Olivet College Men's Wrestling

Brissette is in his eighth season as the head wrestling coach at Olivet College in 2016-17. He also serves as an instructor in the Health and Human Performance Department. In 2015-16, Brissette helped one wrestler advance to the NCAA DIII National Championships and place 13th in the NWCA national academic championship. In addition, four wrestlers received individual scholar All-American awards from the NWCA. In 2014-15, Brissettee coached one wrestler at the NCAA DIII National Championships. Olivet also finished second in the NWCA national academic championship. In 2013-14, Brissette and the Comets were ranked as high as No. 4 in the NWCA poll. In addition, he coached five wrestlers, who competed at the NCAA DIII National Championships. Olivet also excelled in the class room, winning the NWCA national academic championship in collegiate wrestling for a second straight year and seven wrestlers earning Scholar All-American honors from the NWCA. In 2012-13, Brissette helped Olivet climb into the Top 10 the NWCA poll and coached two wrestlers, who advanced to the NCAA DIII National Championships. In 2011-12, Brissette led Olivet to the NCAA Midwest Regional title and coached five wrestlers, who advanced to the NCAA DIII National Championships. Brissette's team placed second in the NWCA national academic championships. For his efforts, he was named the regional and Mid-States Conference Coach of the Year. During the 2010-11 season, Brissette was also named both the NCAA Midwest Region and Mid-States Conference Coach of the Year. Overall in three seasons, he has coached eight wrestlers, who have advanced to the national championships. Prior to joining the Olivet staff, Brissette served as an assistant wrestling coach at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, for the four years. During the 2008-09 season, he was the head assistant coach, and for the three prior years, he was the graduate assistant coach. At Heidelberg, Brissette helped the Student Princes win four straight Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Tournament Championships from 2006-09 and the OAC regular season championships in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Heidelberg had five NCAA All-Americans, 17 national qualifiers, NWCA All-Academic selections and three Top 20 team NWCA All-Academic finishes. Brissette also served the Heidelberg community as an instructor in the Health & Physical Education Department, adviser to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) group and campus security guard. Brissette also has wrestling coaching experience as the Bergmania Satellite & Commuter Camps Coach, and volunteer varsity and junior varsity coach at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School. A native of Bay City, Brissette earned a bachelors degree in elementary education from Wartburg (Iowa) College in 2005 and a masters degree from Heidelberg in May 2008. While at Wartburg, he was a four-year letterwinner and three-time NWCA All-Academic selection on the wrestling mat. During his time there, the Knights won the NCAA Division III National Tournament Championship and NCAA Division III National Dual Meet Team Championship twice, and were the national runners-up the other two years. Brissette was named to the Deans List seven times, elected to the campus ministry board position of college chaplin during his senior year, was a member of FCA and was wrestling team Bible study leader.