Jeff Buxton is the head wrestling coach at Blair Academy

Blair Academy

Blair Academy is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding high school with an enrollment of about 448 students for grades nine through twelve. The school has 78 faculty members...

 in Blairstown, New Jersey. Since his appointment in 1982, the program has come to be considered the most successful high school wrestling program in the United States, winning 31 consecutive National Prep titles as of 2011. He currently lives in Blairstown with his wife Carol and his two children, Tony and Siena. In addition to coaching wrestling he also teaches mathematics at Blair Academy.

Personal Highlights

• In 1975, he was a National Prep Champion
• Earned 13 varsity letters in football
  American football
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  , wrestling
  Wrestling
  Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
  
   and lacross
• Wrestled undefeated through four seasons.
• Named 1975 Rhode Island Athlete of the Year
• Inducted into Providence Country Day School
  Providence Country Day School
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  ’s Athletic High School Hall of Fame.
• NCAA Qualifier in college at University of Rhode Island
  University of Rhode Island
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• Outstanding Wrestler in the 1980 Northeastern Regional Olympic Trials.

Coaching Highlights at Blair Academy (1982 - Present)

• 31 Prep National Team Championships
• 6 National High School Championships (National High School Coaching Association)

Personal Achievements

• themat.com "Wrestler of the Week May 2006"

• He received a USA Wrestling's Lifetime Achievement Award during special banquet for the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Wrestling other featured guest, Greco-Roman Gold Medal Champion Rulon Gardner
  Rulon Gardner
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In presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award to Buxton, Blair wrestling parent Alan Meltzer said this about the man who coached his son: "I gave Jeff one of my most prized things in life, my son. The only thing that matters to a parent is his children. Jeff would be a mentor as a wrestling coach and as a human being. We made the right decision. Jeff’s record is incredible."

Jeff’s teams have been declared national champions among high school teams numerous times, and many of his student-athletes have gone on to become champions and college All-Americans. Jeff is active in the state association, USA Wrestling New Jersey, where he serves as coach for the Cadet National and Junior National USA Teams compeating in Fargo, ND. He is currently serving on New Jersey Coaches Council.