District Directors

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Roll the mouse over the map and click on the area where your athlete resides to see your district description and office information.
For club and/or individual AAU membership, please call the appropriate contact listed for your area. If you are in doubt regarding which is your AAU District, please call 407-934-7200 or the AAU National Headquarters, 407-934-7200, for assistance.
ADIRONDACK DISTRICT (Organized January 31, 1920)
Jeffrey Varmette
P.O. Box 913
Glen Falls, NY 12801
518-668-4619
jvarmette@yahoo.com


 That portion of New York State east and north of Broome, Cortland, Dutchess, Onondaga, Orange, Oswego and Sullivan Counties.
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
 cfox@aausports.org

State of Alaska. 
Gavin Pehl
1944 N. Lapis Dr.
Prescott, AZ 86301
928-778-1728 (Phone)
928-710-2211 (Phone)
grizzwrestling@hotmail.com
highcountrywrestlingclub@gmail.com

State of Arizona.

Joshua Hightower
501-230-5502
josh@searcywrestling.com
www.arkansasaau.org 

State of Arkansas and (added December, 1948) Bowie County, Texas. 
Hector Gomez
630-816-9727
hector.gomezwrestling@gmail.com



Illinois, except Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Counties (counties of Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair given to Ozark District, with reservation that all judo therein to be controlled by Central District). 
Guy Fowler
209-765-4021
centralcalaau@aol.com
www.centralcalaau.org


Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mona, Stanislaus, Tulare in the State of California. (Territory re-aligned, December, 1963)
Thomas Blair
744 Bunyan Ct.
Berthoud, CO 80513
970-619-1478
trblr4@hotmail.com

State of Colorado. (Territory re-aligned December, 1963, 1965, 1968.
Renamed October, 2004.)
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
cfox@aausports.org
www.connecticutaau.org

State of Connecticut.
Sean Ballard
321-987-2974
ballard.sean@brevardschools.org
www.aauflorida.org

Florida, except Miami-Dade (official county name has been changed to Miami-Dade), Broward, that part of Hendry County West of Route 833 and Palm Beach Counties. (Territory re-aligned, December 1958, 1959, 1963, 1972, and 1999.)

www.aauflorida.org
www.eteamz.com/floridaaau

Sean Ballard
321-987-2974
ballard.sean@brevardschools.org

Broward, Miami-Dade (official county name has been changed to Miami-Dade), that part of Hendry County East of Route 833, and Palm Beach Counties.
(Territory re-aligned, December 1958, 1959, 1963, 1972 and 1999.)

Darrel Lauderdale
(865)755-7872
seaauwrestling@gmail.com

Liz Nichols
aaunichols@bellsouth.net

www.gaaau.net

AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
cfox@aausports.org

That part of the State of Texas bounded on the North and including the counties of Angelina, Houston, Leon, Nacogdoches, Robertson and Shelby; on the East by the State of Louisiana; on the South by the Gulf of Mexico and on the West by and including the counties of Austin, Brazos, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Matagorda, Robertson, Waller, Washington and Wharton.
(Territory re-aligned September, 1992.)

www.aaugulf.org
www.gulf-aau.org 
Kim Ball
425 Koloa St.
Kahului, HI 96732
808-280-1320
kim@surfmaui.com

State of Hawaii.
Gary Myers
(317) 514-0102

garymyers86@gmail.com


All of State of Indiana excepting Clark, Dearborn and Floyd Counties with the reservation that all wrestling therein be controlled by the Indiana District.
Paul Campbell
P.O. Box 9603
Yakima, WA 98909
509-453-2696 (Home)
509-457-0931 (Fax)
paul@yvn.com

State of Washington, counties of Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman and Yakima County. State of Idaho, counties of Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Pend Oreille and Shoshone. (Territory re-aligned September, 1987.)

www.aauinlandempire.org
www.ieaau.org
Wes Creason
1217 East Franklin Ave.
Indianola, IA 50125
515-442-6599
aauwrestlingiowa@gmail.com

State of Iowa.

www.aauiowa.org
Luda Dixon
207 Burnley Rd.
Louisville, KY 40243
502-245-4238 (Home)
502-387-7962 (Work)
vpdixon@prodigy.net

The State of Kentucky and Clark and Floyd County in the State of Indiana (except for the sports of wrestling, boys and girls basketball). (Territory re-aligned, September, 1987; October 2003).
www.aaukentucky.org

Mark Hawald
34194 Aurora Road #231
Solon, Ohio 44139
hawaldwrestling@gmail.com
(440) 759-2156
www.leaau.org

As Northeastern Ohio District. Name changed at 1956 Convention)-The Counties of Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Jefferson, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawus and Wayne. (Territory re-aligned December, 1960 and September, 1991.)

Jason Gabrielson
202-386-4283
jasongabrielson@hotmail.com

State of Maryland (except the counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges.)
(Territory re-aligned December, 1968.)
www.aaumaryland.com
www.marylandaau.com
Karen Wilson
586-604-9395 (Phone)
kwilson424@yahoo.com

www.michiganaau.org
State of Michigan. (Territory re-aligned December, 1962 and October, 1971)
Mike Newbern
757-348-0300
madaaugrappler@gmail.com

New Jersey, south of Mercer and Monmouth County; all of the State of Delaware and Pennsylvania, east of and including Bedford, Centre, Clinton and Potter Counties (Territory re-aligned December, 1962.)

www.ma-aau.org
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
 cfox@aausports.org

State of Minnesota

www.minnesotaaau.org
Jack Crider
232 N. Kingshighway Blvd., #1502
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-367-2635 (Home)
314-644-9719 (Work)
314-406-6040 (Cell)
jcrider01@sbcglobal.net

All of Kansas and that portion of the western part of the state of Missouri including and bounded by Adair, Audrain, Benton, Callaway, Christian, Cole, Greene, Hickory, Macon, Montineau, Morgan, Polk, Randolph, Schuyler and Taney. (Territory re-aligned December, 1962.)
Shane Gorder
11685 CR 350
Sidney, MT 59270
406-482-9672
sgorder@richland.org
State of Montana.
Rob Pilcher
402-896-1596
robert.pilcher@yahoo.com

(Territory re-aligned September, 1986.) State of Nebraska.
Ed Skovron
401-831-5136
oldpro77@msn.com

New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. (Territory re-aligned September, 1987.)

www.aaunewengland.org
www.neaau.org
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
cfox@aausports.org

New Jersey north of and including Hudson, Mercer and Monmouth Counties.

www.aaunewjersey.org
www.njaau.org
Javier Posa
405-501-0354
jvrposa@gmail.com
www.newmexicoaau.org

State of New Mexico and the counties of Brewster, Culbertson, Crockett, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio and Terrell in the State of Texas. (Territory re-aligned September, 1988.)
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (Organized, 1890)
Ernest Jackson
PO Box 449
Chester, NY 10918
570-409-9265
Email: edajack@ptd.net
www.nymetropolitanaau.com

New York, south of and including Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties; also the Canal Zone. (Renamed October, 2004)
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
Email: cfox@aausports.org

That portion of New York State west of and including Broome, Cortland, Onondaga and Oswego Counties.  
Stan Chambers
919-400-1958
​thematroom@yahoo.com

State of North Carolina.

www.aaunorthcarolina.org
www.ncaau.org
NORTH DAKOTA DISTRICT (Organized December 1, 1962)
Kayle Dangerud
3520 Eagle Run Dr
West Fargo, ND 58078
701-364-0990
kdangeru@amfam.com
dangerud@ideaone.net

State of North Dakota

www.aaunorthdakota.org
www.ndaau.org
Effie Gelman
733-915-6634
effiegelman@gmail.com

State of Ohio (except the counties of Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Dearborn County (except wrestling) of Indiana, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Jefferson, Lake, Lawrence, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawus, Washington and Wayne). (Territory re-aligned, December, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1963, and October, 1971.)
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
Email: cfox@aausports.org

State of Oklahoma.
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
Email:  cfox@aausports.org

State of Oregon and the following counties of Washington: Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania. (Territory re-aligned September, 1987.)

www.aauoregon.org
www.oregonaau.org
Dirk Dietz
314-773-9095
dietz007@primary.net
www.aauozark.org

Missouri east of and including the following counties, Camden, Dallas, Douglas, Knox, Miller, Monroe, Montgomery, Osage, Ozark, Pike, Scotland, Shelby, including the city of St. Louis, and Webster. Counties of Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair in Illinois with reservation that all judo therein be controlled by Central DISTRICT. (Territory re-aligned December, 1962.)
David Ridge
916-837-7915
http://aaupacific.org

The State of California, north of but not including the counties of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono and San Luis Obispo and the Counties of Churchill, Douglas, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Ormsby, Pershing, Storey and Washoe in the State of Nevada. (Territory re-aligned December, 1961 and December, 1962 and 1963.) 
Bull Stewart
bullstewart@hotmail.com

Washington, west of but not including Chelan, Kittitas, Okanogan and Yakima Counties and north of but not including Cowlitz, Klickitat and Skamania Counties.
 
www.aaupacificnorthwest.org
www.pnaau.org
Henry Blackwood
914 Taft Ave. El Cajon, CA 92020
619-447-4962 (Home)
619-956-0472 (Work)
619-562-9342 (Fax)
hblackwood1@yahoo.com

www.aaupacificsouthwest.org

Imperial and San Diego Counties, California.

AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
Email:  cfox@aausports.org

http://www.pvaausports.org/

All territory within the District of Columbia, counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in the State of Maryland, and counties of Arlington and Fairfax and cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Territory re-aligned December 1968. Formerly District of Columbia District. Renamed December, 1972.)

www.eteamz.com/pvaausports
PUERTO RICO DISTRICT (Organized September 8, 1984)
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
Email:  cfox@aausports.org

Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

www.aaupuertorico.org
SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT (Organized December 5, 1965)
Scott Szalwinski
803-361-5007 (Cell)
mats2men@gmail.com

www.scaau.org

State of South Carolina.
SOUTH DAKOTA DISTRICT (Organized December 4, 1964)
Chris Sayler
605-759-1223
chris.sayler@k12.sd.us

State of South Dakota.

www.aausouthdakota.org
www.aausd.org
Dan Rodriguez
148 South Texas Blvd.
Weslaco , TX 78596
956-376-0617
dan@imperialwrestling.com

That part of the State of Texas bounded on the East by and including the counties of Burleson, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Milam and; on the South by the Gulf of Mexico and the Republic of Mexico; on the West by and including the counties of Schleicher, Sutton and Val Verde, and on the North by and including the counties of Bell, Burnett, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, Llano, Mason and Menard. (Territory re-aligned December, 1961, 1963 and September, 1992.)

www.aausouthtexas.org
www.ccstaau.com 
Darrel Lauderdale
134 Vanderview
Seymour, TN 37865
865-755-7872
seaauwrestling@gmail.com

All of the states of Alabama and Tennessee. (Territory re-aligned December 1958, December 1972, September 30, 1989 and September 1999)

www.aausoutheastern.org
www.seaausports.com 
Jorge Lauriano
504-669-6904
jorge.laurano@wgrant.com
 
All of the States of Louisiana and Mississippi.
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
 cfox@aausports.org
www.aausouthernnevada.org

Counties of Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nyle, all within the State of Nevada. (Territory re-aligned December, 1961, 1962.)

David Cardoza
909-653-8611
coachcardoza_eph612@yahoo.com

Including the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura all within the State of California. (Territory re-aligned October, 1973.)


David Mudgett
2824 Timber Court
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
817-929-8453
dmudgett@aisd.net

That part of the State of Texas bounded on the South but not including the counties of Angelina, Brown, Callahan, Coryell, Falls, Houston, Lampasas, Leon, Milam, Mills, Nacogdoches, Robertson and Shelby; on the East by the State of Louisiana, State of Arkansas and the county of Bowie, Texas; on the North by the State of Oklahoma and the county of Bowie, Texas and on the West by the counties of, but not including Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones and Knox in the State of Texas. (Territory re-aligned September, 1992.) 
Bill Kilpack
PO Box 1418
West Jordan , UT 84084
(801) 641-9832
coach@mountaintopwrestling.com

State of Utah. (Territory re- aligned December, 1978.)

www.aauutah.org
www.utahaau.com
VIRGINIA DISTRICT (Organized December 9, 1934)
Louis Roth
757-689-3537
aauwrestling.va2019@gmail.com
www.vaaauwrestling.comState of Virginia (except the Counties of Arlington and Fairfax and cities of Alexandria and Falls Church.) (Territory re-aligned December, 1968.)
AAU National Office
1910 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7200
 cfox@aausports.org

All counties in Pennsylvania west of Bedford, Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon and Potter Counties and the Counties of Brooke, Hancock, Marshall and Ohio in West Virginia. (Territory re-aligned December, 1959 and September, 1991.)
 
www.aauwesternpennsylvannia.org
www.westpennaau.org

Rodney Ramirez
3115 Pittsburg
Amarillo, TX 79103
806-367-9488
info@panhandlewrestling.com

All that part of the State of Texas bounded on the South side and including the counties of Concho, Irion, McCulloch, Pecos, Reeves, Regan, San Saba, Tom Green and Upton; on the West by the State of New Mexico; on the North by the State of Oklahoma; on the East by the State of Oklahoma and by and including the counties of Brown, Callahan, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones, Knox, Mills and San Saba in the State of Texas. (Territory re-aligned December, 1961; October, 1976.)

Jim Smith
304-345-1500
cewrestling@gmail.com
www.westvirginiaaau.org

All of the State of West Virginia except the Counties of Brooke, Hancock, Marshall and Ohio; also Lawrence and Washington Counties in Ohio; and Boyd County in Kentucky. (Territory re-aligned December, 1963 and October, 1973.) 

Keith Noll
715-231-4000
slapshot@wwt.net

(Territory re-aligned December, 1964 and September 30, 1989)

www.aauwisconsin.org
www.wiaauhoops.com
 
WYOMING DISTRICT (Organized December 9, 1968.)
Mikah Kadera
1209 E. Baker Street
Laramie, WY 82072
(307) 751-6649
kadera157@gmail.com

State of Wyoming.
 
*Wrestling District Director appointments subject to District Governor approval*