Nathan Cote wrestled for Manny Costa at St. John's Prep. He was a 4 year varsity wrestler and a 3 year Captain. Nathan was a 3 x Division I North Sectional Champ (OW '99), a 3 x Division I State Champ (OW '99), an All State Champ '99, a New England Champ '99, an Academic AA '98, '99, and an AWN All American '99. He won St. John Prep's Best Athlete Award '99 and finished with a high school career record of 166-21. He also has the record for most takedowns in Massachusetts in single season (1999) with 247. Nathan graduated high school with a 3.7 GPA and went on to wrestle in Division I at Lehigh University from 1999-2003 where he graduated with a 3.2 GPA. Nathan was a 4 year member of a top 10 Division I wrestling program, a 2 year Varsity letterman, and had a college career record of 20-15.