Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

Category: Athlete | Alma Mater: Chartiers-Houston, 1983 | Sport: Wrestling

A 1983 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School, Phil Mary helped lead the Buccaneers to WPIAL team championships in 1981 and 1982 and a PIAA team championship in 1982. Individually, he was a two-time WPIAL champion and one-time WPIAL runner-up, while also capturing two PIAA individual championships and a third-place finish, winning state titles as both a sophomore and junior. He compiled a 109-6-1 career record and earned two High School All-America honors. At the national level, he was a member of Pennsylvania’s team championship squad at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic and the AAA team winner at the Challenge of Champions at Penn State University. He continued his wrestling career at Clarion University from 1983–86, where he placed fourth in both the PSAC and EWL in 1986 and was a starter on the undefeated 1985–86 Clarion team that finished 17-0-1 and ranked third nationally. Following his competitive career, he transitioned into coaching and compiled a 113-49 career record, serving as an assistant coach and head coach at Chartiers-Houston, head coach at Peters Township from 1990–99, and later as an assistant coach at Canon-McMillan from 2001–06. Beyond coaching, he has been a member of the WPIAL Wrestling Committee since 1999 and the Dapper Dan Wrestling Committee since 2000, and has been elected to the SW Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame (2004), the Washington/Greene County Sports Hall of Fame (2009), and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame (2011).