overall record 17-22, 2000 NSIC all conference,
• Student coach 2001-3 University of MN-Morris
• Head JV coach, asst Varsity coach, Mandan HS (Mandan, ND) 2004-5
Coach Chris Bourne
Chris Bourne grew up wrestling in Oklahoma. He has been a Bombers coach since 2007.
Chris has also served on the Bombers board for several years, as secretary and treasurer.
Currently, Chris Bourne is one of our head coaches, the treasurer of our club, and was the
tournament director of the Frisco Bombers Open 2011.
