Statistics don’t lie, and that’s all you need to see why Fred Piotrowsky has been inducted.

Beginning his career in 1980, he went on to coach at Parsippany Hills for 13 years and Parsippany High School 23 years. He won a total of 364 matches and lost 154. He coached three teams to state sectional championships, nine Iron Hills Conference championships and eight District titles.

It took only three years before the Daily Record of Morristown named him its Coach of the Year. He would go on to be inducted into two Halls of Fame: The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association and the New Jersey State Coaches Association.

Four of his wrestlers won more than 100 matches. Sixteen were state place winners.

Four times he was voted District IX Coach of the Year, and once Region 3 Coach of the Year. He is still in the business, serving as an assistant coach at Pope John XXIII in Sparta.

He has also been active in the Lake Land Hills Wrestling Club, as secretary, and with the Parsippany P.A.L. Bantam and Midget Wrestling Program.

A graduate of Morris Knolls High School, Fred wrestled four years for the Golden Eagles, placing second in the states. He also played football and baseball. In 1970 he received a degree in Health & Physical Education from Springfield College (MA).

In addition to wrestling, he coached varsity and JV football for eight years, JV softball for eight years, and JV girls soccer nine years. He also played on a Modified Softball National Championship Team and was first-team All-America as a catcher.

A retired teacher, Fred lives in Lake Hopatcong. His most important stats are wife Maureen and their three adult children: John, Mark and Danielle.