Staff

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.

David Smith comes home to the RWC after a brief stint in Winchester, VA. A 2020 graduate of St. Christopher's School, where he won a state title as a Senior, Smith wrestled at Shenandoah University for 3 years, spending one as a team captain. After graduating from SU, Coach Smith spent a year teaching and coaching in Winchester with the Red Lion Wrestling Club, Daniel Morgan Middle School, and Millbrook High School. A former Richmond Wrestling Club wrestler, Smith volunteered with our youth program during his high school career. He is currently a Health Education teacher in Hanover County.

Drew Squires has been part of the St. Christopher's and Richmond Wrestling Club since 2024. Prior to coming to Richmond, Squires was an assistant at Colonial Forge High School as a part of several state championship teams, working with numerous individual State Champions, Placewinners, and future college wrestlers. In addition to coaching, Coach Squires is a tournament director for multiple collegiate and high school events along the East Coast. He is a 2013 graduate of George Mason University, where he wrestled under current USA Wrestling Manager of Men's Freestyle Programs, Joe Russell. Prior to that, Squires spent a year at Division 2 powerhouse Newberry College. In high school, Drew wrestled at notable VA programs Christiansburg and Colonial Forge, where he was a member of four state championship teams and won an individual AA State Championship in 2007 (at CHS). Squires is currently employed as a government contractor and lives in Richmond.

Darius Grant enters his first year with the RWC after spending time working with several notable clubs in the Northeast - Dark Knights (Stroudsburg, PA), Steel Valley (Easton, PA), Fisheye (Windsor, CT), and Dynamic (South Hadley, MA) wrestling clubs. A native of Pennsylvania hotbed District 11, Grant wrestled at Freedom HS (Bethlehem, PA) where he placed 3rd at the PA Freestyle and Greco State Championships, making the 2016 Pennsylvania Fargo National Team. After high school, Coach Grant wrestled at Western New England University in Springfield, MA, where he was a four year starter and team captain, graduating with a degree in Finance in 2022 and being selected for the NCAA Career in Sports Forum. He gained his MBA from Western New England in 2024.

Frank Goodwin joins the RWC in 2025. Coach Goodwin wrestled at Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore, MD, where he was a 2x State Champion, 3x National Prep All-American, 3x Beast of the East Placewinner, Super 32 Runner-Up, and Fargo All-American in both Freestyle and Greco Roman. During his college years, Goodwin wrestled at the University of Maryland (alongside Coach Squires) from 2010-2015, spending 4 years as a starter on two ACC Championship teams and qualifying for the NCAA tournament. After college, he moved to Pennsylvania, coaching at Peter's Township HS where he mentored 3 Pennsylvania State Placewinners, including a state finalist, as an assistant coach from 2018-2021. Frank and his wife, Katie, live in Richmond with their two children Vika and Jackson.

Keaton Gomez comes to the Richmond Wrestling Club after a decorated college competitive and coaching career. A four year captain at Southern Virginia University, Gomez holds school records for most career pins, pins in a season, and fastest pin, ranking second nationally in total pins in 2016-2017. After graduating from SVU, Keaton joined the coaching staff at Averett University where he worked with six conference champions, seven national qualifiers, and 3 NCAA All-Americans as part of a program that won two conference championships and was consistently ranked in the top 25 for NCAA D3 while also completing his MBA.