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    Cleary University launches wrestling program

    As Cleary University continues to grow and expand, it's athletic department is doing likewise as it announced the addition of varsity wrestling, to start in September of 2017, as it's newest male athlete sport. Scott Lucas, who has coached for nearly two decades including a seven-year stint as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University, has been tapped to spearhead the new program.

    Coach Scott Lucas with AD Ward Mullens
    Lucas is looking to build a roster of 30-40 wrestlers that will compete in 10 different weight classes to begin the program with the thought that those numbers will remain consistent over the years.

    As Cleary looks to join the NAIA next season, the wrestling program will look to take to the mat with other area NAIA and NCAA Division III programs, but Lucas is not adverse to going head-to-head with larger programs.

    "In open tournaments, giving our wrestlers an opportunity to compete against a vareity of competition including NCAA Division I opponents is something we'll be seeking," he said.

    Wrestling will be the lone official winter sport for Cleary as the season runs from November through March each year. While the regular season begins when the leaves fall, Lucas will launch the training session each year with a road trip or mission trup during the summer months with an eye on an eventual trip to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

    Aside from his stint at EMU, Lucas, who has coach at all levels from youth to college, developed club programs in Farmington Hills and Whitmore Lake, as well as Bangor, Maine. Lucas additionally coached at the middle school level in Dexter and the high school level at Westland John Glenn and Farmington.

    Lucas, who aims to add a graduate assistant a several volunteer assistant coaches, hopes to launch a USA Wrestling kids club and an adaptive program for children and adults, often veterans, with physical and mental challenges.

    A retired professional fire chief and emergency manager, Lucas works in crowd and emergency management for the Detroit Tigers graduated from Concordia University in Ann Arbor with a BA in Business Administration and Leadership and is currently completing an MS in Technology Studies from EMU.

    Lucas lives in Williamston with his wife Marianna and thir 11-year-old son Carter.

    For more information about the new Cougar wrestling program, contact Coach Lucas at slucas@cleary.edu.

    Cleary University is located in Howell, Michigan, just east of the state capital of Lansing and northwest of Ann Arbor in the central part of the state. Founded in 1883, Cleary has approximately 1,000 students.
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