Mike DeAnna, a native of Bay Village, Ohio, was a three-time Ohio state champion for Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio.

He was 83-0 in his championship years (1974-76) and 104-5-1 for his scholastic career. DeAnna earned first-team high school All-American honors and also won two U.S. Wrestling Association National Freestyle titles. He was named the Cleveland Plain Dealer Athlete of the Decade for his efforts.

DeAnna was a two-time NCAA finalist, a four-time NCAA All-American and a four-time Big Ten Conference champion for the University of Iowa from 1977 to 1981. He won National AAU Freestyle titles in 1983 and 1984 and was the second alternate on the 1984 United States Olympic freestyle team.

DeAnna served as the head coach at Davenport High School from 1981-83 before becoming the head coach at Edinboro University and serving in that capacity from 1984-90. He led the Fighting Scots to five Top Ten finishes at the NCAA tournament, including each of the first three years after moving up to Division I in 1986-87. He coached 22 All-Americans and the first NCAA champion in the history of athletics at Edinboro.

He was named the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year in 1986 and took a last-place Division II program and turned it into a Top 10 Division I squad in just three years.

After his time at Edinboro, DeAnna served as an assistant coach at Westlake High School from 1994-2000.