Hume Fogg Wrestling

I've wrestled since we had two-weeks of wrestling in PE n 7th and 8th grade, and I just loved it.   I started wrestling for real in 9th grade, and wrestled through high school at Beverly Hills High, where I placed 6th in high school states and won the state freestyles a couple times.  I wrestled in college at Yale, and although I never did as well as I had hoped, I never stopped loving the sport, the values it taught me, and just the fun of doing a move just right or improvising a solution. 

I teach English at Vanderbilt University, and have recently published a book on Romantic Periodicals so, yes, I've read Frankenstein and know a bit about Wordsworth and those other poets. I am currently the chair of the English Department.  My kids Michael, Diana, and Josh are Hume-Fogg alumni.

On my personal notes for the Internet Chess Club, I note that I think wrestling is the sport most like chess.  That's because it is about strategy, but also about improvising, taking risks, and attacking with intensity but control.  But ultimately, wrestling lets a wrestler express, or maybe discover or invent, his own personality.  

After college, I coached a couple years, and have stayed active in the sport, working out at a number of the high schools in Middle Tennessee, attending camps, and certifying as an official. I am looking forward to developing this team, not just for the year, but for the future.  Let's build a Dynasty: that's what I want this year's motto to be.  Join us...

                                                     --Coach Schoenfield