Coach Paige has been part of the Mat Hawks program since 2005 and earned his 200th duals win as head coach of the varsity team on November 13, 2024. Originally an off-campus assistant, he joined the Latin staff full time in 2015 as the head of the strength and development program. Coach Paige took over the reins of the wrestling program in 2016 and has continued the tradition of excellence he helped establish. After just one year as head coach, he was named the Observer’s Mecklenburg Wrestling Coach of the Year, the South Charlotte Weekly Wrestling Coach of the Year, and received the Hawkspy Newcomer Award. The wrestling program earned a tenth consecutive NCISAA State Championship in 2021, and Coach Paige was once again honored by the Charlotte Latin Booster Club, this time as Coach of the Year. In 2023-24, after the wrestling program won its 25th state championship, he was selected as the Charlotte Observer Wrestling Coach of the Year. Coach Paige is also a physical education teacher and dad to a son in the Upper School.
