The 2024 Offseason Coaching Carousel (6/18/2024)

We had about a week or two with a lull on the coaching hiring front. That came to a halt at the end of last week as we documented the hiring of Tony Cassioppi, Dean Heil, and David McFadden. A few more were announced that we weren’t able to cover and those include Doug Zapf and Andrew Dunn. 

Zapf might have to change offices but doesn’t have much of a move. The Penn alum officially joins the coaching staff after spending the last two years on the mat competing for the Pennsylvania RTC. Zapf was a three-time national qualifier for the Quakers - each time coming at a different weight class between 141 and 157 lbs. As a senior, Zapf was 2-2 at the national tournament after starting as the 11th seed. Later in the 2023, Zapf earned a spot on the U23 World Team after claiming a title at U23 Nationals. In Albania, he won three matches and advanced to the quarterfinals, but ultimately was a match shy of earn a world medal. 

Dunn will be heading north to join Donnie Vinson’s first coaching staff at Buffalo. He comes to Buffalo after spending a year as the Director of Operations at the University of North Carolina. Dunn held the same position for a season at Stanford - both under Rob Koll. Koll is a link between the two, as Vinson spent time on the Cornell staff under Koll. 

As a competitor, Dunn started his collegiate career at Virginia Tech and qualified for the NCAA Tournament as a freshman. He would later transfer to DII Kutztown and won a national title at 285 lbs in 2019. A year later, he was undefeated, but unable to participate in the national tournament at the outset of the Covid pandemic. During his final year, Dunn fell in the national finals. He was named Kutztown’s Male Athlete of the Year in each of those three years. 

It sounds as if we’ll have news break this week about the Columbia head coaching position along with Purdue’s assistant coaching vacancy - so pay attention to InterMat!

Offseason Coaching Movement

Binghamton: Louie DePrez - Assistant Coach (Binghamton athlete)

Brown: Micky Phillippi - Assistant Coach (Brown Director of Ops)

Buffalo: Donnie Vinson - Head Coach (Cornell Associate Head Coach)

Buffalo: Andrew Dunn - Assistant Coach (North Carolina Director of Operations)

Buffalo: Hunter Richard - Assistant Coach (Appalachian State Assistant Coach)

Campbell: TJ Dudley - Assistant Coach (Brown Assistant Coach)

Central Michigan: Ben Bennett (Central Michigan Associate Head Coach)

Cornell: Scottie Boykin (Air Force Assistant Coach)

Cornell: David McFadden (Drexel Assistant Coach)

Edinboro: AJ Schopp - Head Assistant Coach (Purdue Assistant Coach)

George Mason: Dean Heil - Head Assistant Coach

Lock Haven: Gavin Hoffman - Volunteer Assistant (Ohio State athlete)

Navy: Barry Davis - Assistant Coach

NC State: Zack Esposito - Associate Head Coach (USOPTC) 

Oklahoma State: David Taylor - Head Coach (NLWC Athlete)

Oklahoma State: Thomas Gilman - Assistant Coach (NLWC Athlete)

Oklahoma State: Jimmy Kennedy - Associate Head Coach (Penn State Assistant Coach)

Penn: Matt Valenti - Associate Head Coach (Penn athletic administration)

Penn: Doug Zapf - Assistant Coach (PRTC athlete)

Penn State: Nick Lee - Assistant Coach (NLWC athlete)

Pittsburgh: Lou Rosselli - Assistant Coach

Princeton: Anthony Ashnault - Assistant Coach (NYC RTC athlete)

Princeton: Cody Brewer - Head Assistant Coach (Virginia Tech Assistant Coach)

Princeton: Nate Jackson (NJ RTC athlete)

Utah Valley: Adam Hall - Head Coach (NC State Associate Head Coach)

Utah Valley: Andrew Hochstrasser - Unannounced Role (Utah Club Coach)

Utah Valley: Timmy McCall - Assistant Coach

Virginia Tech: Zach Tanelli - Associate Head Coach (Columbia Head Coach)

Wisconsin: Tony Cassioppi - Assistant Coach (HWC athlete)
 

Non-Coaching Roles

Oklahoma: Mark Hall - Director of Operations (Penn Assistant Coach)

Oklahoma State: Bryan Pearsall - Recruiting Coordinator (Penn Associate Head Coach)

RTC’s and Wrestling Clubs

Navy WC: Peyton Walsh

Tar Heel WC: Vincenzo Joseph (SKWC Athlete)
 

Current Openings

Air Force: Assistant Coach

Appalachian State: Assistant Coach (x2)

Army West Point: Assistant Coach

Binghamton: Assistant Coach

Campbell: Assistant Coach

Central Michigan: Assistant Coach

Columbia: Head Coach

Davidson: Assistant Coach

Drexel: Assistant Coach (x2)

George Mason: Assistant Coach

Hofstra: Head Coach

Oregon State: Director of Operations

Penn: Assistant Coach

Purdue: Assistant Coach

Stanford: Assistant Coach

Utah Valley: Assistant Coach