Head Coach | 2nd Season
Carlene Sluberski enters her second season of leading Mountaineer Women’s Wrestling in 2012-22. She was named the Eastern Oregon Head Women’s Wrestling Coach in November 2020 becoming the third head coach in the program’s history.
In 2020-21, Sluberski and the Mountaineers were limited to just one regular season event in the Nampa Collegiate Invite prior to competing at the NAIA National Invite. Two Mountaineers earned All-American status in Erin Redford (143 lbs. – 2nd) and Dempsi Talkington (155 lbs. – 8th). As a team, EOU placed 17th at Nationals and had a total of nine athletes qualify. Sluberski was named the CCC Coach of the Year, as voted on by the league’s coaches. EOU finished the season ranked No. 17 in the final NAIA coaches’ poll. Academically, three grapplers were named Scholar All-Americans in Anjelynn Baron, Macy Higa, and Talkington.
Prior to joining the Mountaineers, Sluberski worked at the University of Providence in Montana for two seasons where she was the head bench boss for the Argos.
In 2019-20, Sluberski led her grapplers to a top-10 team ranking (9th) and a third-place finish at the inaugural CCC Championships. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NAIA National Invite canceled and her squad like many other were unable to compete. Along with a top-10 ranking in the final regular season poll, Sluberski's squad had 11 wrestlers ranked individually that were set to compete at the NAIA Invite.
In her first season working with the Argos, Sluberski guided Providence to a trio of All-American honors in 2018-19. The Argos had two Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association All-Americans and one NAIA All-American that season.
Before Providence, Sluberski was a graduate assistant coach for the University of the Cumberlands women’s wrestling program from May 2017-December 2018. During her time at UC, Sluberski coached five All-Americans in the WCWA, in addition to two All-Americans in the U23 World Team Trials.
Sluberski has also worked with USA Wrestling in multiple capacities. In November 2019 she worked with USA Wrestling for the Berlin Open. She traveled with cadet and juniors to Berlin, Germany for international competition and training camp. In February 2019, she worked with USAW for Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden. Sluberski also served as Team Montana’s women's coach in 2019 for High School Marine Corps Freestyle Nationals in Fargo, N.D. Team Montana had two female All-American in 2019.
In the summer of 2018 Sluberski served as a volunteer coach in Fargo for Team New York, in addition to coaching at the Junior Pan-Ams in Fortaleza, Brazil in which the Team USA women placed first overall.
On the mat, Sluberski was a four-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Champion, renamed and now known as U Sports. She was also a two-time U.S. Senior National Team Member and served as a training partner for the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, as well as the 2016 Olympic Games. She was also a member of the Junior World Team in 2011.
Sluberski attended the Northern Michigan University Olympic Education Center from 2009-12 before transferring to Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology in May 2016. She received her Master of Arts degree in Teaching from UC in December 2018.
Sluberski is a native of Fredonia, New York. She resides in La Grande.
