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    Brown promotes Meuleners, hires Little

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University wrestling has promoted Matt Meuleners to its top assistant coach position and hired Darrius Little -- a former volunteer assistant coach at Lehigh University -- as an assistant coach, Brown head coach Todd Beckerman announced on Tuesday.

    Matt Meuleners
    "Matt did a tremendous job mentoring our upper weights last year and earned this promotion. We expect that Darrius will have a similar impact with our lower weights this season," Beckerman said. "Coming off our best season in the last decade, both Matt and Darrius will help our student-athletes continue to achieve at the highest possible level."

    Meuleners joined Brown prior to the 2017-18 season and helped the Bears tie for second in the Ivy League standings, their highest finish since 1997. Little has served as a volunteer assistant coach at Lehigh for the last three seasons (2015-18) after earning NCAA All-America honors as a standout at North Carolina State University.

    "I would like to thank Coach Beckerman for trusting me to handle additional responsibilities within our program," Meuleners said. "Last year was a great start to my time at Brown, and I know that we are all excited to keep this program on its upward trajectory."

    Last winter Meuleners helped Brown post three Ivy League wins, its most since 2009, total three NCAA qualifiers for the first time since 2008, and tally six EIWA placers, its most since 2010.

    Prior to Brown, Meuleners acted as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Nebraska from 2013-17, helping the Cornhuskers post four top-12 finishes at the NCAA Championships. As a student-athlete, he won back-to-back NCAA Division II national titles at Northern State University.

    Darrius Little
    "I cannot wait to get started at Brown and would like to thank Coach Beckerman for providing me with this opportunity," Little said. "From my time in the EIWA at Lehigh, I have seen firsthand the improvement that Brown has made over the last few years and look forward to joining a program on the rise."

    Little played a major role in the development of Lehigh's lightweights, helping Darian Cruz finish his career as a 2017 NCAA national champion, three-time NCAA All-American, and three-time EIWA champion at 125 pounds. Prior to Lehigh, Little served as an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb University during the 2014-15 season.

    As a collegiate student-athlete, Little wrested at NC State, earning NCAA All-America honors in 2012 and concluding his career as a three-time ACC conference finalist. He registered a 102-58 career record, ranking third in the Wolfpack's record book for all-time victories.
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