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Jim
Gassman
Head Coach
Education:
Collins Hill 1996
University of Georgia BSEd
University of Alabama MA
Coach Gassman was a 4x All- Gwinnett County team selection in high school. He is a 4x County finalist and 2x County Champion. He won 4 Region Championships and was a 2x State Placer (3rd/5th).
At the University of Georgia, he competed in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association and won the 118lb National Championship in 1998.
He previously coached at Collins Hill and assisted the team in winning 6 State Championships while finishing in the top 3 in state for 7 years.
Coach Gassman started the Mtn View program in 2009 and has helped the Bears to 227 dual wins in the 10 years of the program. He was selected as the 2015 Gwinnett Daily Post Wrestling Coach of the Year.
In the 2018-19 season, the team finished as Area Dual Champions, 2nd place at State Duals, Area Traditional Runnerups and 3rd in the State Traditional Tournament. During the 10 seasons, 36 wrestlers have become state placers and 3 State Champions.
Coach Gassman is on the Atlanta Takedown Association Board and the Gwinnett County Takedown Club Board.
Coach Gassman's wife's name is Monica and has two daughters, Hannah (5) and Elizabeth (2).
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Brandon
Gill
Assistant Coach
Education:
Collins Hill - 2006
Valdosta State University - 2011
Liberty University - 2014
Coach Gill is from Lawrenceville, Ga. He wrestled at Collins Hill and helped them earn a state championship in 2005. He earned his degree in History from Valdosta State University. Coach Gill is currently earning his masters degree in Special Education. While earning his undergraduate degree, he coached wrestling for 2 years at the Valwood School and 1 year of football at Valdosta High School. Coach Gill has also coached football, wrestling, and baseball at Central Carroll High School in Carrollton, Ga. Coach Gill is also an assistant coach with the MV football team.
Coach Gill's wife is named Jaime. They have a young boy named Turner.
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Michael
Bowbliss
Assistant Coach
Education:
Meadowcreek 1993
Georgia State
Coach Bowbliss was a four year letterman at Meadowcreek from 1990-1993. He helped the team to the county and region championships as well as multiple top-10 finishes by placing 4th and 2nd in the Georgia State Tournament. Bowbliss then went on to the Senior National Tournament where he was a quarterfinalist. Coach Bowbliss earned a wrestling scholarship to Georgia State University. He was a varsity letterman in 1994 wrestling at the weight of 190lbs.
Coach Bowbliss coached at Collins Hill High School from 1997-2003 and helped the team to its first state championship in 2002.
He has helped coach the Mtn View youth program over the past 6 years. The youth team has won the Gwinnett County Championship 3x in the last 5 years. The middle school team finished 5th in the state in 2014.
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Jerry
Hennebaul
Assistant Coach
Coach Hennebaul was a Georgia High School State Champion for Parkview High School and continued his wrestling career at the University of Tennessee @ Chattanooga. Coach Hennebaul comes from a wrestling family with a brother and father in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Coach Hennebaul has coached at many different levels and has focused on youth programs at Collins Hill and Mountain View over the past 10 years.
Coach Hennebaul is married to Amanda Hennebaul. He has 3 children, Luke, Maggie & Lex.
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