U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Men's Wrestling

Ilaria enters his eighth season as the Head Wrestling Coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Under Ilaria the Mariners have posted a 39 -9 Dual meet record,  won three Centennial Conference Championships, finished fourth twice at the All-Academy Championships, and placed eighth and 11th in the Division III NCAA Championships.  At USMMA, Ilaria has coached 16 NCAA qualifiers, five All-Americans, and two National Champions. Ilaria was named the NWCA Rookie coach of the year in 2009, Centennial Conference Coach of the Year in 2011, and graduated from the National Wrestling Coaches Association Leadership Academy in 2010. Ilaria came to the Academy after spending three seasons as a Teaching Fellow/Graduate Assistant Coach at Springfield College. In his three years at Springfield College Ilaria coached three All-Americans, six National Qualifiers, and seven Academic All-Americans. Ilaria also provided Sport Psychology workshops, Athletic Counseling, mental skills training, and academic mentoring for student-athletes at Springfield College. Before coaching at Springfield College, Ilaria was the assistant wrestling coach at St. Peter's Prep High School in Jersey City, NJ. Ilarias collegiate wrestling career began at Seton Hall University where he was a two-year varsity wrestler. In 2001, Ilaria transferred to The College of New Jersey where he was a team captain, and a two-time NCAA All-American. Ilaria received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the College of New Jersey in 2004 and a Master of Science degree in Psychology from Springfield College in 2008. Ilaria is a native of Belleville, NJ and currently resides in Long Beach, NY.

Beau Bruno enters his 17th season at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 2025-26 and, after spending the first 12 years as the assistant coach, has served as the Mariners' head coach since 2021-22 after having the "interim" tag removed in the summer of 2022. Bruno came to the Academy after working as an assistant coach at New York University. Beau began his collegiate wrestling career at Seton Hall University. After two seasons with the Pirates, Bruno transferred to Binghamton University. At Binghamton he was named Academic All-American his senior year as well as placing fourth at the Division I CAA Conference Championships at 149-pounds. Bruno earned a Bachelors Degree in Human Development in 2004 from Binghamton University and received a Masters Degree in School Counseling in 2006 from Fordham University. Bruno is a native of Mineola, N.Y., where he currently resides. He placed second in the 1999 New York State Championships out of Mineola High School and earned a bronze medal at the 1998 Empire State Games.

Gene Kobilansky is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for USMMA wrestling in 2025-26 after joining head coach Beau Bruno’s staff in October 2022.   Prior to coming to Kings Point, Kobilansky served as an assistant coach at his alma mater New York University for nine seasons from 2013-14 to 2021-22, working mainly with the team’s middleweights.   At NYU, Kobilansky helped the Violets amass a 118-43 (.733) dual-meet record and capture six University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships. He helped develop 15 All-Americans and the Violets finished as high as 12th place at the NCAA Championships (2015).   Kobilansky and the rest of the NYU coaches were selected as the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year twice in 2016-17 and 2021-22.   A 2007 NYU graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, Kobilansky was a four-year member of the wrestling team. One of the Violets’ most decorated wrestlers, he was inducted into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame in May 2018. He compiled 118 career victories, the fourth-highest total in program history. Kobilansky recorded 64 wins at 141 pounds is the most ever by an NYU grappler in that weight class, while his 48 victories at 149 pounds is the third-highest total.   During his NYU career, Kobilansky earned UAA Rookie of the Year honors and then UAA Most Outstanding Wrestler accolades as a senior. He was a three-time NWCA Scholar All-American and UAA All-Academic honoree, an 11-time UAA Athlete of the Week selection and was the first three-time NCAA Championships qualifier in NYU program history.   A native of Kyiv, Ukraine, Kobilansky was raised in Rochester, N.Y., and resides in Port Washington, N.Y.