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Brendan Heffernan ’99 = - Coach Heffernan is beginning his fourth season at Marist High School and = his first as the Head Wrestling Coach. Coach Heffernan was a two-time state= place-winner for Marist High School before attending the University of Ill= inois where he graduated in 2003 with a degree in Print Journalism.<= /p>

While at Illi= nois, Heffernan and his twin brother Patrick wrestled for the Fighting Illi= ni under head coach Mark Johnson as well their older brother Jim, who is an= assistant coach. Another older brother, John, is the assistant wrestling c= oach at national powerhouse Cleveland St. Edward High School.

Brad Janecek ‘95 – With the program since 2= 002, Coach Janecek is beginning his 7^th= season coaching the RedHawks. Coach Janecek was a state qualifier for Mari= st High School. Janecek graduated from Governor’s State University ma= joring in English.

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Ryan Egan ‘97 - = A state runner-up for Marist, Coach Egan is one of the most respected techn= icians in the Chicagoland Area. Egan competed for Northern Illinois Univers= ity where he was a two-time NCAA Qualifier for Huskies Wrestling Team. He g= raduated from NIU with a degree in Biology in 2002.

Dr. Nicholas Rizzo ‘88 = — Coach Rizzo wrestled at the University of Chicago and received his = M.D. from Northwestern. He is also the author of the book “Cham= pionship Nutrition and Performance: The Wrestler’s Guide to Lifestyle= , Diet and Healthy Weight Control”, and is a contributing author to &= #8220;The Arsenal: The Wrestler’s Training Log” by NCAA Champio= n Alan Fried.

Michael Fons ‘97 -= Coach Fons wrestled for the 1997 Dual State Runner-up team at Marist High = School before attending the University of Iowa, majoring in Sports Marketing and Management with Minors in Exercise S= cience and Communications.

John Sears ‘97 - = A state-runner up Marist, Coach Sears is beginning his first season as a Re= dHawk coach. Sears attended the University of Illinois, where he wrestled f= or the Fighting

Illini. He gr= aduated from the U of I with a degree in Speech Communications in 2002.

Mark Gervais — Hall of Fame coach = Mark Gervais led the RedHawks to 24 ESCC Championships, 18 Regional Titles,= 7 Sectional Titles, one state championship, three third place finishes and= one second place finish during his 25 year stint as head coach. Gervais= 217; overall record as a head coach was 511-83-2.

Richard Watson ‘95- = A two-time state qualifier at Marist, Coach Watson played football and

wrestled at J= ohn Carroll University, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Hist= ory and

Secondary Edu= cation.

Larry Silva ’03 – = Coach Silva placed 5^th= at the state tournament for Marist in 2003. He has been coaching the RedHa= wks since 2004. &n= bsp;

Bruce Rapp – Coach Rapp graduated from the University of Illinois in 2= 003 and has been coaching at Marist since 2005.

2008-09 Marist Wr= estling Coaching Staff