Coach joe Mccullough

Joe McCullough is a versatile individual who has excelled in various domains.
A former Vineland High School wrestler, instilling discipline and determination.
He is a NASM certified personal trainer and Brazilian Jujitsu competitor, recently becoming the 2023 Atlantic City NAGA no-Gi expert champion. Joe is a devoted stay-at-home dad to two children. He promotes fitness and nutrition for a balanced life.

 My name is John Rizzo. I am 26 years old. Vineland wrestling has been a huge part of my life since the start of my wrestling career at the age of 4 (20 years now). At the end of my high-school career in 2015, I became a Police Officer for the city of Vineland and have been employed by the Vineland Police Department since 2016. I stepped in with Tim Delouise in 2017 helping him build this program back up and I have coached high school wrestling alongside Pete Adams, Dave Homiak, and Jake Homiak.  A famous Pete Adams quote I like to live by is “if you only do enough to get by, you’ll never have enough to get it done”. In 2018, I took some time off as a coach for the mini program to be more available to my family during a move and the birth of our child. In that time I have watched Tim successfully  take this program in a direction I have never seen before. I am beyond thankful for what he has done and to be back helping and coaching once more.

Jeff Raines is an assistant coach for Vineland Wrestling. Jeff works as a Police Officer for the Department of Human Services. He also served in the United States Army as a Combat Engineer. Jeff started wrestling when he was only 5 years old. He wrestled until he was 18 years old. This will be his second season coaching with Vineland Wrestling. Jeff’s hobbies include working out. Most of his spare time is taken up by due to his daughter, Kendall. Kendall is 6 years old and also wrestles for Vineland Wrestling. 

 Currently the 8u divisional coach, Sal was born and raised in Vineland. He is a Vineland High School Alumni Class of 98’.Trained through Buena and Vineland Mini Wrestling programs, Coach Sal Wrestled Varsity all 4 years of his high school career, placing 3rd in District 31.

Married for 13 years, to his wife Danett, Sal is a proud father of 2 beautiful daughters and a son, Salvy. “I was ecstatic when Salvy wanted to come back after attending the try it out free practice.” Which led him to the decision to help coach. His son is now entering his second year in the program.Sal is employed at the City of Vineland Electric Utility as a Work Leader.

In his free time, Sal enjoys going to the gym, taking his family to the beach, spending quality time together and going to Disney World. Sal loves football, he Bleeds green as a Die-Hard Eagles fan.

GO BIRDS!!!

Timothy DeLouise is the Head Coach for the Vineland Wrestling Association. Coach Tim has been coaching for Vineland Wrestling Association since 2017; prior to that Coach Tim coached at Vineland High School.  Coach Tim is a Vineland Police Department Criminal Detective, a Police Academy Physical Training Instructor, and  a Police Defensive Tactics Instructor. Prior to starting his career as a police officer, Coach Tim served seven years in the New Jersey Air National Guard and one tour in Iraq (2007-2008). Coach Tim wrestled for Vineland High School and earned a District Championship in 2006 at District 31. 

Pete Adams, most people call him Coach Pete, has been involved in wrestling for over 50 years as a competitor, Coach and Mat Official. He has been coaching in Vineland wrestling in some form since 1985, as a youth, middle and VHS Coach. Coach Pete has coached many of the current Vineland Wrestling coaches from their youth through their high school careers. He is a certified NFHS, NJSIAA and USAW Wrestling Official. Coach Pete has also coached and officiated in Hawaii in all levels from 2013-2021, including officiating the Hawaii State finals each year and spending 5 years as the Hawaii Wrestling State rules interpreter. He also has 3 adult sons that all wrestled and graduated from Vineland. He welcomes you to the Vineland Wrestling family and invites you to contact him at any time if you have any questions regarding technique, rules or anything you would like to know.

Jennifer is currently serving as Vice President for the Vineland Wrestling Association. She became involved with wrestling in 2019. She is a wife and mother of 3, one of which is a wrestler. Jen has been a School Psychologist for 16 years. She became involved in this sport not knowing a thing. She has now chosen to join the board because the quality of the program, the passion of the coaches, and the family atmosphere. What Jen hopes to accomplish is to see the program grow and to help kids learn strength, endurance, drive, and resilience. She would love to see you join the Vineland Wrestling family to experience the support and friendship and to watch your children learn valuable skills on and off the mat.

Brett is currently serving as the Treasurer for the Vineland Wrestling Association. He works for the Vineland Recreation Department and owns Bouncin Buddies. He and his wife, Danielle have two kids, Rocco and Gianni. Brett became involved in wrestling two years ago when Rocco joined the wrestling team. Sports are a huge interest of his, especially Philadelphia sports teams. He also enjoys going to the beach, going on family vacations, and swimming in my pool.

Hi!  My name is Nicole Zavis. I’ve lived in Vineland for 18 years. I’m married with 3 beautiful children. I’ve been a part of the Vineland Wrestling Program for 10 years, since my oldest son was 5.  I love our wrestling family and look forward to the next 6 years watching my youngest grow, along with his teammates, in this great sport.