OUR COACHES
COACH BRIAN PETERSON
VHS Wrestling Head Coach
10 Years with VHS Wrestling and Founding Coach
Under Coach Peterson’s Leadership during the past 10 years, VHS Wrestling achieved 3 league championships, Runner-up in the 2017 CIF Team Duals, and Champion in 2018 CIF Team Duals, and has coached 10 individual CIF Champions, 10 state finalist, and 8 state medalists and 2 State Champions.
Coach Peterson has over 25 years of martial arts, including wrestling, and fitness training experience and holds 5 world titles in MMA and BJJ. Coach Peterson teaches youth to adult level classes, from amateur to professional, in Wrestling, MMA, and BJJ.
COACH NEIL JONES
VHS Wrestling - 10 Years
Coach Jones is a father of 3 and has lived and worked in the Santa Clarita Valley for over 25 years. A retired software industry executive, he is now focusing on wrestling and strength training, Coach Jones is a Level 2 NFHS Certified Wrestling Coach, Strength and Conditioning Coach, & Certified Personal Trainer.
COACH ANTON KALISTA
VHS Wrestling - 6 Years
Coach Kalista is a former high school and college wrestler from Minnesota. He has lived in California for the past 6 years and in the United States for the past 20 years. He competed internationally with the Minnesota Storm and before joining our team, he coached at Compound WC/Holy Innocents.
COACH PATTY PEARSON
VHS Wrestling - 5 Years
Coach Pearson is a former high school and college wrestler. He has extensive coaching experience. He was a high school coach in Utah at West Jordan High School and Lehi High School as well as a Utah National Team coach in Freestyle & Greco. He moved to California with his family in 2016 where he was the coach at South Pasadena High School before joining our team in 2019. He is a husband and father of 3 who all share his love of the sport.
