Charlie Sherertz

Coach - Wrestling

Charlie Sherertz began working at Whitfield in 1996. After 27 years of teaching and coaching at Whitfield, his record speaks for itself. Whitfield won its first state championship in 2008. In total, Sherertz led the Warriors to 16 Final Four appearances, which resulted in 11 team state championships – nine in Class 1 and two in Class 3. Even more remarkable, six of these state championships were consecutive wins (2017-2022). The remaining five Final Four appearances were runner-up placements. Under his leadership, Whitfield also won 22 district championships, 19 in Class 1 and three in Class 3. Sherertz’s teams produced 60 individual state champions, 87 state medalists, and 252 state qualifiers. Twenty of his wrestlers went on to compete at the collegiate level and one was a U.S. National Team member. Further, Charlie is a 12-time Missouri Wrestling Coach of the Year. 

In addition to working at Whitfield, Sherertz has coached for the Team St. Louis Wrestling Club since 2005, with prior head coach experience at Berkeley High School and three seasons of experience as an assistant at the University of Missouri.

His personal athletic accomplishments are equally impressive: Charlie Sherertz wrestled for Columbus High School in Nebraska where he compiled a 94-2 record, was a three-time state finalist, two-time state champion, and a first-team prep All-American. In 1985, he was selected to the USA Wrestling 20U World Freestyle Team where he became a Freestyle National Champion. He then attended University of Iowa and wrestled for legendary coach Dan Gable. After three and a half years at Iowa, Sherertz transferred to Mizzou where he qualified for the NCAA Division I National Tournament two times while winning a spot on the 1988 NCAA Division I All-America Team. 

Charlie Sherertz earned a Master's of Educational Administration degree in 1993 from the University of Missouri after completing a Bachelor of Education. He was Whitfield’s head wrestling coach from 1996 until spring 2023. In the summer of 2023, he became the head coach of Maryville University’s wrestling program.