Drexel Adds Walsh and Overhiser to Coaching Staff

This afternoon, Drexel head coach Matt Azevedo announced a pair of additions to his coaching staff as the Dragons have hired Chad Walsh and Jimmy Overhiser as assistant coaches. 

Walsh comes to the staff after spending the last two seasons on the Columbia staff. In 2023-24, the Lions produced their first All-American in over a decade when Lennox Wolak finished sixth at the 174 lb weight class. Additionally, they also had a pair of EIWA champions in Wolak and 184 lber Aaron Ayzerov. Columbia tied for fourth place in the EIWA in each of the two seasons where Walsh was on staff. 

Before his stint at Columbia, Walsh spent five years on the Davidson coaching staff. 

As a competitor, Walsh wrestled at Rider and earned NCAA All-American honors on two occasions. He was seventh in 2017 and fifth in 2016. In each of his four years, Walsh made the EWL finals - winning three times. 

Overhiser recently assisted with the first-year Tarleton State program; however, he spent the second half of the 2023-24 season on staff at Army West Point. Like Walsh at Columbia, Overhiser was part of a staff that broke a long All-American drought as Ben Pasiuk got on the podium for the Black Knights - also at 174 lbs. Army finished directly above Columbia at the 2024 EIWA Championships, in third place. 

Overhiser has also assisted at Wisconsin-Whitewater and Reinhardt. Additionally, he spent the 2021-22 season as the Director of Operations at Stanford’s California RTC. The job at the California RTC reunited Overhiser with his collegiate coach, Rob Koll, who coached him at Cornell. 

Though the Dragons did not have a national qualifier in 2024, they are bringing some talented wrestlers off redshirt and could be a very solid team in the new-look EIWA conference. 2022 NCAA qualifier Mickey O’Malley redshirted in 2023-24 and is expected up to 197 for the Dragons, while 2021 qualifier Luke Nichter is back at 157. Last season, Cody Walsh had a very solid year at 165, winning 25 bouts; however, he missed out on NCAA qualification. Walsh is the younger brother of new assistant coach, Chad.