Lehigh Adds Sasso to Coaching Staff

One of the best wrestlers to come from the fabled Lehigh Valley over the last decade is headed back home as Lehigh University announced that Sammy Sasso has been hired as an assistant coach. 

Sasso compiled a 106-18 career record competing at Ohio State from 2018-2025. While in Columbus, Sasso earned NCAA All-American honors three times - including a pair of NCAA finals berths. He appeared in four Big Ten finals bouts and won two. As a redshirt freshman, Sasso was seeded third at the 2020 NCAA Tournament that was canceled. During the four times he qualified for nationals, Sasso was never seeded lower than fourth. 

Sasso’s career took a detour in the summer of 2023 when he was shot during a carjacking. He spent nearly a month in the hospital and missed the entire 2023-24 campaign. Sasso miraculously returned to the Buckeye squad in 2024-25 and was victorious in his first match in 450+ days - 12-6 against Chattanooga’s Jackson Hurst. During the 24-25 campaign, Sasso competed in the 157 and 165 lb weight class but ended up retiring before the postseason with a 12-7 record. 

Before coming to Ohio State, Sasso was tabbed the #4 overall recruit in the Class of 2018 after winning two Pennsylvania AAA state titles and never finishing lower than third for Nazareth High School. Along the way, he won titles at the Ironman, Beast of the East, and Super 32. 

Sasso will get to work with a talented group of Lehigh middleweights that include NCAA qualifiers Kelvin Griffin, Logan Rozynski, and Max Brignola. Also in that group is incoming freshman Chase Van Hoven, who was the #44 overall recruit in the Class of 2025.