Coaches:
 |
Drew Pariano – Northwestern University Head Coach A former Northwestern wrestler, Drew Pariano officially assumed his role as Northwestern head coach on June 1, 2010, after five successful seasons as an assistant and associate head coach for the resurgent Wildcats. Pariano, the 2008 NWCA Division I Assistant Coach of the Year, has been a driving force in Northwestern regaining its place as one of the top programs in the country, coaching 28 NCAA qualifiers, 14 All-Americans, six Big Ten champions and three NCAA champions — including Hodge Trophy winner and two-time U.S. Open champion and World Team member Jake Herbert — in his time on NU’s staff. Read more… |
 |
Tim Cysewski – Northwestern University Associate Head Coach For 20 years, Tim Cysewski oversaw a Northwestern wrestling program that produced four individual NCAA champions, 27 All-Americans, 12 Big Ten champions and 88 qualifiers for the NCAA Championships. From 2005-09, Cysewski enjoyed what was undeniably his most successful stretch as head coach at NU, guiding the Wildcats to five consecutive top-15 national finishes as a team — tying a program-best with its fourth-place NCAA showing in 2007 — and winning individual NCAA titles in 2007, 2008 and 2009, making Northwestern the only school in the country to have at least one national champion each of those successive seasons. Read more… |
 |
Matt Storniolo – Northwestern University Assistant Coach Storniolo was a two-time All-American at 149 pounds while wrestling for Oklahoma. In his second season as an assistant coach, Storniolo coached three All-Americans and five national qualifiers. Before coming to Northwestern, Storniolo spent two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Old Dominion where he trained closely with Ryan Williams, the 2009 NCAA runner-up at 141 pounds. Read more… |
 |
Brandon Precin – Wildcat Wrestling Club Development Director Brandon Precin, the most recent addition to the coaching staff, was one of five three-time All-Americans in NU history. Precin was a Midlands Champion in 2008 & 2010, two-time Big Ten Finalist, and was a member of the 2007 Northwestern team which took 4th in the NCAA Championships. After four trips to the national meet, Precin will now focus on his international wrestling career. Brandon Precin was a Carl Sandburg HS product where he won two state championships for Coach Mike Polz. During the off season, Precin would train with the Overtime School of Wrestling, a location where Precin will focus much of his freestyle training in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Trials. Read more… |
Counselors include members of the NU Wrestling Team:
| Kevin Bialka | 165 | JR | Lockport, Ill./Lockport |
| John Coukos | 125/133 | RS FR | Framingham, Mass./Framingham |
| Kaleb Friedley | 149 | SO | Kearney, Mo./Park Hill |
| Pat Greco | 141 | RS FR | St. Charles, Ill./Marmion Academy |
| Grant Greene | 125 | FR | South Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony’s |
| Pierce Harger | 165 | RS FR | Loveland, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller |
| David Helmer | 149/157 | RS SO | McLean, Va./Langley |
| Paul Jackson | 174 | JR | Detroit, Mich./University Detroit Jesuit |
| Robert Kellogg | 165 | RS SR | Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City North |
| Ben Kuhar | Hwt. | RS SR | Concord Township, Ohio/St. Edward |
| Dylan Marriott | 157 | RS FR | Excelsior Springs, Mo./Excelsior Springs |
| Mike McMullan | Hwt. | RS FR | Easton, Pa./Wyoming Seminary |
| Levi Mele | 125 | JR | Vernal, Utah/Uintah |
| Lee Munster | 174 | RS FR | Fox Lake, Ill./Grant |
| Jameson Oster | 133 | FR | Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport |
| Alex Polizzi | 197 | RS FR | Beloit, Wis./Beloit Memorial |
| Brian Roddy, Jr. | 174 | RS JR | Highland Heights, Ohio/St. Edward |
| John Schoen | 197 | RS SR | Homer Glen, Ill./Marist |
| Colin Shober | 141 | RS FR | Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley |
| Marcus Shrewsbury | 184 | JR | Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point |
| Jason Welch | 157 | RS JR | Walnut Creek, Calif./Las Lomas |
