Mike DeAnna, a native of Bay Village, Ohio, was a three-time Ohio state champion for Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio.

He was 83-0 in his championship years (1974-6) and 104-5-1 for his scholastic career. DeAnna earned first-team high school All-American honors and also won two U.S. Wrestling Association National Freestyle titles.

DeAnna was a two-time NCAA finalist, a four-time NCAA All-American and a four-time Big Ten Conference champion for the University of Iowa from 1977 to 1981. He won National AAU Freestyle titles in 1983 and 1984 and was the second alternate on the 1984 United States Olympic freestyle team.

He was head wrestling coach at Edinboro University from 1984 to 1990 and led the Fighting Scots to five Top Ten finishes at the NCAA tournament, including each of the first three years after moving up to Division I in 1986-87.

DeAnna was named NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year in 1986.