Coach Ron Masanek Retires as Fairfield High School Wrestling Head Coach Earlier this week, Fairfield High School Wrestling Coach Ron Masanek retired from his position as our head wrestling coach after 48 years as head coach. Ron is regarded as the dean of Greater Cincinnati wrestling, and his run in coaching at Fairfield is believed to be the longest tenure of any high school head coach in Greater Cincinnati history. During his 48-year prep career, Coach Masanek compiled a dual meet record of 403-83-3, which ranks in the top five in Ohio high school wrestling history. He produced 11 undefeated seasons, 23 Greater Miami Conference championships, nine Ohio state runner-up teams. In addition, Coach Masanek’s teams have won eight district championships, 15 sectional titles, and placed third in the state in both 1991 and 1992. Individually, Masaneks wrestlers have produced 200 GMC champions, 127 sectional champions, 42 district/regional champions, 150 state qualifiers, 43 state placers (Top Six finish), and six different individual state champions, including 4-time champion Willie Wineberg. Also, Coach Masanek has coached nine high school All-American wrestlers, and three Ohio State Wrestling Tournament MVPs. A 1959 graduate of Parma High School and 1964 grad of Miami University, Masanek was a three-year letterman in Oxford. He was a two-time Mid-American Conference wrestling runner-up and a two-time collegiate national qualifier. He has garnered numerous Coach of the Year honors from the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Post and Hamilton Journal, as well as being named GMC Coach of the Year on multiple occasions. Coach Masanek has been inducted into the Ohio Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, the Butler County Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Fairfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Words cannot express our gratitude for Coach Masanek’s service here as a coach, a teacher, and a leader of men. He has left a legacy here that will last forever, and we will forever be in debt for his long, historic tenure here as our head coach.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:06:18 +0000
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