Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Men's Wrestling

Fisher enters his 25th season as head coach of the women’s golf team and 25th season in charge of the wrestling team at Kutztown University in 2025-26. WOMEN'S GOLF   Fisher and Kutztown had one of the best years in program history in 2017-18. KU won its first-ever PSAC Championship to qualify for its first-ever appearance at the NCAA East Super Regionals in Michigan. KU won a school-record seven tournaments, finished in the top-two in all 11 of its regular-season invites, and broke the school-record for average by more than 10 strokes. All five of KU's starters ranked in the top-11 in school history for single-season average, while also donning the school-record-holder and first player in school history to average under 80. For KU's accomplishments, Fisher was named the 2018 PSAC and KU Coach of the Year. Prior to the historic 2017-18 season, Fisher led his women's golf team to one of the best years in program history in 2014-15. Kutztown tied its best-ever finish at the PSAC Championships with a second place performance, tying its previous-best from 2008 and 2009. KU also crowned its first-ever PSAC Individual Champion, Lauren Smith.   KU has had 15 All-PSAC honorees under Fisher's tutelage.  Kutztown won a then-school-record six tournaments in back-to-back seasons from 2012-14. In the spring of 2016, KU won all five of its tournaments, a school-record. Fisher took over the reigns of the women's golf team in January 2002, guiding the team through the second half of its sophomore season of existence. The team averaged a little less than 400 strokes per round when he took over in 2002. Following the 2012-13 season, the Golden Bears team average was down to 339 over 18 rounds of golf. In the 2008-09 season, the Golden Bears finished in second place at three tournaments and third in another. One of the second place finishes was at the PSAC Championships with the team shooting a 637, an improvement of 26 strokes from the 2007-08 tournament, when it placed seventh. WRESTLING   Fisher also serves as head coach of Kutztown’s wrestling program. Over the past 23 years, Fisher has amassed a dual meet record of 241-111-2 (.684). His wrestlers have earned 29 All-America honors, including 15 of the last 16 years with an All-American, and have won five national championships. He served as assistant coach with the Golden Bear wrestling program from 1990-2000. Under the tutelage of Fisher, Matthew Weinberg has earned three All-America honors, including during the 2023-24 season, when he finished as the national runner-up at 184 lbs. He coached Andrew Dunn Jr., to a national title in 2018-19 and a national runner-up finish in 2021-22. In 2019-20, Fisher coached two All-Americans, national qualifiers and Super Region I champions in Collin Wickramaratna (133) and Andrew Dunn Jr. (285). The duo also were named First Team All-PSAC with Dunn Jr. earning PSAC Athlete of the Year honors, just the second wrestler under Fisher to do so. Fisher also had a third medalist at Regionals with Joe Renne (125) finishing fourth overall in his weight class. At the end of the 2018-19 season, Fisher coached Andrew Dunn Jr. to a national title in the 285-pound division, along with two other wrestlers who claimed All-American status in Jeff Reimel and T.C. Warner. Fisher's Golden Bears also earned a share of the PSAC Division II Dual Championship, the program's first ever team title. Fisher, a three-time KU Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2019), led his 2014-15 team to the most successful postseason during his tenure as head coach. Kutztown finished fourth at the PSAC Championships, the best finish in school history, boasted a program-record eight regional medalists and finished third at the Super Region I Championships, tying the best finish under Fisher. KU had four national qualifiers that tied for 14th place in St. Louis at the NCAA National Championship, the best finish in program history. KU crowned two All-Americans for the fourth time in KU history, and a two-time national champion.   Ziad Haddad was Fisher's most decorated wrestler. He was a two-time national champion, a three-time All-American and qualified for nationals in each of his three years at KU. Haddad went undefeated and did not allow a takedown in his final two years, and was ranked the top heavyweight in Division II for the entirety of both seasons. He was Kutztown's first National Wrestler of the Year, won two regional championships and one conference title. Haddad graduated with a record of 82-5, fourth in program history. Fisher has sent wrestlers to nationals every year at KU, has crowned at least one All-American in 19 of his 23 years, and posted a program-record three All-America wrestlers in 2017. He coached Joe Kemmerer and Ziad Haddad to two national titles apiece, and has had multiple All-Americans four different times.   During the 2013-14 season, Kutztown tied its best-ever ranking in the national poll at seventh in Division II. KU finished fourth at regionals and 17th at nationals, its then-third-best finish at nationals in program history. KU had four wrestlers compete at the NCAA Championships in 2012-13, including fourth-place finisher and All-American Ziad Haddad at heavyweight. Kutztown picked up its then-best-ever finish at the PSAC Championships, hosted by Kutztown, with a fifth-place finish, the best among Division II programs. On Jan. 26, 2013, KU picked up its highest NWCA national ranking in school history at seventh in Division II.   Fisher guided the Golden Bears to their best regular season in program history in 2009-10. The Golden Bears set the school record for single season wins with 17, eclipsing the previous high of 15. In the span of a week, Fisher earned his 100th career win and the program crossed the 400-win plateau. The Golden Bears had three wrestlers in the NCAA National Championships, and tied a then-school-best 16th place finish.   Prior to coming to KU, Fisher served as assistant wrestling coach at his alma mater, Hazleton High School, from 1987-90. Fisher was a two-time district wrestling champion at Hazleton and a three-time northeast regional runner-up. He captured the District 11 championship and went on to win the District 2 championship when Hazleton changed districts. He still holds the record for the most wrestling wins in school history. A two-sport athlete, he was also a member of the 1984 Big 33 Football Team. Fisher received his bachelor’s degree in special education for the visually impaired from Kutztown in 1995. He went on to serve as a teacher of the blind/visually impaired at the Capital Area Intermediate Unit, in Summerdale, Pa., from 1996-99.   Updated 12/10/2025  

Bellanca enters his ninth season with the Golden Bears coaching staff in the 2016-17 season.   Before his return to Kutztown, Bellanca coached at Wyomissing Area High School for seven years. He coached 23 state qualifiers and nine state medalists, including a state runner-up in 2008. Bellanca also created and directed a nationally-recognized wrestling school, the STEEL Mat Club, which is run out of Brute Training Facility in Sinking Spring, Pa.  During that time as a club director and coach, he coached numerous high school AllAmericans and nationally-ranked high school student-athletes.  At any one time, there were several PA state champions training with the club. The club was nationally-recognized by placing its wrestlers in many national level tournaments.   Bellanca was also a member of the KU wrestling team from 1997-2001 after transferring from Bucknell University. He is tied for 15th on KU's all-time win list with 57. His best season was his freshman year, when he won 22 bouts and had five pins at 150 pounds. He bumped up to 165 pounds to finish his career, recording 16 wins as a sophomore. In all, he finished with 14 pins at KU.   He finished third at the NCAA Division II East Regionals three times, as a freshman, sophomore and a junior.   Bellanca is a graduate of Reading High School.    

Gill enters his third year as an assistant coach with the Kutztown University wrestling team in 2016-17.   Gill is a former Golden Bear wrestler and a 2005 graduate of KU. Before his return to Kutztown, Gill was the head coach at Pottstown High School for two years. In his two years, Gill accumulated nine district champions, one state qualifier and a second place finish at the District 1 Dual Meet tournament.    Gill also was an assistant coach at West Chester Rustin High School and the Glen Mills Schools and coached for two club teams, Steel Mat Club and Turks Head.   Gill was a member of the KU wrestling team from 2001-05. His best season was his junior year, when he led the team with 11 dual meet victories and placed sixth at the PSAC tournament.     Gill received his bachelors degree in criminal justice from Kutztown University in 2005. He went on to and currently serves as the Program Director of Capital Academy in Harrisburg, a Private Academic School and Alternative Education Program.     Gill is a graduate of Coatesville Area Senior High School.   Gill and his wife, Angie, have one daughter, Zahra.  

Ziad Haddad is in his sixth season as an assistant coach with the Kutztown University wrestling program in 2025-26. The two-time national champion and three-time All-American spent two seasons on Robert Fisher's staff from 2015-17 before returning to the program in 2022-23. Under Haddad's tutelage, Golden Bear wrestlers have earned 11 All-America finishes at the NCAA Division II Championships, including seven during his current stint. Matthew Weinberg reached the national championship match and brought home a runner-up finish at 184 pounds to conclude the 2023-24 season. Haddad concluded his three-year career at KU with nearly every possible award and honor to his name.   As a senior in 2014-15, he became KU wrestling's second two-time national champion, won his second consecutive regional championship, won his first PSAC championship, recorded his second straight undefeated season, became the program's second three-time All-American, went 55 straight bouts without being taken down and ranked No. 1 in the nation for 507 consecutive days.   Kutztown captured, at the time, its best-ever PSAC and national tournament team finishes in 2014-15, while also placing third at the Super Region 1 Championships. Haddad led the team with 12 pins and 10 major decisions during his senior season, culminating in Division II's Most Dominant Wrestler award.   Haddad, originally from Orefield, Pa., was named the PSAC, Super Region 1 and NCAA Division II National Wrestler of the Year as a junior in 2013-14.   Haddad concluded his Golden Bear career with an 82-5 record (40-1 in duals), 22 pins, three technical falls and 25 major decisions. He is one of three KU wrestlers to record an undefeated season and the only one to do it twice. Haddad is tied for fifth in career pins and ranks sixth in career wins at Kutztown. Including his redshirt freshman season at UNC, Haddad earned 99 collegiate victories. A 2018 Kutztown University graduate with a social studies degree, Haddad earned Dean's List honors, was named the 2015 KU Male Senior Athlete of the Year and a two-time KU Male Athlete of the Year. Haddad is a teacher in the Lehigh Valley in addition to his coaching duties. He was inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021 and was named to the 2026 NWCA Jim Koch Division II Men's Wrestling Hall of Fame class. Updated 2/13/26