Rob Sater enters his first season at the helm of the SMC Pioneer Wrestling squad. Sater orginally served as Head Coach of the Boiling Springs High School Wrestling Team for the lst three seasons. Sate was the 2009 Herald Journal Coach of the Year, 2010 and 2011 County Wrestling Tournament Champions (2010 was the 1st in school history).

Sater (66-13 dual meet record) had 37 Upper-State qualifiers during his three years as head coach at BSHS. He coached five of the schools seven South Carolina All-State Wrestlers. He also had five freestlye/Greco national qualifiers.

Sater attended Division 1 Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio for two years before transferring to and graduating with a BA in English from Limestone for his final two years. He wrestled at Limestone and was team captain for each year voted on by his teammates.

Sater still teaches English at BSHS and is married to Hayley Sater who also teaches English at Boiling Springs High School. They have a daughter named Kinley.

Bob Sater wrestled for Thiel College in Greenville, Pa. He was a Division III national qualifier in 1972. Bob returned to Madison HS in Madison Ohio to serve as an assistant coach for the first 14 years of his coaching career. He moved on to Perry HS to serve as their Head Wrestling Coach for the next 16 years. While serving in this position Bob was inducted into the Ohio Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2000. He was named the Ohio Wrestling Division III State Coach of the Year for the 2002 Wrestling Season.

Bob went on to serve as an Assistant Wrestling Coach for Cleveland State University (NCAA Division I) located in Cleveland, Ohio. He also to served as an Assistant Wrestling Coach for Limestone College (NCAA Division II). located in Gaffney, SC. These positions allowed Coach Bob Sater to continue to work with his son Rob at the College level.

Coach Sater went on to serve as an Assistant Wrestling Coach at Broome HS and Boiling Springs HS in Spartanburg SC.  These positions allowed him the opportunity to fulfill one of his lifelong dreams that of working as an assistant for his son Coach Rob Sater