Coach Trevor Arsenault
Pronunciation: Coach "Are-sin-no"
Coaching Title: Mat Club Coach
Years with Lava Bear Wrestling Club: 2nd Year
Coaching Experience: 5 years assistant High School Wrestling Coach, 1 year head High School Wrestling Coach, 2 years head Middle School Wrestling Coach, 2 years Oregon Cadet National Team Coach, 7 years mat club coach and 2 years assistant High School Football Coach.
What do you look for in young athletes as a coach?: I look for athlete's that are not afraid to work hard, carry themselves as a role model for their peers and community.
Favorite Quote: "Those who stay will be Champions" - Sign hanging in the Newberg Mat Club while I was growing up. The idea is not that everyone is going to be a state champion but for just pushing through and staying when things get tough makes you a champion because most people would just quit.
3 Future Goals: 1) To help develop a group of young adults to be the best version of themselves both on and off the mat. 2) To help build a strong wrestling community both in achievements earned and relationship amongst it's members and community. 3) Instill a passion and love for the sport of wrestling for our future athletes.
Why do you promote the sport of Wrestling?: I believe wrestling gives it's athletes so many important life lesson that help mold strong, hard working citizens. It is a sport that truly demonstrates the notion that you get what you put into it and the outcome of what happens is link to the preparation you are putting in before stepping on that line.
Coach Luke Larwin
Coaching Title: Head High School Wrestling Coach & Mat Club Coach
Years with Lava Bear Wrestling Club: 5 Years
Coaching Experience: Head High School Wrestling coach for 10 years at Bend High School, Assistant Wrestling coach for Sheldon High School and Crook County High School.
What do you look for in young athletes as a coach?: Willingness to learn, be respectful and train hard while in practice. Willingness to improve your personal character as much as your athleticism.
Favorite Quote: The Bend High Wrestlers Creed: "Today I will train with a grateful heart. I will be loyal to my team and myself. I will live with integrity because I do what is right. I will have the vision to see the results of my actions."
3 Future Goals: 1)That our wrestlers will grow to men and women of character! 2)That our wrestlers will develop a love of the sport that facilitates them continuing to wrestle through High School. 3)Our athletes will adopt our wrestlers creed.
Why do you promote the sport of Wrestling?: Wrestling develops the ability to cope with adversity through offering physical and competitive challenge. Wrestling will also help develop students into top notch physical condition.
Coach Matt Mahoney
Coaching Title: Mat Club Wrestling Coach
Years with Lava Bear Wrestling Club: This is my 3rd year with the club.
Coaching Experience: This will be my 4th year of coaching club wrestling.
What do you look for in young athletes as a coach?: Resilience; wrestling is a very demanding sport especially in the beginning stages of competition. These young athletes are going to experience physical and emotional experiences that they have never been through. The resilience to keep coming back and learning how to better handle both the highs and lows to me helps ensure future success.
Favorite Quote: "The harder we work, the luckier we get." I am not sure exactly where this came from but for me it has held true to everything that I have done in life. In all actuality it has more to do with your hard work than luck but your critics usually see it other wise...
3 Future Goals: 1) I want to see wrestling make a comeback at all ages. 2) I want to watch the young individuals that we are coaching now become tomorrows champions on and off of the mat. 3) To build a strong wrestling community where our athletes know they will always have our support through lifes challenges.
Why do you promote the sport of Wrestling?: Wrestling to me is and has always been a life skills sport. I didn't realize it when I was younger and wrestling but the the life lessons that I learned while competing I still use as an adult.