University of Maryland Men's Wrestling

McCoy became head coach for the University of Maryland wrestling program on May 12, 2008. Since then, the former All-American and Olympic wrestler has taken the program to new heights, guiding the Terps to four top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships, three ACC titles and coaching a total of seven Terps to a total of 11 All-American awards, while being named ACC Coach of the Year three times. McCoy has guided the Terps during the squads transition into the Big Ten over the past two seasons, coaching Maryland to its first win in the powerhouse conference over Michigan State in 2016. The Terps have produced four national qualifiers and eight Academic All-Big selections since joining the conference, in addition to two 2016 Big Ten postgraduate scholars. Following the 2014 season, McCoy was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2014. In 2013-2014, McCoy helped Jimmy Sheptock (184) achieve All-America status for the second straight season. Sheptock also became the first Maryland wrestler in 45 years to advance to an NCAA final and became the first Terps to a No. 1 national ranking and top seed at the NCAA Championships. McCoy also guided Sheptock and Christian Boley to Midlands Championship titles. McCoy, the 2012 University of Maryland Male Coach of the Year, and the Terps compiled a 15-1 dual-meet record in 2011-12 and a school record .938 winning percentage culminating with the program's second consecutive ACC championship and third ACC Coach of the Year award for McCoy. Under McCoy's leadership, the Terps sent seven wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, which was the most since 1990. McCoy guided four Terps to ACC titles and helped Josh Asper achieve All-America status for a second consecutive year. Christian Boley (197), Kyle John (157), Spencer Myers (285) and Jimmy Sheptock (174) all won conference championships in 2012 as the Terps placed a league-high seven wrestlers in the finals at the ACC Championships. In 2010-11, McCoy led the Terps to their second ACC Championship in three seasons and finished with a dual-meet record of 16-4, earning ACC Coach of the Year honors. Maryland closed the season with wins in 11 of the team's last 12 duals, including a victory over No. 5 American. McCoy helped three wrestlers achieve All-America status. John Asper (165) earned the honor and was honored as ACC Wrestler of the Year after finishing with a team-leading 35-3 record. Mike Letts (174) and ACC Co-Freshman of the Year Spencer Myers (285) completed the All-America trio. Maryland set a school record for regular season dual-meet wins in 2009-10, McCoy's second season, with a 19-4 record. On the way to the school record the Terps faced a grueling schedule and responded with five victories over top-25 teams, including a win over No. 4 Cornell. McCoy helped coach Hudson Taylor to a third-consecutive All-American season as he became the first three-time All-American in school history. Steven Bell also earned All-American status for the second time in his career, becoming just the fifth two-time All-American in Maryland history. In his first season with the Terps (2008-09), McCoy led Maryland to an ACC Championship en route to ACC Coach of the Year honors. Maryland compiled a 10-8-1 record in the regular season, and finished 10th at the NCAA Championships, tying the best finish in school history. McCoy coached three wrestlers to All-America accolades {Steven Bell (133), Alex Krom (141), Hudson Taylor (197)}, the third time Maryland has produced three All-Americans in a single season in school history, and the first time since 1987. The summer of 2008 was a busy one for McCoy. While getting ready for his new position at Maryland and moving across the country, he was also a coach for the Olympic Men's Freestyle Wrestling team. He attended all of the training camps and traveled to Beijing, China, where Henry Cejudo won a Gold Medal. Before coming to Maryland, McCoy spent three seasons as head coach at Stanford, transforming the Cardinal into a national contender after inheriting a team that went 6-8-1 in 2004-05. McCoy led the Cardinal to a 19th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2008, which was the second-best finish in program history. Stanford went 13-4 with a 6-3 mark in the Pac-10 while finishing second in the conference championships, its best showing ever. Stanford sent five wrestlers to nationals in St. Louis for the second straight season, which was also the most in team history. McCoy made an immediate impact in his first season as Stanford went 8-7 in 2005-06 and improved its showing at the Pac-10 Championships by two places. He guided two wrestlers to the NCAA Championships that season and mentored Tanner Gardner to All-America accolades. In 2006-07, McCoy continued to steadily improve the program, as the Cardinal went 8-8 during the season and performed even better than the year before in the conference championships, finishing sixth. Five wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championships which was a program record, and two wrestlers, Gardner and Josh Zupancic, became the first Stanford duo to earn All-America honors in the same season since 1967. In addition, Zack Giesen was tabbed the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year. Prior to his time at Stanford, McCoy spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh where he mentored 14 All-Americans and a pair of NCAA Champions. He helped the Mountain Hawks to four Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association titles and led Jon Trenge to a school-record 133 wins in his career at 197 pounds. Trenge was a three-time All-American. During his time at Lehigh, McCoy shared the sidelines with former Maryland head coach Pat Santoro, who was also on the staff at Penn State when McCoy was a wrestler. While at Lehigh, McCoy also served as the director of wrestling and head coach of the Lehigh Valley Athletic Club where he was responsible for conducting clinics in the local area, promoting the sport of wrestling, and fundraising. McCoy serves on the USA Wrestling Athlete Advisory Committee as well as the USAW Executive Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and has been a U.S. Freestyle World Team coach for two seasons. McCoy also had a stint as an assistant coach at Penn State for three seasons, where he helped the Nittany Lions to a pair of fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships and guided 10 All-Americans and two national champions. McCoy spent his collegiate wrestling career with the Nittany Lions and posted a record of 150-18 in his four seasons. He captured a pair of NCAA Championships in 1994 and 1997 and won three Big Ten titles. After going 19-17 in his first 36 matches at Penn State, McCoy lost just once in his final 132 with an 88-match winning streak. A three-time All-American, McCoy was named the Penn State Athlete of the Year and the Nittany Lions' Wrestler of the Year in 1994 and 1997 while being tabbed the 1997 Hodge Award winner as W.I.N. Magazine's Wrestler of the Year. He earned his bachelor's degree in marketing in 1997. McCoy was also a two-time Olympian for the United States and took fifth place at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and seventh in 2004 in Athens. McCoy also won five straight U.S. National Freestyle Wrestling Championships from 2000 to 2004. McCoy has been a member of the United States National Team nine times and earned a silver medal in 2003 at the World Championships. In August 2003, McCoy won a gold medal at the Pan-Am Games and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. McCoy furthered his international wrestling experience this summer, serving as a coach with the U.S. National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. McCoy and his wife, Abbie, have a son, Gabriel, and a daughter, Amelia. E-mail coach McCoy at .

Eiter arrives at Maryland following nine seasons at Penn, six as the head coach, producing four All-Americans in his six years at the helm. The native Chicagoan brings Big Ten experience to College Park as well having served as an assistant at Northwestern for four seasons prior to taking over the Quakers. The Arizona State graduate has well over a decades worth of international experience and an abundance of collegiate coaching experience. Beginning in 1992, Eiter represented the United States in nine international competitions including an eighth-place finish at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Including his participation on the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team, Eiter represented the United States in nine elite-level international competitions. He also competed in the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. Eiter was a five-time U.S. Open national champion and won two silver medals at the World Cup. His success on the mat translated into a decorated international coaching career. Eiter guided the 1999 United States womens team to a first-place finish at the world championships, marking the first and only time a U.S. womens team has won a world team title. In addition, Eiters 2007 and 2008 U.S. Junior Womens World Championship team picked up seven medals, including two gold medals. During his head coaching tenure at Penn, Eiter coached four All-Americans, highlighted by Lorenzo Thomas sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2014 at 184. Scott Giffin was Eiters first All-American as head coach of the Quakers. Giffin finished seventh at the 2010 NCAA Championships. In 2011, Zack Kemmerer wrestled to an eighth-place finish at 141 pounds, becoming Penn's first-ever All-American at that weight. The following season, Micah Burak finished seventh at 197, while in 2014 Thomas became Eiter's highest-placing All-American with a sixth-place finish at 184 pounds, Penn's first-ever All-American at 184. Off the mat, Eiter had three wrestlers named National Wrestling Coaching Association (NWCA) All-Academic. Mark Rappo and Gabriel Burak both earned the honor in 2011, and Erich Smith earned a spot in 2012. As a team, Penn was honored by the NWCA as an All-Academic squad. As a head coach, Eiter instructed two Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champions as well as coached seven All-Ivy selections including two wrestlers who were named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Kyle Cowan (2011) and Thomas (2012). In addition, Eiter sent at least six wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in four of his six seasons. In his nine seasons at Penn as head coach and an assistant, Eiter worked with 34 NCAA qualifiers, including 2007 national champion Matt Valenti, 42 EIWA place winners and seven EIWA champions. Prior to his time with the Quakers, Eiter served as an assistant at Northwestern for four seasons (2002-06) after working as a volunteer assistant with the Wildcats from 1997-2002. While in Evanston, he served as the lead recruiter, and in 2003 the Wildcats brought in the nation's seventh-best recruiting class. In 2005, he helped guide the Wildcats to a 14-place finish at the NCAA Championships, their best finish in 15 years. That season, Eiter coached one All-American and four wrestlers to the Round of 12 at the NCAA Championships. Freshman Jake Herbert finished third in the country and won Northwestern's first Midlands title in 36 years. From 1993-97, Eiter coached at Clarion (Pa.) University as an assistant. He served as recruiting and scheduling coordinator in addition to his role as conductor of the Golden Eagles Summer Wrestling Camp. Eiter is a 1991 graduate of Arizona State University. Eiter and his wife, Courtenay, have a daughter, Stella; and a son, Troy.

Catullo has helped guide the Terps to some of the winningest seasons in program history, with 18 All-ACC selections, 11 conference champions and six All-Americans wrestling under his tutelage. Prior to joining the Maryland staff, Catullo spent the 2009-10 season as the volunteer assistant at Millersville University, where he helped guide the team to a third-place finish in the East Regional. Two Millersville wrestlers qualified for the 2010 NCAA Championships. Millersville also achieved success off the mat under Catullo's tutelage. The Marauders received a NCAA Public Recognition Award for excellence in the classroom as part of the NCAA's Academic Performance Program, one of only 10 programs in the nation to receive the award. Before joining the staff at Millersville, Catullo was the top assistant at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., from 2004-09. While at Franklin and Marshall, Catullo helped lead the Diplomats to their first NCAA qualifier in 11 years. In 2005-06 Catullo helped guide the team to an 11-5 finish, the best at Franklin and Marshall since 1980. Catullo also assisted in the development of "The Friends of F&M Wrestling" initiative and had an active role in securing a bid and sponsorship for the 2008 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championship at Franklin and Marshall. He was a member of the EIWA and NCAA ranking committee and also assisted with the women's golf team while at Franklin and Marshall. Prior to his time at Franklin and Marshall, Catullo spent two years at Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., as a graduate assistant, earning a master's degree in education with an emphasis in health, physical education and coaching. Catullo coached six NCAA Division II All-Americans and 12 NWCA All-Academic honorees, while also leading NSU to a top-15 finish at the NCAA Division II Championships. Catullo was a member of the West Virginia University wrestling team from 1997-2002. During his time in Morgantown, WVU posted two top-10 finishes in 1998 and 1999, placed sixth at the National Duals in 1998 and won a pair of Eastern Wrestling League dual-meet championships in 1998 and 2002. He was also a member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll each year at WVU and graduated with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education.