Our Team

  • Sal Basile | Head Coach

    • 23 yrs. coaching youth and high school wrestling

    • Assistant Wrestling coach Springstead High School- Spring Hill, FL: 1995-1999 & 2004-2012 • Head Wrestling coach Springstead High School: 2013-2015

    • Head Wrestling coach Jesuit High School- Tampa, FL: 2016-Present • NWCA- Assistant Coach of the Year: 2010-11

    • Wrestling USA -National Assistant Coach of the Year: 2011

    • Hernando County- Wrestling Coach of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015

    • Florida Dairy Farmers- Coach of the Year: 2013, 2019, 2022

    • NFHS- Coach of the Year: 2018-19

    • Joel Medgebow (Hillsborough County)- Coach of the Year: 2019-20

    • 4x FHSAA Team State Champions: 2011, 2012, 2013 (Springstead), 2022 (Jesuit) • 4x FHSAA Team State Runner-up: 2010, 2015 (Springstead), 2019, 2020 (Jesuit) • 2020 FHSAA Dual State Champions (2020)

    • 49 Individual FHSAA State Champions

  • David Mason | Head Coach

    Coach David Mason grew up in South Tampa before moving to Brandon as a middle schooler where he attended Bloomingdale HS.

    After high school Coach Mason attended Eastern Michigan University on scholarship.

    • 3x FHSAA State Placer

    • 2X Undefeated FHSAA State Champion

    • HS All-American

    • Top 100 National Recruit

    • 13x Freestyle and Greco State Champion

    • 9x USA SE Regional Champion

    • 5x National All-American

    • Junior National Champion

    • AAU Iron Man & Grand Nationals Champion, Super 32 Runner-Up, Ohio TOC Champion • Cadet- Outstanding Wrestler of the Year

    • HS Career Record of 146-3

    • Board of Directors Member with Southern Wrestling Officials Association • Nationally certified wrestling official

    • Officiated state & national level events for 2 decades

    • USA Wrestling M1 rated official

    • Member of NWCOA

    • Head Assistant Coach at Manatee HS for 10 seasons

    • Head Youth and Development Coach for Manatee Hurricane Wrestling Club (2007-2017) Head Coach- Masonites WC

    • USAW National Assistant Coach of the Year- RU 2010 & 2012

    • Pennsylvania National Teams Fargo Coach- 2013 thru 2016

    • Florida National Teams Coach 2017- Present

    • Florida National Teams Director- Florida Amateur Wrestling Association (FAWA) • Current Associate Head Coach- Jesuit HS

    • Current Head Coach at TBTWC

    • Coached over 50 FHSAA State Finalists & over 30 FHSAA State Champions. • 6x FHSAA Team State Runner-up finishes

    • 2x FHSAA Team State Championships

  • David Cunningham | Head Coach

    Coach Cunningham “My greatest joy is watching these kids grow from boys to men. Many of whom have chosen to become educators and coaches”

    • Began coaching career in California in 1975

    • Over 30 state placers

    • 4 Individual State Champions including current Jesuit- Assistant Coach, David Mason • USAW Silver Level Certification

    • Masters Degree in Special Education with over 30 years classroom experience • Assistant Wrestling Coach- Jesuit High School: 2019-2021

    • Head Wrestling Coach- Tampa Bay Tiger WC: 2019- Current

  • Kevin Norstrem | Coach

    • 4 year starter for Brandon High School- Brandon, FL

    • HS Career Record; 247-3

    • 5x FHSAA State Champion 2009-2013

    • USAW Fargo Greco National Champion

    • 2X Super 32 All-American

    • 2017 graduate of Virginia Tech University

    • NCAA Qualifier

    • 2014 Midlands Invitational- 5th

    • 2014 Cliff Keen Invitational- 7th

  • Luke Gardner | Coach

    • 4 year starter for Pottsville High School- Pottsville, PA • 2x PA State Qualifier

    • PA State Place-winner

    • 2x PA Freestyle State Champion

    • HS Career Record: 144-25

    • Scholarship athlete and 2021 graduate of Penn State University • PSU starter in 2021

    • Current Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual

  • Dom Forys | Coach

    Dom Forys | Coach

    • 4 year starter at North Allegheny HS, PA.

    • 2x PIAA State Placer

    • 1x PIAA State Runner-Up

    • USAW Fargo All-American

    • Undefeated at Junior Nationals, NHSCA Duals, & AAU Scholastic Duals

    • HS Career Record 151-22

    • Wrestler & Graduate of University of Pittsburg

    • 4x NCAA National Qualifier

    • 2015 ACC- 3rd

    • 2016 ACC- Runner-up

    • 2017 ACC Champion

    • 2018 ACC Runner-up

    • 2x ACC Wrestler of the Week

    • 2x ACC All-ACC Team

    • Keystone Classic Champion

    • Clarion Open Champion

    • Current Medical Sales rep at Stryker

  • Cody Ross | Coach

    4 year starter at Springstead High School- Spring Hill, FL

    • 1x FHSAA State Runner-Up: 2009

    • 3x FHSAA State Champion: 2010, 2011, 2012

    • 2010 USAW Folkstyle National Champion

    • 2011 Fila Greco National Champion

    • 3x USAW Fargo All-American

    • Scholarship athlete & 2016 graduate of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC