Hastings Wrestling

  Coach George Lynaugh is entering his 2nd year coaching our girls wrestling team. He is a 2003 graduate of Simley HS. In high school, he took 6th place at the MSHSL tournament during his sophomore year and was a MSHSL State Champion during his junior and senior year. He also took 6th place at the Senior Championships in 2003 and was a Cadet All-American in freestyle. In college, he was a 2x D3 National Qualifier and a member of the Augsburg National Team Champions.  One of the main reasons George started coaching at Hastings was that he has daughters who are in the program. He is very excited about the growth of girls and the importance of continuing to grow it. George's favorite memory so far coaching at Hastings has been girls team outperforming expectations in placing 3rd at Team State!

Coach Autumn Flanigan is a 2020 Troy Buchanan (MO). During high school she was a boys AAU state champ, girls folkstyle state champ, 2x girls freestyle state champ, a member of Missouri's national team, and a Fargo All-American. After high school, she attended Augsburg University where she was a 4x National qualifier,  Regional Champion, and an All-American, taking 3rd place at the National Tournament.  This is Autumn's first year coaching at Hastings HS after helping at Simley last year. She is really excited to start working with our high school program and help with the growth of girls wrestling in Minnesota. Autumn is a current member of the US Army and is a PE teacher at GAP in St. Paul!

  Coach Rico Cooper is a 2023 Hastings High School graduate. During his time at Hastings HS, he was All-State two times taking 6th in both his junior and senior years. He was also a key member of the 2023 State Championship Team.  This is Rico's second year coaching and he got into coaching because of Coach Josh McLay and Coach Tim Haneberg. He wanted to coach in order to give back to the community that helped him out throughout his life. He is excited to coach in Hastings in order to see high school kids transform into young men and women.  His favorite memory of Hastings wrestling has been the 2023 State Championship match. 

  Coach Jake Gotto is originally from Dubuque, Iowa and graduated from Western Dubuque High school (Iowa) in 2012 where he was a four year HS starter, had 100 varsity wins by Junior year, was a 2x State Qualifier, and at time of graduation, he was in the top five of most wins in school history. After high school, Jake wrestled at Coe College.  Jake has been coaching for 6 years since graduating college. This includes running the Marion Kids Club and coached at Marion High School (2 years). He also volunteered at Eagle Grove kids club (1 year). He also coached at Ankeny High School (1 year) and moved to Virginia where he coached at Cosby High School (1 year). He wanted to coach in Hastings because he heard great things about the athletes and coaching staff. He is excited to work with motivated and committed coaches and wrestlers. Jake said that, "So far my favorite thing has been seeing how dedicated the coaches are to the team and how much thought goes into each year. Also...

Coach Isaac Eichmann is a 2012 Hastings High School graduate. In high school, he was All-Conference 4 times and All-State 2 times, taking 2nd both time.  He was also a team captain during his senior year and lead the team to a 4th place. After high school, he wrestled for RCTC but had to cut his time short due to injuries. Coach Isaac has been coaching for 8 years total. Three of those years were coaching youth and Freestyle/Greco with Lake City, three years doing Freestyle/Greco in Byron, and is entering his second year with Hastings High School. Isaac said he wanted to coach in Hastings because, "I was raised in the Hastings wrestling community and I have always wanted to give back everything that I can." What he loves most about the program is the people and town. He said, "It has been years since I have been able to walk around the town I live in and overhear people talking about wrestling as a common topic. This town cares and I love it." His favorite memory of...

  Coach Angie McLay is a 1997 Hastings HS graduate. While she never officially wrestled, she has been wrestling her brother Josh McLay most of her life and winning most of their childhood matches. This is Coach Angie's first year coaching at HHS and she wanted to coach in order to help the growth of young ladies in wrestling and the sport of women’s wrestling.  Her favorite thing about Hastings wrestling is being  in a program that helps change the path of children’s lives. Coach Angie's favorite moment of Hastings wrestling has been watching the young men and women overcome obstacles to obtain their goals. Also upsetting STMA at the high school tournament last year.  She is most excited to see the  growth and development of women’s wrestling. Coach Angie has 3 boys Paul 25, Lynden 22, Mac 22. Lynden and Mac were both wrestlers for HHS, state qualifiers, and Lynden coached at HHS for one season.  Finally, Coach Angie wanted to add, " I love Hastings wre...