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HOLDREGE WRESTLING
Holdrege Wrestling Coaching Staff
Brandon Rimpley
High School Head Coach
Coach Brandon Rimpley is a 2008 Kearney High School Graduate. A 3rd Place finish as a Senior at the Class A Nebraska State Championships. Coach Rimpley graduated from the University of Nebraska Kearney with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. He was a member of the UNK Wrestling Team from 2009-2013. Coach Rimpley has been a part of the Holdrege Wrestling Program since 2014. Coach Rimpley works for Norder Supply as a Sales-Agronomist. Coach Rimpley and his wife Sarah have two beautiful children, Banks and Charlie.
"Becoming a head coach has been a lifelong goal of mine and I’m excited to share my passion for wrestling with the community of Holdrege"
Dan Smith
HS Volunteer Assistant
Coach Smith is originally from Lexington, Ohio where he began wrestling in the first grade. He competed through high school and into college at the United States Naval Academy. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1996, he served for 20 years as a pilot in the United States Marine Corps. He served in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan as a helicopter and tiltrotor pilot. In 2012 he returned to the sport as a wrestling club coach in Maryland. Upon retiring from the Marine Corps in 2016, he moved to Pennsylvania and continued to coach at the high school level there. In 2021, he moved to Kearney to teach as an Assistant Professor of Aviation at UNK. Since moving to Nebraska, he has coached at Kearney HS, Kearney Catholic HS, and now at Holdrege HS. During the summers Coach Smith has formed and coached teams of Nebraska and Pennsylvania wrestlers (Team PANE) to compete at the NHSCA National Duals in Virginia Beach, VA.
Coach Smith, his wife Jody, and their son Andrew reside in Kearney, NE.
Hunter Brenn
Club Coach
Coach Hunter Brenn
(Class of 2018 Holdrege High School)
Coach Brenn's wrestling career started when he was in preschool and he wrestled for the Dusters program through his senior year. He was a state qualifier for the Dusters his Junior year. He continued his education and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 2022. Coach Brenn returned home after graduation to farm and raise cattle.
Coach Brenn and his family are a huge part of the youth program. Coach Brenn will be focusing his time on the club program this season after spending two seasons helping with the HS program. His goal is to continue to spread the passion and love that he has for the sport of wrestling to today and future Holdrege wrestlers.
Logan Ausman
High School Assistant Coach
Coach Logan Ausman is a 2013 graduate from Keystone Oaks H.S. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started wrestling in 1st grade and wrestled throughout high school and into college. He has wrestled, trained, and competed with some of the most elite athletes and coaches at both the High School and College Levels.
Coach Ausman has a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Biology from Clarion University of PA, and his Masters of Science in Environmental Policy and Management from AMU.
Coach Ausman enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and served as a Machine Gunner from 2014-2020. Coach Ausman currently works for the USDA-NRCS as a Soil Conservationist in Holdrege.
This will be Coach Ausman's 3rd year with the Holdrege Wrestling Program.
Coach Ausman, his wife Jordan, and their son Eli have resided in Holdrege since 2021!
Logan & Jordan are expecting a little girl this October!
Nick Rimpley
High School Assistant
Coach Nick Rimpley graduated from Kearney High School in 2010. He was a 3 time Class A State Medalist with one of those being a State Championship his junior year. Coach Nick went on to wrestle at Colby Community College and was a qualifier for the JUCO National Tournament! Coach Nick then transferred to UNK where he received a bachelors in Ag Business.
Coach Nick now lives in Holdrege and his family farms near Bertrand. Nick and his wife Bri have three boys. Jace, Cale, and Nash.
Treven Melroy
Middle School Head Coach
Coach Treven Melroy
(Class of 2020 Holdrege High School)
Coach Melroy and his family have a long history with Holdrege Wrestling. Treven has been a long time member of the Holdrege Wrestling Club and the Optimist Club as a wrestler and volunteer coach. In High School Treven was a two time state qualifier for the Dusters and a 6th place finish his senior year. In his time at college Coach Treven would volunteer his time as a coach for all levels of Holdrege Wrestling. Coach Trev graduated from Southeast Community College with an Associates degree in Criminal Justice, and has recently graduated from the Police Academy and is serving as a Policer Officer in the Holdrege community!
Charles McGreer
Assistant MS Coach
Coming Soon
Coaches Contact Information
Coach Treven Melroy
Email:
Cell: (308) 991-9768
Coach Logan Ausman
Email: Logan.ausman31@gmail.com
Cell: (412) 335-9903
Coach Charles McGreer
Email:
Cell: (308) 889-5040
Coach Nick Rimpley
Email:
Cell: (308) 991-2784
Coach Hunter Brenn
Email:
Cell: (308) 991-7910