About the Coaches

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     Logo Wrestle Porter You Wrestle the Pride!

    Wrestle with Pride!  Porter Pride!

    Head Coach

    Blake Love - 20th year as Head Coach of the Porter Pride
    blove@mcpsmt.org, 728-2400 ext.4604
    • Wrestled at Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls, Iowa 79-81
    • Coach Cedar Falls Wrestling Club 81-82
    • Wrestled at the University of Northern Iowa 81-84
    • Assistant High School Coach Browning, MT 84-85
    • Head Junior High Coach Browning, MT 84-85
    • Assistant Coach at the University of Montana 85-87
    • Volunteer Coach Hellgate and Big Sky High Schools 87-95
    • High School Wrestling official 89 - present
    • Head Coach Missoula Wrestling Club 90-02
    • Volunteer Coach Sentinel High School 95-12
    • Head Coach CS Porter 03-Present
    • Head Wrestling Official for Montana AAU and USA Wrestling 03-Present
    • College Wrestling Official 02 - Present
    • Head International Style Wrestling Official for the United State for AAU Wrestling 99-Present 
    • MT Wrestling Official of the Year 2005-06
    • AAU Wrestling Hall of Fame 2016
    • CS Porter - 7th Grade Life Science and H/PE

    Current Assistant Coaches

     Kasey Marks - 2004 - Present

    • Trained as an Assistant Coach at CSP Wrestling Academy
    • Professional Snowboarder
    • Master Fly Fisherman 
    • CS Porter - 8th Grade Physical Science and Math

    Nick Shepherd - 2008 - Present

    • Trained as an Assistant Coach at CSP Wrestling Academy
    • Taekwondo Master
    • Mixed Martial Arts Trained 
    • CS Porter - Math and H/PE

    Thomas Edge - 2010 - Present

    • Trained as an Assistant Coach at CSP Wrestling Academy
    • Master Video Game Restorer 
    • CS Porter Robotics Coach
    • CS Porter - PLTW Exploratory Teacher Extraordinaire

     Steve Strothman - 2017 - Present

    • Trained as an Assistant Coach at CSP Wrestling Academy
    • CS Porter Head basketball Coach (Multifaceted Great Coach)
    • CS Porter - 7th Grade Life Science and ELA

    Sander Tollefson - 2018 - Present

    • Trained as an Assistant Coach at CSP Wrestling Academy
    • Hellgate High School - Soccer Coach
    • CS Porter Head Soccer Official
    • CS Porter - 6th Grade Math and H/PE

    Brian Moe - 2022 - Present

    • Trained as an Assistant Coach at CSP Wrestling Academy
    • CS Porter - 7th Grade HPE and SS

    Past Assistant Coaches

    B.J. Ihde - 2015 - 2019
    • Frontier Conference Football Official
    • SLP Master

    Garth Smith - 2002 - 2014

    • Trained as an Assistant Coach at CSP Wrestling Academy
    • Strength and Conditioning Coach
    • Master Bowler and Disk Golf Flinger
    • CS Porter - 7th Grd Math/HPE

    Dev Harris - 2015 - 2017

    • Started wrestling in Washington State
    • Wrestled and coached in Europe
    • Personal Trainer
    • Massage Instructor - Missoula School of Massage 

    Erik Leithe - 2016 - 2017

    • Wrestled for Flathead High School
    • CSCT Master  
    • CS Porter - CSCT
    Damon Gilbreth - 2016 - 2017
    • Wrestled at Lake Washington High School, Kirkland, WA (Home of the Mighty Kangaroos!)
    • Played Football for the U of M
    • CS Porter - Teacher on Special Assignment
    Profe Maughan - 20?? - 20??
    • Spanish Aficionado
    Additional Coaches; TBA