Waynesburg College Men's Wrestling

Headlee has guided the Yellow Jacket wrestling program through one the most amazing turnarounds in school athletic history. Last years 6-8 overall record is part of a 85-53-1 overall mark posted by Headlee. He has also led the Jackets to the best Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) dual record (13-3) over over his eight years as head coach of any league team. This past summer, Headlee added to his already impressive resume by being inducted into the Southwestern Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame. During his first seven years with the squad, he guided the Jackets to their first four PAC team titles in program history and helped develop six All-Americans, including 2014 graduate Anthony Bonaventura, who placed second at 174 pounds, and 2015 graduate Luke Lohr, who became a two-time All-American after accomplishing the feat in 2013 and 2015. Lohr was also a three-time national qualifier and a four-time PAC champion. For his efforts, Headlee has been named PAC Coach of the Year on four separate occasions. During the winter of 2015, Lohr was joined by senior teammate Sam Guidi at the NCAA Division III National Championships. The duo made program history by coming the first set of teammates to earn D III All-American status at the same tournament. After taking over a team that went 0-11 in dual matches during the 2007-08 season, Headlee, along with primary assistant John Yates, rebuilt the team from the ground up and that years Yellow Jackets to a 10-4 season. Included in those 10 dual wins were victories over PAC rivals Thiel and Washington & Jefferson. It was the first time in recorded conference history that the Jackets had completed the sweep as they went a perfect 7-0 against Division III opponents. The Jackets also upset Shippensburg, which was ranked 19th in the country at Division II. By the time the regular season ended, the Jackets were ranked 28th in the D-III rankings by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). However, the Jackets accomplishments werent limited to just those of a team variety. At the annual PAC Championships, then-freshman Alex Evanoff and then-first-year grappler Corbin Semple won conference titles at 165 and 197 pounds, respectively. Semple then joined then-sophomore Nick Garber in winning individual titles at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championships. The pair then went on to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to compete at the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. Both grapplers earned an upset win over a fifth-ranked opponent, while posting identical 1-2 records at the event. For his efforts, Headlee was nominated for rookie head coach of the year at the Division III National Championships and was also inducted into the Washington/Greene Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. In all, Headlees wrestlers have earned eight regional individual titles, won 32 PAC Wrestler of the Week Awards, 22 PAC individual titles and taken home two PAC Outstanding Wrestler awards (Jared Roberts in 2011 and Anthony Bonaventura in 2013). Among those honorees is Garber, who was a three-time Midwest Regional champion and three-time national qualifier. Before turning the Jackets around, Headlee spent 13 years as a head and assistant high school coach. Most recently, Headlee was an assistant varsity and junior high coach at Waynesburg Central High School, where he worked with Yates, who was the head coach of the Raiders until 2007. Prior to his stint with WCHS, Headlee spent nine successful years as the head coach of the Jefferson-Morgan Rockets (1988-1997). While there, Headlee helped guide along a man who many consider the greatest high school wrestler in the state of Pennsylvania, Cary Kolat. Under Headlees guidance, Kolat went undefeated all four years that he wore a Rocket singlet. While with the Rockets, Headlee compiled an impressive 111-25-1 record and won five Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) team championships. He also coached a total of 24 WPIAL champions, 15 state place-winners and seven state champions. Prior to his coaching days, Headlee enjoyed tremendous success on the mats as a competitor. After graduating from Waynesburg Central High School in 1978, Headlee moved on to Messiah College, from which he graduated in 1982 with a degree in health and physical education. While wrestling for the Falcons, Headlee produced an impressive record of 101-14-1, a then-record, which ranks him ninth on the schools current career wins list. He was an NAIA all-American for his first three years at Messiah, and was the schools first NCAA Division III All-American in 1982 after placing fifth at the national tournament. In 1996, Headlee was inducted into the Messiah Athletics Hall of Fame. Before shining with the Falcons, Headlee was a three-time section champion, a WPIAL runner-up and a PIAA state qualifier for WCHS. Headlee is employed by the Jefferson-Morgan School District as a teacher and resides in Waynesburg with his wife Karen. The couple has two sons, Drew and Ethan. Drew is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he was a four-year letterman on the wrestling team, who went on to find success on the national and international competition levels as a freestyle wrestler. He has since returned to Pitt as an assistant coach. Ethan was a four-year letterman for Pitt and a national qualifier to the NCAA Division I Championships. 

Havelka came back to the Yellow Jackets as the teams new assistant coach.   After spending two years with the team as its GA, Havelka spent one year as the head coach at Chartiers-Houston High School, a traditionally strong program in nearby Washington County. During the 2013-14 season, Havelka led the Buccaneers to the WPIAL team tournament and sent two of his wrestlers all the way to the prestigious PIAA state championships in Hershey, Pennsylvania.   Before taking his first position with the Yellow Jackets, Havelka was a standout student-athlete at the University of Findlay (Ohio).   During his time with the Oilers, he was a two-time NCAA Division II national qualifier, most recently at 184 pounds in 2010, a four-year letter-winner and a two-time captain. He also excelled in the classroom and was a three-time NCAA Academic All-American.   Havelka earned his Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education in 2010 from the University of Findlay and completed a masters degree in Special Education from Waynesburg University in 2012.   Before heading to Findlay, Havelka was a excellent wrestler at Burgettstown High School. During his time with the Blue Devils, he racked up 119 wins and qualified for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) championships.