Staff

Owen is the head wrestling coach for the Richmond Wrestling Club and St. Christopher’s School. Owen was hired in August of 2021 to lead the Saints wrestling program and stepped in as the Richmond Wrestling Club Director. Owen is currently an Upper and Middle School Health and P.E. teacher at St. Christopher’s.

Prior to St. Christopher’s, Owen was named the first head coach of the Averett University’s men's wrestling program in October 2016. In his first two seasons at Averett, Owen helped build the program into a contender. In only its second year, Averett had three wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Division III national tournament. He's also coached one Most Outstanding Wrestler Award in the American College Division at the Virginia Duals, as well as a Southeast Conference Wrestler of the Week.

Before coaching at Averett, Owen spent two seasons as the head assistant coach at Division I Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he coached NCAA national qualifiers and two conference champions for two consecutive years. His teams also were successful in the classroom, earning a top-14 Division I National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team ranking both years. From 2013-16, Owen also served as a USA Wrestling national team volunteer coach, coaching a silver medalist and a bronze medalist at the 2014 University World Championships in Hungary.

Before joining SIUE’s coaching staff, Owen coached at Division I George Mason University from 2011-14 while also working as the regional training center coach for the Patriot Elite Wrestling Club. Owen’s collegiate coaching experience also included a stint from 2007-2008 as an assistant at Division I Boise State University, his alma mater. Owen has also coached a number of club and high school teams, including a position as the head freestyle wrestling coach for Virginia USA Wrestling.

As a collegiate wrestler, Owen competed for Boise State in 2006-07. He began his wrestling career at Division I University of Minnesota, where he was a two-time NCAA national qualifier. While there, the team won the 2002 national championship and was the 2003 national runner-up. The Gophers also won the Big 10 Conference championship both of those seasons. He finished seventh at the University Nationals Freestyle in 2003, was the Fila Junior National Champion in 2002 and competed at the Junior Pan American Championships in Bogota, Colombia, where he finished second in Greco-Roman and third in Freestyle.

In high school, Owen was a three-time Washington state champion and a four-time finalist. He was the 2001 National High School Coaches Association national champion, a 1998 Cadet National Champion and a member of the 2000 Fila Junior World Team. A native of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, Owen received his bachelor’s degree in history from Boise State in 2006. He joins the Saints family, along with his wife, Jenny, and son Asher.

Ian Squires has been coaching at St. Christopher's School and the Richmond Wrestling Club since 2017. Prior to joining the Saints, Squires was a member of the coaching staff at Colonial Forge High - 3 years as an assistant and one as the head coach, helping guide the Eagles to one 6A Runner-Up finish (2014) and three consecutive 6A State Championships (2015-2017). In 2018, he was named the National Wrestling Coaches' Association Virginia Assistant Coach of the Year. Coach Squires is involved with Virginia USA Wrestling (VAWA), serving as the Cadet (U16) Director and is also Freestyle coach for the Cadet and Junior National Teams.

Ian Squires is a 2013 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a member of the wrestling team for two years, competing at both 149 and 157 pounds. The two years prior, Squires was a student athlete at Boston University, spending one year as the starter at 141 pounds.

In high school, Squires wrestled at VA powerhouse programs Christiansburg High and Colonial Forge High, where he was a member of 4 state championship teams and won an individual AAA State Championship in 2009 (at CFHS).

Squires is currently a middle school Health Education teacher in Hanover County and lives in Richmond with his wife, Kaylee, and sons Adam and Henry.

Dan Clingenpeel is in his third season as a RWC coach. Dan also serves as an assistant coach with St. Christopher's School. Preceding his position at RWC/ STC, he led the Matoaca High School wrestling program from 2018-2022. During this time Dan coached 2 VHSL State Champions, 4 VHSL State Finalists, and 6 VHSL Regional Champions. Prior to Matoaca Dan had coaching stops at Clover Hill, Cosby, and Fairfax High Schools.

Coach Clingenpeel has a passion for Strength and Conditioning, working as a coach at The Weight Room Training Center in Richmond, VA.

STC Class of 2019, University of North Carolina Class of 2024.

Wrestled for 5 years at Division I UNC.

3x Virginia High School State Champion and 4x National Prep All-American.

STC Class of 2020, University of Virginia Class of 2024.

Wrestled for 3 years at Division I University of Virginia.

Coached the Cavalier Wrestling Club while at UVA.

3x Virginia State Place Winner and Team Captain.

Rob Prebish enters his twenty-seventh season of coach wrestling, the last seventeen with St. Christopher's and the Richmond Wrestling Club. As a coach, Prebish assists with the day to day operations of both the Saints and Richmond Wrestling Club programs including technique development and working on the technology side of the programs.

In 2017, he traveled to Israel as an Assistant Coach of the US wrestling team that competed in the 20th World Maccabiah Games, helping the team earn 19 medals. He returned to Israel in the summer of 2022 to serve as the Head Coach for the US wrestling team at the 21st World Maccabiah Games. Prebish was on the coaching staff of the 2014 UWW Cadet World Greco Roman team that competed in the World Championships in Slovakia. Additionally, Prebish is the Coaching Director for the Virginia Wrestling Association and a member of its National Teams Coaching Staff, focusing on Greco Roman.

He graduated from Penn State in 1996 with a degree in Health Education after competing for Millersville (PA) University, earning the starting spot at 118 lbs. In 2018, Coach Prebish graduated from the California University of Pennsylvania with a Masters degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion, specializing in Sports Psychology.

As an athlete, Prebish was successful at all levels, winning World and National Championships in Greco Roman, and earning spots on four World teams; Coach Prebish continues to compete at the Veterans/ Masters level, earning bronze medals at the UWW Veterans World Championships in 2019 and 2022. In 2021 he won gold at the UWW Veterans World Championships in Loutraki, Greece.

Coach Prebish is a Health and Physical Education Teacher at Robious Middle School in Chesterfield County.

Travers Clemons is a 1998 graduate of VMI where he competed on both the wrestling and rugby teams for the Keydets. In high school, Clemons attended St. Christopher's School where he wrestled under head coach Lake Taylor.

Outside of wrestling, Clemons is a competitive endurance athlete and lives in Montpelier, VA with his wife and three kids.

STC Class of 2014, James Madison University Class of 2018.

2x Virginia State Place Winner.