Class of 2012

Coach Mike Conners teams have won six state titles. During his twenty-five years of coaching at Fulton, Coach Conners Red Raiders have been state ranked each and every year - including an incredible twenty seasons in the states top ten. He has over 500 dual meet wins to his credit.

Under Coach Conners leadership, Fulton has won eighteen Section III Dual Titles, fifteen Section III Interclass Tournament titles and twenty-four Section III Class A Tournament titles. He has coached thirty-eight individual sectional champs and twenty state place-winners.

Mike Conners was recently honored as the 2011 Section III Coach of the Year. In 2004, he was runner-up for National Coach of the Year.

Mike was a Section III Champion and New York State Champion for Baldwinsville High School. He is a member of the NCAA Division III Hall of Fame and the St Lawrence University Hall of Fame where he was a two-time All-American and NCAA Division III National Champion.

Mike is married to Betsy Conners and they have two sons Michael and Tim.


Michael Conners, Fulton/Oswego High School, Section 3

HS: Baldwinsville, NY 2x Section 3 Champ, NYS Champ, HS All-American, and 2x USA Wrestling Freestyle All-American.
College: 3x Division III All-American, 4x Conference Champ, New York State Collegiate Champion and National Champion
Empire State Games: 3 Gold Medals, 1 Silver
National Sports Festival: Silver Medalist, 2x USA Wrestling Greco and 1 time Freestyle All-American
Assistant at St. Lawrence University, 1985
Assistant at Albany St. University, 1986
Assistant at Shenendehowa High School 1986-87 (Suburban Council Champs)
Head Coach at Fulton High School, 1987- 2012 (25 Years)
2011-12 Record (20-1), Career (510-44-1)
1999 National Federation of Interscholastic Coaches Association Coach of the Year
2004 National High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year Runner-up
St. Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame
Division III Wrestling Hall of Fame
11-Time OHSL Coach of the Year
2005 & 2011 Section 3 Coach of the Year
2008 New York State Coach of the Year
6 New York State Team Championships
18 Section 3 Dual Meet Championships, 4x Runner-ups
24 OHSL League Titles
24 Class A Sectionals Titles (23 Straight Titles)
15 Section 3 Tournament Titles, 6 Seconds and 1 Third
Ranked in the Top 5 in New York State 16 Times in 25 years
142 Tournament Titles
Ranked Nationally 5 different Years
110 Individual Class A Champions, (4 in 2012)
53 State Tournament Qualifiers/ 45 Section 3 Champions


25 Year Coach of the Fulton Wrestling Club, which services wrestlers in the Oswego County Area.

4 Time Coach of the Niagra AAU Team to the AAU Junior Olympics.

7 year Assistant Coach at the Empire Games for the Central Region.

Co-Founder of the Lawrence Conners Memorial Duals and Scholarship Fund. The meet is a Senior All-Star meet for Section 3 athletes. The meet is in its 4th year and we have given out $4,000 in Scholarships to deserving athletes in Section 3.

Co-Tournament Director For the Oswego County Christmas Tournament(Ken Haines Memorial Tournament) which is held at SUNY Oswego and attracts over 20 teams a year since 2002, and at Fulton High School since 1988-1999.

Worked numerous camps, including Mitch Clark Boot Camp, St. Lawrence University, Great Lakes, Brockport (Oklahoma Gold), Cornell and Former Camp Director at SUNY Oswego.

Director of Fulton Summer Wrestling Clinic, 2010-11. Director of the Fulton Spring/Summer Duals 2007-2012

Varsity Football Coach, 1993-Present (17 Years)
114-67 Record
3 League Titles
2000 State Regional Champions
2000 Over-all State Runner-ups
6 time Sectional Finalists
4 time League Coach of the Year
2000 Section 3 Coach of the Year
Coached 2 Scholar/Athlete Sate Players of the Year for Class A
Assistant Coach at St. Lawrence University, 1984 & 1985
Assistant Coach at Shenendehowa, 1986
3 year Starter at St. Lawrence University, Defensive Line. Member of the Eastern Championship and National Semi-Final Team in 1982 which was inducted into the St. Lawrence Athletic Hall of Fame.