National Wrestling Hall of Fame Honors Longtime San Clemente Coach

Mark Calentino (C) is awarded at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame lifetime service to wrestling award ceremony at the Laguna Hills Community Center in Laguna Hills, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2023. Courtesy of John Hamro

Longtime former wrestling coach at San Clemente High School in Southern California, Mark Calentino, experienced quite the full-circle moment Aug. 20.

Honored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame with its lifetime service to wrestling award in a ceremony that this year, fortuitously, took place at the Laguna Hills Community Center, Mr. Calentino couldn’t help but notice remarkable symmetry.