Todd Praska
Todd Praska, a graduate of Idaho State University and a 2007 Coach of the Year had a reign of 376 wins during his thirty tenure as wrestling coach. For the last 20 years of Todd's career, he coached at Pocatello High School, retiring from coaching in 2017. Todd's career started at the Jr High level where he took his teams from the worst in the city to city champions. Todd's Pocatello High School teams took home six Idaho State trophies and 18 graduates of his program went on to become collegiate wrestlers, 12 became AA wrestlers. Throughout all of this, Todd began his service to all Idaho wrestlers as the first head coach of the Idaho Jr Cadet and School Boy National Duals team. In this capacity, Todd had an impacted on many of Idaho's great wrestlers. While Todd was busy influencing wrestling in Idaho, his wife Teresa was at his side. She was named the 2010 Coaches Wife of the Year by Wrestling USA Magazine.
Awards:
Year
2018
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Award
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
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Chapter/Region
Idaho
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