Coach Paladino started wrestling as a high school freshman in New Jersey and was a 2x NJSIAA District Champion and 1x NJSIAA Region Champion. He went on to have a 31-1-1 Record as a Senior making it to the semi-finals of the NJSIAA State Championships.

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He attended Middlesex College and was an NJCAA All-American and also wrestled at Missouri Valley College where they won two team national championships.

He was a Bronze Medalist at the 2016 Veteran World Championships in Poland. 

 

In 2019 He was inducted into the WTAAA New Jersey Hall of Fame.

 

He coached at Chattahoochee and Alpharetta High Schools before coming to South Forsyth High School where he also helps coach our youth wrestling program. 

 

In his free time, he loves spending time with his two boys and working on his non-profit Athletes For Children.