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Coach Wier is originally form Fairview Heights,
Illinois. He is from a large family of eight people
(3 brothers, 2 sisters). Coach Wier started wrestling
as a freshman in high school at Belleville East
High School. He was a two-time state qualifier,
placing second in Illinois State his senior year
with a record of 42-1.
Joe was also a Freestyle and Greco-Roman Illinois
State Placer, and the captain of the Junior National
Team for Illinois in 1991. Coach Wier wrestled
at Southwestern Illinois College and was a two-time
conference champion and two-time NJCAA All-American,
compiling a record of 71-9 in two seasons for
the Dutchman.
Coach Wier then wrestled at the University of
Missouri-Columbia. Despite breaking his hand his
senior season, Coach Wier returned to action in
time to become Missouri’s last Big 8 Wrestling
Champion before the change to Big 12.
Coach Wier has been coaching athletes for 11
years as a Head Coach. He has coached wrestlers
to 4 state titles, 21 medals at the high school
level. Coach Wier has also coached numerous middle
school and elementary state and national medal
winners as the lead clinician of the Bonhomme
Wrestling Club in St. Louis, MO.
Joe is married to Sherry Schatzman Wier (sister
of wrestling great Scott Schatzman) and they have
four wonderful children: Alex, Ashley, Amy, and
Andrew.
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