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Head Coach Dan Callahan
 Dan
Callahan enters his fourth season as the TSU wrestling coach. Prior to coming to Tri-State, he had coached at the high
school level for 23 years.
Callahan is a graduate of Rochester
High School, Rochester,
Ind. and Alma
College, Alma,
Mich.
He was a head wrestling coach at the high school level for
19 years with a career record 267-107-8. He was a head football
coach for eight seasons with a record of 35 - 41.
Coach Callahan resides in Fremont
with his wife Cindy, a second grade teacher, and their two children,
Megan, 18, and Kyle, 15.
Assistant Coach Mike Ester
 Mike Ester begins his second season as the assistant wrestling coach at TSU. Ester graduated from Snider High School where he was a two-time state finalist, was a third place medalist, and was a member of the team that won the first state title in school history. Ester wrestled at Manchester College where he was a four-year letter winner, team captain, three-time conference champion, and had three top ten NCAA finishes.
From 1997-2006, Ester coached at Fort Wayne Snider High School. He led the school to eight conference championships, eight sectional championships, and a 2003 team state finalist finish. Coach Ester has had 140 career team dual meet victories, 16 state place winners, and two IHSAA state champions. He was a five-time Indiana/Illinois Senior All-Star Coach and a four- time NHSWCA Senior National Coach.
Ester received his degree in secondary physical education and health from Manchester and his Master of Education from Olivet Nazarene University. He is currently teaching adapted physical education in the Fort Wayne Community Schools. Coach Ester and his wife Tami have two children, eight-year old Brittani, and four-year old Brady.
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