One of the great coaches from Central Minnesota is former Milaca High School Head Wrestling Coach Randy Zimmer. With a career high school coaching record of 556-138-8, with 10 teams that qualified for the Minnesota State Wrestling tournament with seven teams placing, 129 individual state qualifiers, 44 state place winners and five state champions, Coach Randy Zimmer is also one of Minnesota’s finest ever.
Coach Zimmer is truly one of the nice guys in the coaching ranks. With all his success with his Milaca wrestling squads, he has been the recipient of numerous coaching honors over the years.
As Head Wrestling Coach at Milaca High School, from 1988 to 2012, Zimmer was voted “Section Coach of the Year” honors nine times, including the years 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012 in Sections 6AA and 7AA.
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After finishing up at Worthington Junior College, Randy transferred to St. Cloud State University and wrestled for Hall of Fame Coach John Oxton.
Randy got his start in coaching as a “Youth Coach” in 1976 in the Worthington Wrestling program while attending college at Worthington Junior College for the late Hall of Famer Ken Droegemueller, who was then Head Wrestling Coach at Worthington High School.
