Coaches

Coach Nolf joins us from State College Pennsylvania where he has been a Penn State wrestler and Nittany Lion Club member. During his time in Pennsylvania he was a 3 time PIAA State Champion with a 176-1 record, a 3 time NCAA Division 1 National Champion and a 3 time National Freestyle Champion. Jason began his professional BJJ career in June with a submission at the Paradigm. He plans to continue his professional BJJ career in the Austin/Round Rock area while building his startup Athletics Ocean and coaching at the Rock Wrestling Club. Jason feels the need to give back to the sport that has given him so much. He loves building character and faith in young wrestlers while helping them to become champions.  

Coach Everson comes to us from South Dakota where he grew up in wrestling. He was a 2 time State Champion and 4 time state place winner. He was also a 3 time HS National All American and 2 time Fargo All-American. He went on the to wrestle at D1 South Dakota State where he was a 4 year starter and became a NCAA National Qualifier. 

Adam has dedicated much of his life to wrestling coaching for over 14 years and officiating wrestling as well. He is currently the vice president of the Central Texas Officials Association. 

Adam loves to develop wrestlers and help them achieve their potential. He is a master at advanced technique and what he calls the Advanced Basics.

He is happily married to his wife Carly and has a 4 year old son Ezra.

Coach Eric Lundgren comes to us from DuBois, Pennsylvania where he was a 2 time state qualifier. Coach Lundgren went on to wrestle at Division II Mercyhurst University where he was a captain and boasted an 20-12 record his senior year. Eric lives in the Austin area and is co-founder of Athletes Ocean. Coach Lundgren has previously coached at the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and has coached MMA Fighters in the UFC. He’s excited about the growth of wrestling in the Round Rock/Austin Area.

Coach Hopkins founded the Round Rock High School Wrestling Team in 2018. He has built the team to have six winning seasons competing on the district, regional and state level; each year progressing further in the postseason. This past season RRHS brought 7 wrestlers to the State tournament and had its first championship match. Chris wrestled at Highland Park High School under Coach Marzoula (5 time UIL Team State Champions). During his time at Highland Park, Chris was an All-State Wrestler participating in 2 UIL and 3 Dual State Team championships, winning his final match to clinch the State Title for his team in 2003.  Coach Hopkins loves to see young people shoot for the moon and get there. Hard work and a disciplined mind pay off.

Randy started wrestling at the age of 8 in Sibley Iowa. In addition to wrestling Randy played football, baseball and track. Injuries his Junior and Senior year prevented him from wrestling, but did not prevent him from wrestling at Moorehead State after he graduated high school. Randy has been coaching high school wrestling the last 29 years through out Texas. He started two wrestling programs in the valley and grew the sport of wrestling in that area. Because of these efforts Randy has been nominated for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. After having a successful coaching career seeing multiple state placers and champions, Randy has decided to watch his two children grow in the sport and became a club coach. While his wrestling accomplishments are stout, what makes Coach Madsen stand out is his desire to help develop young people through the sport of wrestling, especially those who haven't had the opportunity before. 

 Coach Madsen began coaching wrestling back in 2003 in South Texas. At that time there were no other female wrestling coaches and for years, she was the first and only female wrestling coach in the Valley. 

She and her moved to the Austin area in 2012 where she continued to coach alongside her husband as his assistant until she took a step back to raise their 2 kids and focus on her career in education administration. 

Today, she finds herself coming back on the mat bringing her experience and in support of both her kids who love the sport of wrestling as much as she does. 

Gerry is a leader in the community and strives to serve others. He  lives in Round Rock with his wife and two sons. He also works in Round Rock where he is a Complex Store Manager. Gerry has been wrestling since his coach told him he was going to wrestle and later became the team captain. Wrestling had a profound effect on his life empowering him to achieve his goals. Gerry wants his wrestlers to have the same empowerment he had growing up.