Coach Larry Allen

Coach Allen was one of the top wrestlers in Central Virginia during his career at Hopewell High School (VA).  While competing for the Blue Devils he was a two time Central District Champion and a Central Region Runner-Up.  After high school he wrestled at The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding where as a Freshmen he finished second in the Div II and Div III VA State Intercollegiate Tournament.  Upon entering his Sophomore year he decided to concentrate his efforts toward the classroom and the football team where he became a three year starter for the Builders. 

Dale Wrestling Club (DWC), located in Chesterfield County (VA), was the site for Coach Allen's first stint as a youth wrestling coach.  After relocating to Hanover County he helped establish the Mat Dawgs wrestling program where he was active for two seasons.  In addition, he served as an assistant coach at Varina High School for one season.  During his young career Coach Allen has guided his troops to numerous individual youth state championships and a handful of National level tournament championships.  In addition he has coached All-Star teams competing at the youth, state and national level.  Those teams include Team Virginia, Virginia Thunder, Virginia Mason-Dixon Team and VAC Elite Elementary National Team.

Larry and his wife Berkely have two sons (Carson & Corbin) that are active wrestlers on the youth state & national scene.  The Allen family resides in the Mechanicsville area of Hanover County.

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Coach Dan Austin

College-VA Tech:  Dan competed for the NCAA Division I Hokies from 1993-97, where he had standout seasons as a four year starter and an All-Conference wrestler under Coach Cheynet & Coach Mourlam.

High School-Meadowbrook: Dan competed for the Monarchs where he was a three time all state wrestler.  He was an AAA State Champion in 1992, Runner-up in 1991, & 5th place in 1990.  Each of those seasons the Monarchs placed in the top ten in the state as a team under coach Brian Kane.

Coaching: Dan coached at Manchester High School from 1997-2001 where he was as an assistant to Rich Monroe for a few years eventually taking over the program as Head Coach.  A number of his wrestlers won district titles, placed in the top four at Central Region tournament, four finalists & one Champion.  He helped coach at Dale Wrestling Club, Williamsburg Wrestling Club and is currently helping at the VA Team Predator Wrestling Club.

Family: Dan and his wife Sarah currently live in Williamsburg with their four children, Xane, Alyssa, Jordan & Isabel.  His son Xane also competes for the VA Team Predator.

Coach Paul Turley

Coach Turley fell in love with the sport of wrestling in 1984 when he was in the 8th grade.  Paul wrestled at Thomas Dale High School and was totally sold on being a BAGUBA (Brutally Aggressive Grappler Uninhibited By Adversity) the first day he stepped on the mat.  While competing for the Knights, Paul was a two-time Regional Champion and placed 4th in State.  After high school, Paul wrestled for Virginia State University. 

Paul became involved in youth wrestling over 10 years ago with Dale Wrestling Club (DWC) and has been head coach of the club for the past 7 years.  Paul has coached several individual elementary school and middle school state champions and two middle school state champion teams.

Paul's motivation with you wrestling is to simply give back to a sport that he is passionate about.  Paul credits his high school coach, Bob Horning and mentors, like Kevin Grow, for instilling in him the passion for the sport of wrestling.

Paul's number one priority in life is his family.  Paul is married to Jeri and they have three boys, Alex, Jackson and Walker.  Alex, a former DWC wrestler, wrestles for the JV for Thomas Dale High School and Jackson wrestles with DWC, Garage Crew and Team Predator.  Paul and his family live in Chesterfield, Virginia.