Central Washington University Wrestling is proud to welcome
back Eric Idler as the head wrestling coach of the team. Idler coached the
Wildcats from 1989-1998, throughout his tenure he coached 37 All Americans. After
leaving Central in 1998 he served as a wrestling coach for Ellensburg High
school. Idler was the 2008 Washington State 2A Assistant Coach of the year, as
well as being honored as the Regional Assistant Coach of the year for the
2011-2012 season.
Idler hopes to restore the rich
tradition that Central Washington University has in producing great wrestlers.
Idler has left a lasting imprint on wrestling in the state of Washington, with
a number of his former wrestlers now coaches at various schools in the state. The
team is excited about the stability that coach Idler brings. Junior wrestler
Steven Alfi said, “I’ve been coaching underneath Eric and Jason (Stevenson) for
the past three years and anytime you can get someone of his caliber as your
coach, you have to be pretty excited.” Freshman wrestler David Kuich said, “The
team is definitely thrilled to have the stability and knowledge that Idler
brings. I know just having his presence will bring the intensity up during
practice”. Idler said he is still planning to coach at Ellensburg High School
next season. However the college and high school schedules don’t overlap so it
will make this task manageable for him.
Coach Idler (far right) and the 2012 Ellensburg High school State wrestling team
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