Jack Kosmicki

-1994-95 Head Wrestling coach at Southside High School

-Started the program at Southside High School

-1995-present Head Wrestling coach at Eastside High School (stats below as of 2024)

-1st in South Carolina for the number of dual victories (700+)

-1st in South Carolina for the number of Dual State Championships (19)

-1st in South Carolina for the number of individual State Champions (107)

-1st in South Carolina wrestling playoff victories (95)

-South Carolina Team State Individual Titles (17)

-Individual State placers (198 1st through 4th)

-30 Region Championships in 30 years of coaching

-Region Wrestling Coach of the Year (26 times)

-2-time South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association State Wrestling Coach of the Year

-5-time National Wrestling Coaches Association SC Wrestling Coach of the Year

-4-time High School Sports Report SC Wrestling Coach of the Year

-One-time NFHS SC State Coach of the Year

-One-time South Carolina Athletic Director of the Year

-Eastside High School holds four of the six SC Team records

-Most Team State Championships: 19

-Longest Consecutive State Titles streak: 9 (ongoing)

-Most Playoff Dual Meet wins: 100

-Most Individual State Champions: 107

-Longest Consecutive Dual meet streak is 2nd longest at 75 and just 15 wins from the record of 89

-South Carolina Wrestling Coaches Association (30 years)

-South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association (30 years)

-South Carolina Athletic Administrators Association (6 years, current VP)

-National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (6 years)

Awards:

Year
2025
Award
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
Chapter/Region
South Carolina

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