Steve Fischbein is a highly-regarded teacher, wrestler and coach, who is an inspiration to all that have taken the time to get to know him. He leads by example, projects an infectious aura of confidence and is dedicated to developing excellence and success through sportsmanship, skilled coaching and strategic team play. As a wrestler, Steve earned championship titles throughout his high school and college career. He was a four-time league champion, a Section IX champion - who placed 4th at the NYS Wrestling Championships and a Junior National Greco Roman 4th place winner. At the college level, Steve was a letter winner at both SUNY Albany and Brockport and an Empire State Games Gold medalist in Greco Roman, 1986. Coach Steve Fischbein has successfully developed both individual and team champions through inspirational teachings and strategic team play. He possesses an incredible record of achievement. The Fischbein-lead teams have compiled a superior record of 323"”69 against some of the strongest competition in New York State and beyond. Steve's teams have amassed multiple team titles and distinguished themselves through recognized State-Level Rankings. They have won nine Section IX team titles at the Sectional Championships. Steve coached eleven different teams that were highly ranked in the NYS large school ranking system. His teams earned the number ONE ranking in New York twice, 2000 & 2014; attained the number THREE ranking twice, 1999 & 2009; and seven other teams were ranked in the top ten. Steve coached 49 Sectional Champions, who went on to win all-state accolades 27 times including two State Champions: Mike Mormile and Jamie Franco. Steve is the recipient of several prestigious honors and awards related to wrestling. In 1999, he received the National Wrestling Coaches Association Award for NY State Coach-of-the-Year. Steve is a three-time beneficiary of Section IX Coach-of-the-Year award; 2009, 2013 and 2014. Coach Fischbein will be inducted into the NYS Wrestling Coaches Hall-of-Fame at a ceremony held during the 2017 NYS Wrestling Championships.