NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Frank Marotta is arguably the most respected wrestling official in New York State. He began officiating in 1961 and was immediately recognized as a valuable asset.  He was appointed Executive Secretary of the Wrestling Officials Association of Section V in 1965 and has been an active leader of that group since then. Soon after, he became involved in the New York State Wrestling Officials Association and has been part of their Executive Committee since 1976. For nearly six decades, Marotta has guided the wrestling officials to success by organizationally growing the pool of officials, increasing training opportunities, and developing a strong structure for the NYSWOA. He also served the NYSWOA, an organization of over 500 officials and board members, as President, Vice President, and Rules Interpreter, and since 1981, he has chaired the Screening and Evaluation Committee for the selection of NYSPHSAA State Tournament officials each year. A graduate of the University of Rochester and Madison High School in Section V, Frank is a founding member of Section V Friends of Wrestling and also the Section V United Sports Boards, which represents all Section V sports officials. Known as the “Godfather” of Section V wrestling, Marotta chairs the Section V Wrestling Hall of Fame Committee and assists in the production of the NYS Wrestling Rules Interpretation Handbook. Early in his career, he spent 22 years as JV and then varsity wrestling coach at Madison High School where he accumulated a 101-25 varsity record to go along with three league championships and numerous individual tournament champions. During that time, he was also an assistant football coach. As a history teacher for 35 years at Madison and East High Schools, he earned the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Rochester. During his career, Frank has received numerous awards including the NFHS Officiating Award, Leo Bernabi Award for Distinguished Service to Wrestling and the Terry Justice Wrestling Service Award. He has been inducted into the NYS Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, the Upstate NY Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Section V Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Rochester City/Catholic League Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Rochester Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame.