Central College Men's Wrestling

COACHING RESUME 2004-present (Central College) Assistant wrestling coach 1997-2004 (Central College) Head wrestling coach 1996-97 (University of Wisconsin - La Crosse) Assistant wrestling coach 1991-96 (Central College) Assistant wrestling coach 1989-91 (Iowa Falls HS) Head wrestling coach 1988-89 (Audubon School District) Junior high wrestling coach ATHLETICS CAREER 1983-84 - Iowa State University 1984-87 - Central College EDUCATION Central College, 1987 B.S. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, 1997 M.S. exercise and sport science HOMETOWN Osceola, Iowa Matt Diehl joined the Central wrestling staff as an assistant in 1991. He served as the program’s head coach from 1996-2004 and is now a volunteer assistant.         A 1987 Central graduate, was a two-time NCAA Division III qualifier at 118 pounds. As a senior, he earned All-America honors by finishing seventh nationally while helping the team place eighth. He also was the Iowa Conference champion that season.    During his seven seasons as a head coach, the Dutch program had five All-Americans and a pair of individual conference champions.      An Osceola native, he received a master’s degree in exercise and sport science at the University of Wis.-La Crosse, where he also spent a year as assistant coach. Prior to returning to Central in 1991, Diehl was head coach at Iowa Falls High School for two years and was a junior high coach in Audubon for one year.      Diehl and his wife Cathy are the parents of three sons and a daughter. Achievements Central College - head coach 41-88-1 (.319) dual meet record, 6-20 (.231) mark in conference matches (5) All-Americans (6) All-American performances (6) NCAA Division III qualifiers (2) Conference tournament individual champions (2001 - Dmitry Tarasov; 2002 - Jeremy Hendricks) (7) seasons as head coach Central College - all coaching positions 252-266-5 (.487) dual meet record, 61-113 (.351) mark in conference matches (26) All-Americans (58) NCAA Division III qualifiers (1) Conference championships (1992) (1) Conference Most Valuable Performer (1992 - Jon McGovern) (13) Conference tournament individual champions (32) All-conference performers (32) seasons on the coaching staff Athletics career Central College – 1983-87 (2) NCAA Division III Championships appearances (1986, 1987) Central finished 8th as a team in both of those years (1) NCAA Division All-American honors (1987) (2) Iowa Conference team titles - 1984, 1985 Year-by-year record Year Record Conf. Record Conf. Finish NCAA Finish 1997-98 1-16 10th 1998-99 3-12 9th 35th 1999-00 5-10-1 8th 2000-01 12-8 7th 43rd 2001-02 5-12 2-7 8th 22nd 2002-03 6-16 2-7 8th t-28th 2003-04 9-14 2-6 7th t-31st Total 41-88-1 6-20