Jeff Sweigard
Central Dauphin High School
Impact Statement
“You just have to wrestle with some heart tonight and let the chips fall where they may.”
-Jeff Sweigard’s philosophy
Biography
Sweigard coached 11 years in the Susquehanna Township school district, earning District 3 Coach of the Year honors in 1989. He has been Central Dauphin’s head coach the past 15 seasons. His teams have won 10 Mid-Penn Conference titles, seven District 3 titles and eight sectional titles. Central Dauphin won state titles in AAA, perhaps the nation’s toughest wrestling class, the past three seasons.
The Rams took the individual team championship in 2007, then doubled up by winning both dual and individual state team titles in 2008 and 2009. Sweigard has coached 58 sectional champions, 22 district champions, 55 state qualifiers, 39 state placewinners and six state champions.
A five-time District 3 Coach of the Year, including each of the past three seasons, Sweigard also was selected as the Pennsylvania Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2009 and also was named National High School Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association this season.
Sweigard is still at the helm of Central Dauphin since being honored in 2009. His teams have made 15 appearances at the Dual State Championships from 1999 until 2020. His teams won another two titles in 2010 and 2011. The Rams came in second place in 2013. In addition, Swiegard coached five individual State Champions from 2009 until 2019.
Sweigard captured win number 500 on January 2, 2020 with a shutout, 75-0, over Central Dauphin East.
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