"I am extremely excited to add coach Fechko to the UB wrestling family," stated head coach John Stutzman. "As we continue to build our program, it began clear to me that his experiences and his ability to train with our lightweights is exactly what we needed. He is one of the hardest working coaches I have been around in the sport of Wrestling."
Fechko joins Stutzman's staff after one season as head coach at Dakota Wesleyan. He guided the Tigers through an injury-filled 2014-15 season, which saw the team finish 1-15 (0-7 GPAC) in duals. The Tigers did qualify two senior wrestlers, Kyle Gerlach and Dusty Paulsen, for the NAIA National Championships in March.
Before taking over at Dakota Wesleyan, he served as an assistant wrestling coach for the Brunswick High School wrestling team and worked as a corrective learning center monitor at Willetts Middle School. Fechko served as a volunteer assistant coach at Bloomsburg University during the 2012-13 season under head coach John Stutzman.
Prior to serving as volunteer assistant coach at Bloomsburg, the Broadview Heights, Ohio, native served as a graduate assistant wrestling coach at DWU from 2010-2012 under Matt Sedivy and played a key role in both recruiting and day-to-day operations with the program.
He wrestled at Heidelberg, but earned NCAA Division II All-American honors at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio, prior to transferring to Heidelberg. While at Heidelberg he qualified for the NCAA Division III national tournament. After graduating, he was the head wrestling coach at Quincy High School in Quincy, Calif., and the assistant coach for the Legends of Gold club team in Quincy.
Fechko graduated in 2009 with a degree in business administration from Heidelberg University, an NCAA Division III school in Tiffin, Ohio. He then earned his master's degree in educational policy and administration from Dakota Wesleyan in 2012.
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