Quality coaches are really quality teachers and Mike Bredeck exemplifies that on all levels. Both an Education Minnesota semi-finalist and finalist for "Teacher of the Year," and named "Advisor of the Year" for the Minnesota State Student Council, Bredeck has also been an outstanding wrestling coach at three different high schools for 25 years. Bredeck is a great contributor to wrestling in working with the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association and Minnesota State High School League too. A Viet Nam veteran and a humble individual, Bredeck produced many fi ne teams and individuals coaching in Madison, Minnesota. Bredeck got his start coaching and teaching at Superior High School in Superior, Wisconsin in 1971-72. He moved to Madison High School in Minnesota and coached that program from 1972 to 1990, and the new high school combined of three towns in Madison, Milan and Appleton, called Lac qui Parle Valley High School, from 1990 to 1995. Some of Bredeckʼs standout wrestlers were Kelvin Weber-State Champion and All-American for Worthington Junior College, Scott Fernholz-3-time State place-winner and All-American at St. Johnʼs University, David Haas-2-time State Runner-up and 2-time National Junior College Runner-up at Ridgewater Community College (Willmar, MN), Chris Hansen-State Champ and All-American at Riegewater Community College, and Ryan Jibben-State Champion and NCAA I qualifier for the University of Wyoming. Hall of Famer Spencer Yohe I think describes Mike Bredeck best when he says. "I would put Mike Bredeck in the top 1% of teachers and coaches Iʼve met in my lifetime! Mike is certainly a Hall of Fame Coach, a Hall of Fame Giver to our sport, and a Hall of Fame Person!" Yohe also says, "Bredeckʼs wrestling teams never lost a dual meet or tournament in District 11 or the Little North Conference, from 1980 to 1987. As a contributor to wrestling, Bredeck served on the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association scholarship committee from the 1980ʼs to 2011. He chaired that committee from 1989 to 1994. He has served on the MWCA Hall of Fame committee from 1996 to present and been a Floor Supervisor for the state tournament from 1997 to present. He was also editor for the All-State academic team for the Guillotine for six years. Bredeck also served on the Minnesota State High School League Advisory Committee for four years and was a Wrestling USA Magazine Assistant Editor for Minnesota. Bredeck was inducted into the Dave Bartelma Minnesota Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1995. In addition to all Mikeʼs work with promoting the sport of wrestling, he has a most honorable past, having been a veteran of the Viet Nam War. He is a member of the American Legion Minnesota Boys State staff for 19 years. He served seven years on the city council and served on the staff of Boys Nation for seven years. He has also served on the National Committee on Education, which makes selections of the Sam Sung Scholarship winners annually. Mike also ran for the Minnesota State House of Representatives in 2006 and 2008. Hall of Famer George Graff best sums up the qualities of Mike Bredeck when he says, "I have witnessed his constant dedication to all young people he has worked with either as a counselor and/or coach. Through the years I have become aware of the fact that young people he worked with in high school come back years later as young men and women and reconnect with him. One could see that there was a mutual and genuine respect between them. There is no greater achievement in life, and I feel that Mike has done an outstanding job of teaching the lives of many individuals." Bredeck is a 1971 graduate of St. Cloud State University. He is currently a Sales Representative for State Farm Insurance Company. He is married to his wife, Sue, for the past 34 years. They have four daughters in Mary Bredeck (age 31), Laura Johnson (age 27), Kate Bredeck (age 25) and Mollie Anderson (age 23). West Central Minnesotaʼs Mike Bredeck is definitely is teacher/coach that many will remember for years to come!