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    Former coach Reina named Penn's senior associate athletic director

    PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation, Dr. M. Grace Calhoun, has announced the addition of three new staff members to her senior administration.

    A name familiar to longtime Penn Athletics and Penn wrestling fans, Roger Reina, has been named to the new position of senior associate athletic director for External Affairs. In this position, Reina will be responsible for growing and creating new revenue streams for the Division; supervise the athletic communications, marketing and new media and ticketing offices; serve as liaison to the Division's third-party marketing and media rights partner; and develop and implement the business model for the Penn Corporate Partner initiative.

    Roger Reina
    Roger Reina is a 1984 University of Pennsylvania alum and arguably one of the most successful coaches in Penn Athletics history. He is held in such high regard that the head wrestling coach position at Penn is named after him -- second-year coach Alex Tirapelle's official title is Roger Reina Head Coach of Wrestling. Reina was himself the head coach for 19 seasons, from 1986-87 to 2004-05, leading the Quakers to eight Ivy League championships and four EIWA team titles. During his tenure, Penn wrestlers won an Olympic gold medal (Brandon Slay) and an NCAA individual title (Brett Matter). Reina was a three-time EIWA Coach of the Year, a four-time nominee for National Coach of the Year, and a recipient of the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Meritorious Service Award. In May 2008, Reina was inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of Class VI.

    Reina left the Penn wrestling program following the 2004-05 season and moved over to Penn Medicine where he started as a Major Gifts Officer and moved to Director of Development. Reina has a proficiency in leading start-up companies, and has served the last 10 years with TicketLeap, Inc.; LifeShield, Inc.; and Interactive Fitness Holdings. Since August 2014, Reina has been President and Chairman of the Board for the Pennsylvania RTC, creating and establishing an Olympic Regional Training Center as designated by USA Wrestling.

    In addition to his undergraduate degree, Reina studied at the Wharton Program for Working Professionals (Management & Entrepreneurship) and was an Executive Fellow with the Wharton Leadership Ventures Program.
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