Wrestling Team Camps
The Luther College Team Camp has grown into one of the best and biggest in the Midwest! Last year over 43 teams and 600 athletes from 6 states participated in our two outstanding team camps.The camps are growing each year, and limited space is available. Be sure to enroll early!
Team Camp I:
- July 8-11, 2009
Team Camp II:
- July 19-22, 2009
Camp Director
In the last eight years, Dave Mitchell has coached the Luther wrestling team to six top-five finishes at the NCAA Championships. He has coached seven national champions, four national runners-up, and 39 All-Americans. Dave was named the NWCA National Division III Coach of the Year in 2004, and Iowa Conference Coach of the Year in 2008, 2004, 2002, and 1999; he was nominated for Division III Rookie Coach of the Year honors in 1997 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and USA Wrestling Magazine.
Before joining the Luther wrestling program Dave earned All-American wrestling honors by placing third at the NCAA Division III championships at 167 pounds . He was also a two-time NCAA Academic All-American and was selected to the GTE Academic All-America squad his senior year.
Featured Clinicians
All 2009 camps will feature outstanding clinicians—recent clinicians have included NCAA Champions Brent Metcalf, Zach Roberson, TJ Williams, Jeff O'Gara, Matt Pyle, Nate Hansen and All-Americans Jayson Ness & Travis Paulsen, as well as Olympians Cale Sanderson and Brandon Slay and National H.S. Coach of the year Jim Jackson. You'll learn from the best at our camps!
Camp Counselors
The Luther Coaches and Team, including . . .
| Jeff O'Gara Luther Assistant Coach NCAA Champion |
Jeff Friedhof Decorah High School Coach Three-time NCAA All-American |
| Mark Mueller Luther assistant coach 2-time Iowa State Champion |
Matt Pyle 2-time NCAA Champion 2-time KS State Champion |
| Billy Huebner Luther assistant coach |
Nate Hansen 3-time South Dakota State Champion NCAA Champion |
| Yonny Quist NCAA All-American |
Zac Bartlett NCAA All-American |
| Alec Bonander NCAA All-American IA HS State Runner-up |
Travis Grawin NCAA All-American 2-time WI State Champion |
Team Camp Goals
The well-organized team camps incorporate live wrestling with top-level technique and team building activities making them some of the best and most popular team camps in the Midwest. The camp will focus on promoting team unity while developing championship level technique and providing each camper with 10-plus live matches. Each team will be assigned a “Camp Coach” and will receive written and verbal feedback from that coach throughout the camp. You will receive more one-on-one attention at this team camp than any other you have attended! The camp will close with an individual tournament and awards ceremony.
Combining Team Camp I with our Intensive Training Camp provides an excellent 9-day camp experience at a fraction of the cost of most 7-10 day camps! Please consider attending both!
Special Features of Camp
- Each team will receive complimentary room and board for one coach for each 10 campers in attendance; additional coaches may attend for $105
- “Camp Coach” will provide written and verbal feedback for your team
- Two one-hour sessions focused on building team unity
- One one-hour intensive “Train Like a Norseman” session
- Ten-plus live matches per camper
- Walnut wood trophies to top three teams, high quality T-shirts to the “Wrestler of the Day, ” and individual tournament winners receive keychains.
- Certified athletic trainer on staff
- Our Team Camps are some of the best and most popular in the Midwest with over 43 teams and 600 campers attending our two team camps in 2008.
- Each camper will receive our popular "Train Like a Norseman" ringer-style T-shirt.
- Each team will receive a team photo, along with a press release sent to your hometown newspaper after the camp, with photo.
Tentative Team Camp Schedule
| Day 1 | |
| 7:15-9 pm | Technique Session |
| 9-9:45 pm | Rules of the Camp |
| 10 pm | Pizza |
| 11 pm | Lights Out |
| Day 2 | |
| 8:15-9:45 am | Team Building Activity |
| 9:45-11:30 am | Technique Session |
| 11:30 am-1 pm | Lunch |
| 1-1:45 pm | “Train Like a Norseman” Session |
| 2-5:30 pm | Dual Meets |
| 2-5:30 pm | Coaches Instruction |
| 5:45-7 pm | Dinner |
| 7-7:45 pm | Techniques Session |
| 7:45-9:45 pm | Dual Meets |
| 9:45-10 pm | Coaches Instruction |
| 11 pm | Lights Out |
| Day 3 | |
| 9-10 am | Team Building Activity |
| 10-11 am | Technique Session |
| 11-12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1-4:30 pm | Dual Meets |
| 4:30-4:45 pm | Coaches Instruction |
| 4:45-6:30 PM | Dinner |
| 6:30-8:15 pm | Dual Meets |
| 8:15-8:30 pm | Coaches Instruction |
| 11 pm | Lights out |
| Day 4 | |
| 8:30-11:30 am | Individual Tournament |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm | Awards Ceremony |
Housing and Meals
Campers live in a comfortable, air-conditioned residence hall on the Luther campus and eat in the Centennial Union dining hall. Wrestling counselors provide full supervision and direct all camp activities. Medical services for campers are available through several local clinics, as well as the emergency room at the Winnshiek Medical Center. Individual campers are responsible for all medication, emergency room, hospital, and physician fees. No insurance coverage is provided by the camp.
Luther College Sports Facilities
Regents Center indoor facilities include six tennis courts; a six-lane, 200-meter track; six full-sized basketball courts; 25-yard, six-lane swimming pool; three racquetball courts; wrestling room; dance studio; and locker, training, and equipment rooms. The opening of the Legends Fitness for Life Center adds a strength and fitness facility with its own climbing wall. The outdoor facilities include nine tennis courts, a large field area, fitness trails, and an all-weather track.
Other Luther Wrestling Camps
- Technique Camp: July 12-15, 2009
- Intensive Training Camp: July 12-16, 2009
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