Adam Tirapelle
Assistant Coach - Clovis High School
Adam Tirapelle is in his 8th year of coaching and 6th at the high school level with the Cougars. He coached 2 years as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois prior to returning home. In addition to official coaching experience, Adam possesses years of camp and clinic experience while competing and as a post-graduate at the college level. In 5 years with the Cougars, Adam has implemented several programs and training regimens to improve the program and help the Cougars to win their 8th State Championship in 2008. The Winner's Circle program is unique at the high school level and has become a staple of the Clovis Wrestling program to aid in the preparation of wrestlers for both sport and life.
The son of Coach Tirapelle and eldest of the Tirapelle boys, Adam was a 2x California State Champion and a 3x Division I All-American at the University of Illinois, winning the NCAA Championship in 2001. Adam was also the Athlete-Of-The-Year for Illinois in 2001 and currently holds the all-time pins records for the university and is 2nd on the all-time wins list to brother, Alex. He possesses both an undergraduate degree and Master's of Business Administration (MBA) from Illinois. He did his high school wrestling at Hiram Johnson High School in Sacramento, CA and later Buchanan High School. Adam is married to wife, Kim, and has a new son, Dylan.