![]() His teams have won three Braveland Conference Championships (1959, 1960, 1968). While coaching, Howard's teams have had only two losing seasons. Brookfield later divided into Brookfield Central and East. Brookfield did not have wrestling so Howard took on the task of again building a program. It was during this year that major strides were made in organizing the coaches association. The first team competed during the 1954-55 school year. Determined, Howard built the program at Stoughton and the captain of his first team was Duane Kleven. His knowledge of wrestling was limited to what he had learned in physical education classes in college. Howard was given the task to develop and coach wrestling. Howard held several offices in the new coaches association and became president in 1962-63.īecause boxing was dropped as a sport at Stoughton High School, wrestling was a logical replacement. Wrestling was not widespread in the state and so they formed areas which included the Madison area, Milwaukee area, Wisconsin Rapids area and the Amery area. Some of the first organizational meetings were held in the living room of his home in Waukesha, WI. Howard, along with others, had the foresight to recognize the need for a coaches association to provide unity and an avenue to express the needs of coaches. Howard was among the initial organizers of the association. ![]() Howard Matthias brings back for us some of the history of wrestling in the state of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association is grateful to many individuals.
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