Kerry RegnerMILLERSVILLE, Pa. -- Millersville University Director of Athletics Miles Gallagher has announced Kerry Regner as the Marauders' new wrestling coach. Regner, the 10th coach in the program's 70 years, comes to Millersville after leading the Williams Baptist College program since 2014.
"Coach Regner was an accomplished wrestler, and now as a coach, he has shown the ability to get the best out of his student-athletes and build a successful team," said Gallagher. "He is going to bring leadership and a new direction to our wrestling program. We are excited for him to get started."
Regner, a two-time American Midwest Conference Coach of the Year, built the NAIA affiliated Williams Baptist program from the ground up and seemingly overnight turned it into a nationally-relevant team. Not only did his teams win back-to-back American Midwest Conference titles in 2015-16 and 2016-17, but in just three seasons, he developed 23 national qualifiers, six All-Americans and a 2016 national champion. In 2016-17 his club reached a No. 3 national ranking -- the highest of any team in the history of Williams Baptist Athletics. That team went on to finish fourth at the NAIA Championships. In all three seasons his teams finished in the NAIA's top 25.
"I am honored to be selected as the next head wrestling coach at Millersville University," said Regner. "I would like to express my appreciation to Miles Gallagher and the search committee for giving me this opportunity. It is a privilege to lead a program with a history such as Millersville. I look forward to assisting each student-athlete to develop as leaders of quality character on and off the mat. My family and I are excited to call Millersville home."
Regner is no stranger to the wrestling landscape of Pennsylvania. After graduating from Northern Michigan in 2010 and a run as a wrestler at the Olympic level of Greco-Roman wrestling, Regner became the varsity and junior high wrestling coach at Beaver High School in Western Pennsylvania. He inherited a roster of five wrestlers and quickly recruited students and broke the school record for dual meet wins and regional qualifiers. He then landed a role as the graduate assistant coach at Division I Clarion University where he coached four national qualifiers and an All-American, directed summer camps and assisted in recruiting a top-10 recruiting class according to FloWrestling.
As a wrestler, Regner was a resident of the United States Olympic Education Center in Marquette, Mich., from 2003-10. He also trained in Boise, Idaho, and at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., before retiring from competitive wrestling. He was a member of the U.S. Senior National Team at 60 kilograms in 2007-08 and competed in the 66 kilograms weight class at the 2010 University World Championships. He was a four-time placewinner at the U.S. Open and placed at tournaments in Cuba, France, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Regner received bachelor's degree in communication studies from Northern Michigan and a master's degree in mass media and journalism from Clarion in 2014. He, his wife Sarah and son Jack plan to reside in Millersville.
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