Aaron completed his Certificate in School Management and Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Certificate of Specialization in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the Harvard Business School. Aaron has a Master of Science from Springfield College in Athletic Administration and earned his Bachelor of Science from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst.

Aaron began wrestling in his sophomore year at Natick High School, and during his senior campaign, had the honor of being coached his senior year by Hall of Fame Coach Bob Anniballi during Anniballi’s first year as head coach of the Natick wrestling program.

Aaron spent his freshman, junior, and senior year of college at UMass Amherst where he taught wrestling classes and began his coaching career at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School as an assistant coach to mentor Dave Wintsch.

During his sophomore year of college, Aaron competed at 118 lbs for the DIII NCAA program at Norwich University under the tutelage of Head Coach Jesse Castro where Aaron was blessed to meet a group of lifelong friends and learn from one of the best.

During graduate school, Aaron served as a volunteer assistant coach for Springfield College alongside Hall of Fame Coach Daryl Arroyo, who served as as Aaron’s advisor during his master’s thesis. During his time at Springfield College, Aaron founded Horizon Wrestling Club that served 200 student-athletes from Western Massachusetts.

Aaron went on to serve as the head wrestling coach at Longmeadow High School for two years before taking on the role of director of athletics at Hopkinton High School where he established the school’s first wrestling program and led the Athletic Department to a 2003 Dalton Award.

In 2003, Aaron made a move to the private sector and took on the role of head wrestling coach at Hudson High School where he was named a Mid-Wachusett and Metrowest Daily News Coach of the Year. Aaron coached the school’s first State champion and also coached the program to its first Mid-Wachusett League championship. During Aaron’s five years at Hudson High School, the small Division 3 program placed 7th at the prestigious 2007 Lowell Holiday Tournament and crowned numerous Sectional champions, State place finishers, All-State place finishers, and a New England place finisher; more importantly, Hudson established a close-knit family of like-minded individuals.

Aaron served as the Director of Massachusetts USA Wrestling for ten years from 2001-2011 during which time he ran World Championship Wrestling Camps and welcomed numerous NCAA champions and Olympic medalists to work with local youth. During this time, Aaron was surrounded by an incredible team of coaches, supporters, and organizers. Aaron was the 2011 Wrestling USA Magazine Massachusetts Man of the Year, served for years on the MIAA Wrestling Committee, and played a major role in bringing girls’ wrestling to Massachusetts as an officially recognized high school sport. During his time with MA USA Wrestling, Aaron founded the Stance in Motion program, dedicated to donating mats and equipment for inner-city and newly established programs. Recipients included the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Lawrence, and Hudson; Danvers HS; Algonquin HS; and more. During his tenure as Director, MA USA Wrestling crowned two National champions and Freestyle All-Americans at Fargo, every year for an entire decade.

In 2008, Aaron took on the role of assistant principal at Bristol Aggie in Dighton, Massachusetts where he started their first wrestling program and served as the head coach, until recruiting former Springfield College standout, Keith Poloskey to teach wellness and serve as the school’s wrestling coach. In 2013, Aaron was named the NASSP Massachusetts Assistant Principal of the Year. Soon thereafter, Aaron became the principal at Bristol Aggie, and was presented with the Frederick Douglass Award in 2015 for his contributions to 'at-risk' youth. He was invited to the White House where he was recognized for innovative programming in education.

Aaron currently serves as a superintendent of Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, where he started their inaugural wrestling program. Aaron serves as vice president for both the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators; as part of an advisory council on equity in higher education for Massachusetts Governor, Maura Healey; and as a member of Massachusetts’ first statutory Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism. Aaron also serves as a consultant and keynote speaker throughout the United States.

For the past three years, Aaron has served as a volunteer wrestling coach for Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School. The team won three consecutive league championships, two Division 2 South Sectional titles, and finished 3rd in the 2024 MIAA Division 2 State Wrestling Championships and returns all 14 starters for their 2025 campaign.

Aaron would like to thank many people, but especially Rhonda, his wife of 20 years; his six children, Hannah, Emma, Ava, Lila, Olivia, and Ashton; his parents, David and Elaine Polansky; former wrestlers and coaches; and the entire wrestling community that has held the keys to every door ever opened in Aaron’s life, and made this journey about so much more than the sport of wrestling.