SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Suncoast is a hot spot for a multitude of reasons, and now you can add wrestling to the list.

Nick and Eric Frick are former Olympic-trained wrestlers who competed for the U.S. Army. They are the only brothers in our nation’s history to be deployed from an Olympic training center to an active war zone.

Both brothers served our nation in Iraq, and now bring their skills and knowledge from the wrestling mat to local aspiring wrestlers in Sarasota and the surrounding regions.

“I could be coaching a Division One team right now,” Eric Frick said.

“I live down here in Florida with my family. I love being at the beach. I love the weather and I love wrestling,” he added.

His older brother, Nick, is the new Head Coach of the Sarasota Military Academy Varsity Wrestli

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