Jamie FrancoHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Hofstra University Head Wrestling Coach Dennis Papadatos today announced the appointment of Longo and Weidman MMA Training Center Operations Manager and Hofstra alumnus Jamie Franco as the Pride's volunteer assistant coach for the 2016-17 season.
Franco, a three-time NCAA Championship qualifier and a 2013 Colonial Athletic Association champion for Hofstra from 2009 through 2014, will assist the Pride coaching staff working with the lightweight wrestlers. Franco recorded 75 victories with the Pride during his college career. After recording a career-best 21-13 record and advancing to the CAA Championship finals as a sophomore, he posted a 19-15 mark including a 3-0 record in the CAA Championship to capture the 133-pound title in 2012-13 record. Franco wrapped up his collegiate career at 125 pounds with a 21-15 overall record, including a 6-1 mark in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA), and a New York State Collegiate Championship title in 2013-14.
Since his graduation from Hofstra with a degree in business marketing in 2014, Franco has served as the operations manager at the Longo and Weidman MMA Training Center in Garden City, NY. In that capacity he has controlled marketing and advertising campaigns, managed accounts payable, controlled inventory and supervised the non-fighting staff at the facility.
Just shortly after starting at Longo and Weidman MMA, Franco added the double duty of owner and head coach at the LAW Wrestling Academy also in Garden City, handling scheduling, coaching and conducting practices for wrestlers and fighters from the ages of five through 30 while also implementing the marketing and advertising campaign for the Academy.
Franco served as a coach for youth wrestlers between the ages of five and 18 for the Garden City Grapplers Wrestling Club from 2009 through February 2015. He resides in Merrick, NY.
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