Coach Krebs is entering his fifth year as the head coach of the Irondale Knights. Over the previous four years Krebs has coached seven wrestlers to ten state championship appearances.

Before coming to Irondale, Krebs spent the 2000-01 season as an assistant for the Owatonna Huskies and helped the team to a second place finish in the state tournament. He then returned to his alma mater and was an assistant coach for the Minot Magicians for the 2002-03 season. During that year the Magicians had eight state placers and two state finalists.

In college, Krebs wrestled for the Golden Gophers at the University of Minnesota. While there he received two varsity letters and was a member of the 2001 NCAA championship team. Coach Krebs’ college career was cut short by injuries but he still managed to make himself a valuable member of his team while earning his undergraduate degree.

Krebs graduated from Minot High School in 1996 where he won three ND state championships and placed in the state tournament five times. When he graduated, Krebs held the state record for career wins with 179 and wins in a season at 40 (both records have since been broken). He still holds school records for career wins (179), career pins (75), takedowns in a season (175), technical falls in a season (8), technical falls career (26), team points in a season (273.5), and consecutive wins (90). Krebs was also a two-time letter winner in football and his senior year he was named captain and was an All Conference and 2^nd Team All-State Linebacker.

At the conclusion of his senior year Josh Krebs was voted North Dakota’s male high school athlete of the year by the ND sportscasters and sportswriters. He was also inducted into the Minot High School Hall of Fame in October of 2007 along with his older brother Jesse.

Krebs received his bachelor's degree and is currently working toward a Masters of Education from the University of Minnesota. He is a full time Physical Education and Health teacher at Edgewood middle school.

Assistant Coaches

Andy Strand

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Joe Volner

Joe Volner is entering his first season as an assistant coach for Irondale.

Volner graduated from Irondale in 2006 where he was a two-time wrestling team captain.  During his high school career, he earned two All-Conference awards as well as two Academic All-Conference awards and was named Irondale’s Team Academic Leader for three consecutive years.  In 2006, he earned 1^st place in the Section 4AAA tournament which led to a state championship appearance.  Volner holds the school record for most pins in a season (21) and was named “Hardest Worker” at the conclusion of his senior year.  He also is Irondale’s only wrestler to be a two-time place winner in the prestigious Minnesota Christmas Tournament.  Aside from wrestling, he is one of only three people to ever enter the “600% Club” in Iron Weightlifting.

Volner currently attends the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota where he is working towards a bachelor’s degree in Marketing.

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Tom Jacobs

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Aaron Swartz

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Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson is entering his first season as an assistant on Irondale's staff. He graduated from Irondale in 2004 where he wrestled and played football for the Knights. Before coming back to Irondale as a coach, he spent the 2006-07 season as the Head Middle School Coach for Maplewood. He will also be heading up the new middle school program for Irondale.

In wrestling, Tim was a 3 year starter for the Knights and was named captain of the wrestling team in 2004. He was also a two year starter for the football team and during his senior year he was an All-Conference Honorable Mention as a Linebacker. Coach Johnson believes strongly that wrestling helped him to excel on the football field.

His younger brother Tom is a member of both the football and wrestling teams at Irondale.