Joshua Resnick
Program Head Coach
Coach Resnick just completed his 9th year at Capo and 7th season as the head coach, after pervious stints coaching at Westminster & Santa Monica HS's. Coach hails from Wisconsin, where he was a freestyle and greco state champ. He is a Judo Black Belt, having competed on the national team from 1991-2004. Coach has three children, all of whom are involved in the program here at Capo-- Solomon a sophomore on the team, Phong who comes to help coach and is an active CIF referee, and Juneau who can be found singing the National Anthem at all our major events.
Coach takes pride in trying to teach a love for the sport and inspiring kids to go on and compete at the next level-- be that anything from the community college to Division-1 level. Life and sport should be a journey, go enjoy it!
Ria Bitun
Girls Head Coach
Coach Ria has returned to her roots! After having graduated in 2006 as the first young lady to have wrestled at Capo and being a state placer in one of the first years of the sport! Coach Ria then found her way to coaching at Santa Ana HS for several years under Coach Tim Byers who is an absolute legend in the sport. Together they coached multiple CIF Regional, Southern Section, State and National wrestlers. After taking off several years to start their Dance Studio in Lake Forest and begin their young family, Coach Ria has decided to return to the mats.
Monte Schmalhaus
Boys Varsity Assistant
Coach Monte joins us after having wrestled at Utah Valley where he was a multiple time WWC Academic Team and team captain placing top-8 at the prestegious Midlands Championships as a senior at 174s. His experience, love for the sport, and positive attitude have been a huge plus for our young men and he certainly has played a key role in the development of our top young men. We are very excited and looking forward to Coach's continued presence with us at Capo!
Phong Resnick, Tyler Atkinson, Moises Hernandez
Tuesday Live Brawlers!
Phong, Tyler and Moises all wrestlerd for Coach Resnick when he was at Westminster HS. Each one of them was a solid wrestler with solid technique and a strong desire to give back to the sport by coming in and wrestling live with the team every Tuesday, being CIF referees, and even taking the kids to a tournament as needed. We are lukcy to have the three of them coming in and pushing the kids to a higher level week after week.
Luke Meyer, Jason Gomez, Neila Fritts
Capo Collegiate Alumni
Not many programs are as fortunate as we are to have their former wrestlers still coming around to help coach when on break from their college wrestling schedules. Nile Fritts was a CA State Champion and is wrestling at Menlo College, Luke Meyer is a Sophomore Heavyweight at Cal Poly SLO, and Jason Gomez is a freshman lightweight at Eastern Oregon University.
Brian Shackleford
...a man instrumental in all things Capo!
Coach "Shack" just finished his first year in Meridian, Idaho after having retired from SoCal and moving on to the next phase of his life with his loving bride-- Rochelle. Shack was at Capo for over a dozen years and has been instumental in turning the Lady Big Kat in the phenominal event it is as well as creating an amazing athmosphere and culture among our young men and girls teams-- culminating with Nile Fritt's CA State Title run.... We love you Shack!
Joe Zeller
Forever a part of Capo Wrestling
Coach Joe was the Head Coach at Capo thorugh the mid and later 1990's as he taught math at Capo. Coach Zeller was instrumental in so many of the great wrestlers who came through Capo-- chief among them being NCAA Division-2 National Champion Terry Tuzzilino.
Coach was a beloved member of the faculty here and a devoted man of faith. He will always be remembered for his kindness, generosity, and simplicity as a man and coach.
Joe wrestled for Redondo Union High School and was the athlete of the year his senior year. He went on to wrestle at El Camino Junior College and Long Beach State, and he wrestled two years for Campus Crusade’s Athletes in Action wrestling team.
Coach Zeller is survived by his wife of over 40 years, Judy, his 3 children, Arlene (Jess) Peterlin, Joe S. Zeller, and Rose (Steven) Higgins, his grandson Jordan Peterlin, and his father, Joe W. Zeller.
Jeff Roberts
Legendary Coach who started it all
Coach Roberts was the Head Coach at Capo who started a program based on fundamentel wrestling, hard work, and building on success. His teams were some of the best in California during the later 1980's and early 1990's-- culminating in a 2nd place overall team finish in 1988!
AFter many years at Capo, Coach Roberts relocated to the Central Valley of CA where he was instrumental in turning the area into a national hotbed for the sport of wrestling. He was inducted into the USA Wrestling CA Hall of Fame in 2008.
Contact
Capo Valley Wrestling
26301 via Escolar. Mission Viejo, CA 92692
CapoValleyWrestling@gmail.com