Joseph Wilson - Head Coach (1st Year)

Coach Wilson joined the Barnstable Wrestling Staff for the 2005-06 season and made an immediate impact. Wilson has brought his hardnosed intensity and outstanding technique to the Red Raider Wrestling Program. His commitment and dedication to the team has been notable.

Coach Wilson hiked the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia in 2004, a total of approximately 2,200 miles after graduating from college.

A 2004 graduate from the College of Charleston, NC, Wilson earned BS degrees Anthropology and Archeology. He has minor in Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science. He has worked as a Granby Camp Clinician for the Martin’s Granby School in Virginia .

He attended Morehead High School in North Carolina where he was a member of two State Championship teams. He graduated from Morehead High School in 2000.

Gonzalo Sanz, Asst. Coach (1st Year)

After an undeniably incredible high school wrestling career as a Red Raider, and attending Bridgewater State College for one year, Sanz returned home this winter to join his alma mater as an assistant coach. With hopes of re-enrolling at Columbia University Sanz will go do in history as one of the greatest wrestlers in the history of the program.

  Sanz was a three-time OCL All-Star with the Red Raiders, enjoyed a ranking of fourth in Division 1 in his weight class and co-captained the Red Raiders twice.

     He led Barnstable to its first-ever Old Colony League championship title in his senior year and finished his high school career with a 101-32 win-loss record.

Michael Magner, Asst. Coach

Michael Magner has been Barnstable High School ’s first and only varsity Head Wrestling Coach. He began coaching the school’s first varsity wrestling team during the 2003-04 season. During this time, he has been the driving force behind the Red Raiders rapid success.

     In just the program’s second varsity season, coach Magner was named the Massachusetts Wrestling Coach-of-the-Year by Masswrestling.com. He helped the Barnstable Wrestling team capture a share of it’s first OCL League Championship and lead them to the Division 1 South Sectional Semi-finals in the Team State Dual Championships in just the program’s third varsity season and first as a funded program.

     Besides leading the high school team, coach Magner founded and coached the Barnstable Recreation Department’s Youth Wrestling Program in 1999 - 2002. He also founded and coached the Cape Cod Wrestling Club for the past seven years. He was the Director of the Cape Cod Wrestling Camps in the summer of 2003 and 2004.

     Before coming to Barnstable High School , coach Magner served as Assistant Wrestling Coach at Lowell High School , Methuen High School , Whitman-Hanson High School , and Torrey Pines High School in Del Mar California .

     In 1995, Magner earned his M. Ed. from Bridgewater State College in School Counseling grades 5 – 12. A 1992 graduate of Slippery Rock University , PA , with a B.S. degree in Sports Management, Magner wrestled for this NCAA Division 1 wrestling program under the tutelage of legendary coach Fred Powell. In his junior year, Magner received a knee injury that put an end to his collegiate wrestling career.

     A native of Plymouth , MA., Magner was a 3X State Qualifier, captain of his team at Plymouth-Carver High School , and a member of the Massachusetts Junior Olympic team in his senior year.

Dr. Peter Bertucci, Volunteer Asst. Coach

A resident of Marstons Mills whose son Peter is a BHS freshman (football, wrestling), Dr. Bertucci has long been a highly-esteemed member of the faculty in the Sandwich Public Schools system. A former high school football star at Boston Latin where he was a fullback, Dr. Bertucci has also long been affiliated with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cape Cod & The Islands.