Meet the Team: Our Dynamic Coaching Staff

We are excited to introduce our coaching staff for the upcoming season. Our team led is by Coaches Jores Peters and Sam Litvin, who bring years of experience and a passion for the sport. Both have a proven track record of developing wrestlers on and off the mat. We follow the long-term athletic development model which is a framework that strategizes training, competition, and recovery depending on the participants stage in their athletic development. Our coaches have USA Wrestling certifications and background checks as part of the clubs commitment to athlete safety. Coaches have taken several trainings offered by CIF, AAU, and USA Wrestling as part of their commitment to continued development and using the best evidence based practices.

Coach Jores Peters

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Coach Jores Peters
Coach Jores is currently an Assistant Coach at Patrick Henry High School and at San Diego Middle School Wrestling (Pershing and Lewis Middle Schools. Prior to that he was was an Assistant Coach at Imperial High School in Imperial, California for several years. During his time at Imperial High School, the boys and girls’ teams experienced an incredible transformation to become top contenders in San Diego CIF Division 4. During his coaching tenure, Imperial had 9 individual CIF champions, 4 Masters placers and 3 state qualifiers. Coach Jores competed collegiately at Oswego State University and was a standout wrestler at Watkins Glen High School under New York State legendary coach Mike Watson. He lives in Allied Gardens with his wife, and three kids, and two dogs. He has both a USA Wrestling Copper and Teal certification.

Coach Sam Litvin

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Coach Sam Litvin
Coach Sam is currently the Head Coach at Patrick Henry High School. Before arriving at Patrick Henry, Coach Sam was the assistant coach at San Dieguito Academy, volunteer coach at La Costa Canyon High School under Dwayne Buth, coached the University of California San Diego NWCA Club and Tel Aviv Wrestling Club. Coach Litvin led Patrick Henry to a third place in City, 9th in county. Under Coach Litvin Patrick Henry had its first Masters Champion and qualified two wrestlers for the California state championships. Coach Sam is USA Wrestling Teal Certified.

Coach Michael Joseph

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Coach Mike is a Patrick Henry alum and was a two time Junior College State placer at Palomar College from 2011-2012 and standout wrestler at Minnesota State University-Moorhead from 2012-2015. He was an Assistant Coach at Palomar College from 2015-2019, and is currently a coach at The Arena Combat Sports Gym in San Diego.