Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

 
The wrestling room at Canon-McMillan has been “christened.” It is named the “Chris Mary Wrestling Practice Facility.” But when it comes to championship coaches, there is little room for peers next to Chris Mary. The wrestling coach at Canon-McMillan from 2000-2013, Mary won four WPIAL team championships and they came consecutively from 2010-13. No WPIAL team has ever won four consecutive Triple-A team titles. He also won two PIAA team championships at the dual meet level and three others at the individual tournament. On top of that, he won 12 section titles. Mary was selected the national coach of the year by Open Mat in 2012, and the national coach of the year by USA Wrestling magazine in 2013. Under Mary’s coaching, 20 Canon-Mac wrestlers won WPIAL individual titles and six state championships. Mary was a pretty good wrestler himself at Chartiers-Houston, finishing 98-6-3 with three WPIAL championships. He placed second at the PIAA tournament once and third two other times.