Coach Fraser's Corner

 

Welcome to Steve coach Fraser’s corner. Here you will find links that are updated weekly so be sure to come back soon to view the new updated materials. The updated material includes training tips, technique video clips, wrestling articles, and competition reports.

Hi! My name is Steve Fraser. I was Olympic Champion in 1984 and currently the National/Olympic Coach for Greco Roman Wrestling in the United States of America. As the National/Olympic Coach it is my job to stay on the cutting edge of wrestling knowledge in the world. I have been fortunate to acquire many great resources over the last few years. I attend the International FILA Coaches Conference each year as well as work with many of the best coaches and athletes from around the world.

My goal is to help promote wrestling at all levels in the USA. I will try and do this by sharing the latest and greatest wrestling information to you on an ongoing basis. I will share information about many topics such as technique, mental skills, nutrition, training tips, strength and conditioning, to name a few. I will try and give you suggestions and tips on how to move your wrestling career forward to the highest level. If there are specific wrestling issues that you would like to hear about I will try and address them as well.

I hope you will find these resources very useful in helping you reach your goals and dreams in the great sport of wrestling.

Hugh Suenaga- US Camps Site Director

 

"Hugh Suenaga has worked tremendously to provide valuable wrestling resources and life skills to the wrestling community. Both wrestlers and coaches alike across the country have benefited from Hugh's vast  knowledge and experience. He continues to advance the wresting community with his efforts in contributing to Coach Fraser's Corner. His dedicated effort in helping the youth of America has been extraordinary."

 

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Quote of the Week

POSITIVE BELIEVING is what we NEED to get the job done.... There's a Huge Difference Between Positive Thinking and Positive BELIEVING!

 

Steve Fraser joined USA Wrestling as the National/Olympic Greco-Roman Coach in October, 1995. He serves as the full-time professional coach working with the national Greco-Roman wrestling program and works to develop Greco-Roman coaches and programs in the United States.

 

Fraser helped lead the United States to its best Olympic performance ever, winning gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. In the Gold Medal match he guided Rulon Gardner to his spectacular upset victory over the seemingly invisible Russian superstar, Alexander Karelin, who had not been beaten in thirteen years.

 

He also led the U.S. to one of its best performances ever with three silver medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. He has worked hard to help improve the entire national Greco-Roman effort, from youth through the Olympic levels.

 

He also works closely with the U.S. Olympic Committee Greco-Roman resident athlete program in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fraser has created a number of new programs to assist in the development of age-group wrestlers and coaches in Greco-Roman.

 

Fraser won a gold medal at 90 kg (198 lbs.) at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the first U.S. wrestler to ever win an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. He won five matches on the way to the title, including a 1-1 criteria decision over Ilia Matei of Romania in the gold-medal finals. Among his key victories was a 4-1 decision over three-time World Champion Frank Andersson of Sweden.

 

He also won a gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games. Fraser was a member of the 1979 and 1982 U.S. World Teams. He claimed U.S. Nationals titles in Greco-Roman in 1981 and 1983, and was a U.S. Nationals freestyle champion in 1984.

 

Fraser was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1994. He was named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year in 1984, and was a finalist for the James E. Sullivan Award that year. He has been inducted into the Michigan Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Michigan Amateur Sports Hall of Fame.

 

He attended the Univ. of Michigan, where he was a two-time NCAA All-American. Fraser received a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1980. He was a Michigan state high school champion at Hazel Park High School.

 

Fraser was a college and club coach after his competitive career was over. He was an assistant coach at the Univ. of Michigan from 1980-87, and at Eastern Michigan Univ. from 1987-1993. He also coached with the Michigan Wrestling Club for 10 years, working with their elite wrestlers in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.

 

Fraser came to USA Wrestling after serving with Domino's Pizza for 10 years. His final position with the company was the Senior Operations Director for the Flagship Academy for Domino's Pizza, Inc., where he directed 65 stores, including Domino's Pizza's most elite corporate stores. Among his other positions were Special Projects Coordinator, Manager of Public Affairs, National Director of Sports Systems.

 

Fraser and his three children, Kellen, Kerrin and Hannah live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Hugh Suenaga- US Camps Site Director

 

U. S. Olympic Solidarity Coach – USA Wresting & the United States Olympic Education Center (USOEC) National Staff, Marquette, Michigan.

USA Taekwondo – High Level Athlete Training Coach (HLAT) for USAT’s Regional Olympic Training Sites.

National Strategic Development Consultant (20 years) - Strategic Planning, Project Management, Resource Development (a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, & holds an M.B.A.) In 1993 Hugh was honored by inclusion into the Who’s Who Registry of Global Business Leaders.

A U.S. Delegate to the first Economic Summit Conferences between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America, at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China.

Founding Father and Benefactor of Orfanado Fray Luis Amigo, an orphanage in Cali, Colombia, South America; serving 160 homeless girls from the ages of 2-16 years. Hugh is a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, recognizing “appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations between peoples of the world.”  

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