Virginia Tech Men's Wrestling

Dresser had a wrestler win an ACC title, and on five occasions, he had a wrestler named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the ACC Championships, including three of the past four seasons. In 2007, it was Jon Bonilla-Bowman who won the ACC title at 157 pounds and, in 2009, Matt Epperly came out of nowhere to win the 165-pound class and advance to the NCAA Championships. In 2012, Pete Yates won the 165-pound title, pulling a major upset in the final to earn the honor. Jarrod Garnett earned the honor at 125 pounds after rolling through his bracket in 2013. In 2014, Devin Carter returned from a devastating injury midway through the season to help lead the Hokies to a title. He won the gold medal at 141 pounds and took home the hardware for Most Outstanding Wrestler. In the past four seasons, Techs stock has risen on the national scene. In 2011-12, six Tech wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championships, and the Hokies finished tied for 11th place. Carter finished fifth at 133 pounds and Yates took fifth at 165 pounds, as both earned All-America honors. Carter was also named the ACCs Wrestler of the Year after the season. The 2012-13 season was even better, as the Hokies won their first ACC team title and all 10 wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history. Tech finished 10th at the NCAAs, and a program-best four wrestlers were crowned All-Americans. The 2014-15 campaign saw the Hokies take a big step, as they finished eighth at the NCAA Championships, with three All-Americans, including Carter, who became the first national finalist in program history.  Last year, the Hokies won the ACCs dual meet title and placed 10th at the NCAAs with four All-Americans as the team scored its most points ever at the event. Additionally, the Hokies beat eventual national champion Ohio State in exciting fashion at Cassell Coliseum at a dual meet and the team finished third at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Dresser enters the 2015-16 season with a career dual meet record of 126-48. Hes coached 10 wrestlers to 14 All-America medals and has led Tech to two ACC tournament titles (2013 and 2014), as well as an official dual meet title in 2015. He has been named ACC Coach of the Year the past three seasons (2013, 2014 and 2015) and has been named the states coach of the year five times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015) by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). He is only the second coach in league history to win the honor three consecutive times. In 2008-09, his team broke all sorts of school records, including dual meet wins (20) and NCAA qualifiers (8). Tech also had upset road wins against No. 17 Michigan and No. 6 Central Michigan. In 2009-10, he coached four ACC champions and helped lead Chris Diaz to an All-American finish at Nationals. The 2010-11 year may have been the programs finest dual meet team, as Dresser led the team to a runner-up finish at the prestigious NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals after upsets of Oklahoma State and Wisconsin. That propelled the Hokies onto the national scene, as they went on to finish sixth in the country in the dual meet poll. Three wrestlers won ACC titles and seven qualified for the NCAA Championships. Dressers recruiting has taken off as the Hokies have had a top-25 recruiting class in each year Dresser has been at the helm, including six classes rated in the top 11 nationally, and the 2013 recruiting class was ranked No. 2 class by InterMat. Dresser is a familiar name in the New River Valley, as he was the head coach at Christiansburg High School for 10 seasons, winning the Group AA state title five times and claiming second place three times. Prior to his stint in Christiansburg, he led Grundy High School to eight titles in as many years. A native of Humboldt, Iowa, Dresser was a two-time high school state champion at Humboldt High School. In 2009, Dresser was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 2013, Dresser was honored with the Lifetime Service Award given in recognition of years of dedication to the development of leadership and citizenship in the youth through wrestling by the Virginia chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. In April of 2014, he was one of three inductees into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Roanoke Valley Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015. Dresser graduated from the University of Iowa, where he won a national title in 1986 at 142 pounds. He was a two-time All-American (placing fourth in 1985 at 142 pounds), as well as a two-time Big Ten champion. For his performance in 1986, he received the Mike Howard Award, given to the most valuable wrestler for the Hawkeyes. Dresser earned his B.S. in general studies from Iowa in 1986. He and his wife, Penny, have three children: Emma (17), Anna (15) and Jack (13). Penny Dresser is a native of Blacksburg, and the family resides in Riner. View photos of Kevin Dresser

Robie coaches the middle and upper weights, as well as working with team travel, equipment and recruiting. The past three years, he has helped lead the program to three of top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships, two ACC team titles and an ACC dual meet title as 10 different student-athletes earned All-America honors. In 2011-12, he was instrumental in helping the Hokies place 11th at the NCAA Championships. In 2013-14, senior Chris Penny came from no where to win an ACC title at 197 pounds and help lead the Hokies to a conference team crown and then went on a roll at the NCAA Championships, making a run as the No. 14 to the national semifinals, earning All-America honors. Pete Yates, a 165-pounder, flourished under Robies tutelage in earning two All-America medals, two ACC titles and an ACC Wrestler of the Year honor. Last season, 174-pounder Zach Epperly took seventh-place honors at the NCAA Championships as a redshirt freshman, pulling several upsets along the way to reach the podium. While in Blacksburg, Robie has helped coach 10 All-Americans to 14 spots on the podium: Yates (twice), Jarrod Garnett, Nick Brascetta (twice), Devin Carter (three times), Zach Neibert, Penny, Joey Dance, Epperly, Ty Walz and Chris Diaz. Robie came to Blacksburg after serving as the head coach at Binghamton University in New York. A two-time collegiate All-American and 1997 NCAA runner-up, Robie took over a program that had been discontinued after the 2003-04 school year because of budget constraints. Before taking over at Binghamton, he was an assistant coach for four seasons at the University of Michigan. In seven years as a Division I assistant coach prior to coming to Blacksburg, Robie helped coach 23 All-Americans, nine Academic All-Americans and one national champion. As the Wolverines top assistant coach, Robie recruited three top-10 classes, including the No. 2 ranked class in 2004. His one-on-one work with Michigan student-athlete Ryan Bertin culminated with Bertins 2003 NCAA championship the schools first national champion in 18 years. In all, Michigans team earned national top-10 status all four years that Robie was a coach there. His dedication and influence off the mat resulted in the wrestling team winning the 2003 community service award at the school. A world-class wrestler in his own right, Robie racked up an 126-23 record on the collegiate mat, and was a two-time All-American. A two-time captain for former Olympic gold medalist Bruce Baumgartner at Edinboro University, Robie was a three-time Eastern Wrestling League Champion and a three-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) champion. As a senior, Robie led the Fighting Scots to a sixth-place national finish the highest in school history and was the national runner-up. He ranks fourth on the schools all-time wins list and went on to earn a bronze medal at the 1998 U.S. Open Freestyle Championships. In 2008, he was inducted into the Edinboro Sports Hall of Fame. A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Robie was a Deans List student at Edinboro and received the schools Academic Achievement Award before graduating with a bachelors degree in criminal justice in 1997. Robie brings strong ties to the eastern wrestling hotbed as he also served as an assistant coach at West Virginia (1998-99) and Edinboro (1999-00). During his time at Tech, the Hokies recruiting has flourished with a top-25 recruiting class each year, including six classes rated in the top 11 nationally. Robie and his wife Jennifer reside in Christiansburg with their three children: Nate (15), Luke (12) and Jake (9).

Hoffman helps coach the lower weights, assists in recruiting and helps with other various duties with the staff. In his three seasons in Techs corner, he has helped lead the program to three of top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships, two ACC team titles, an ACC dual meet title and has coached nine wrestlers to All-America honors. In his three seasons at Tech, he has directly worked with All-Americans Devin Carter (twice at 141), Joey Dance (125), Nick Brascetta (149 and 157), Jarrod Garnett (125) and Zach Neibert (141). Hoffman coached six seasons with the Bison, including five as Dan Wirnsbergers top assistant, before returning to Blacksburg. Hoffman earned the promotion after he spent his first season with the Orange and Blue coaching the varsity lightweights and helping guide 133-pounder David Marble to an appearance at the NCAA Championships in 2007. His work with Marble and the other lightweights continued and Marble earned his fourth consecutive NCAA Championship berth in 2010. Additionally, 149-pound 2010 graduate Kevin LeValley was a three-time NCAA qualifier and a two-time All-American who broke several school records. Hoffman, a Spring City, Pennsylvania, native, graduated from Virginia Tech in 2006 with a degree in health and physical education and was a four-time NCAA Championship qualifier on the mat. In 2006 as a senior, Hoffman picked up a dramatic, last-second win over fifth-seeded Josh Churella of Michigan with a takedown at the buzzer to earn All-America honors as a senior en route to an eighth-place finish at 141 pounds. During his career with the Hokies, Hoffman compiled a record of 116-32, including 19 major decisions, five technical falls and 38 pins. He also earned Freshman All-America honors from Amateur Wrestling News in 2002 and was a three-time captain of the Hokies squad. At The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Hoffman was a five-time prep All-American, two-time prep national champion and one of only two wrestlers in school history to achieve All-America status five times. He posted a record of 195-17 in his prep school career. Hoffman and his wife, Lisa, live in Blacksburg. They welcomed their first child, Madelyn Rose, into the world in November of 2014. View photos of David Hoffman