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Earlier this month, Kyle Borshoff stepped down from his position as the head coach of Binghamton wrestling. Borshoff had spent ten years on staff at Binghamton and he was the head coach during the last eight years. With Binghamton currently the only head coaching opening at the DI level, we decided to dig in and take a deeper look at the potential hires. Word out of Binghamton is that the school has narrowed down the coaching search to three excellent candidates: Scott Green, Ryan LeBlanc, and Kellen Russell. Each is capable of success with the Bearcats and for various reasons. Below, we have outlined the case for each of the three based on their past and how they could fit in with this Binghamton program. The case for: Scott Green (Army West Point - Associate head coach) Scott Green was a finalist for the Army West Point head coaching position earlier this offseason, but the athletic department went with Troy Nickerson. Green has other offers but decided to stay with his team. Now, the Binghamton job unexpectedly opened up and it is one with Green’s name written all over it. Green is a Binghamton alum and spent time on the Bearcat coaching staff before his run at Wyoming Seminary. Green has been an integral part of the recruiting process for Army and played a key role in the school earning recruiting rankings in three of the last four years (with another on the horizon in 2026). Without the extra restrictions in the recruiting process necessary at West Point, Green could have a huge impact on recruiting at a school like Binghamton. While he has recruited on a national scale at Army, Green’s local ties in the area run deep. Though it was at the high school level, Green’s time at Wyoming Seminary demonstrated how he can be the CEO-type coach that builds a successful organization. In this era of college athletics, those traits are not only important but rather essential. One thing that sets Green apart from the other two finalists is his experience in the coaching profession. He coached at the collegiate level before either of the others even got to college, as student-athletes. The case for: Ryan LeBlanc (The Citadel - Head Coach) Another finalist for the Army job was New York native Ryan LeBlanc. LeBlanc would be striking while the iron is hot, which is common in the coaching world. He just completed his fifth year as the head coach of The Citadel and led the Bulldogs to the best season in over a decade. LeBlanc’s squad finished second in the conference in a SoCon tournament that came down to the final bout of the tournament. It’s a huge improvement from fifth place, which is where the Bulldogs finished in each of his first four seasons. With a runner-up finish in the conference, LeBlanc’s team ended up with three individual champions and pushed four wrestlers through to the national tournament. You’d have to go back to 2014 to find the last time that the school hit that qualifier mark. LeBlanc was able to hit those numbers based on the development of his wrestlers while in the Citadel wrestling room. None of his national qualifiers at the school were on MatScouts Big Board. He’s been able to identify the diamonds in the rough. LeBlanc did much of the same talent evaluation at his previous stop as an assistant at Appalachian State. Another important learning experience from his recent coaching stops is the ability to be resourceful in all aspects of running a program. That could be very helpful at Binghamton. LeBlanc got his coaching career started at DIII SUNY-Cortland after qualifying for nationals three times at Indiana. Between his wrestling career in the Big Ten, followed by DIII and the SoCon, LeBlanc has a wide array of experiences at different-sized programs. The case for: Kellen Russell (Cornell - Associate Head Coach) When recruiting or building a program, sometimes having a recognizable name or face is the best way to get your foot in the door. Kellen Russell has the most high-profile career of any of the three finalists and has been front-and-center with some of the best wrestlers of the last half-decade. High school recruits may not have watched him win two national titles for Michigan, but they’re probably familiar with wrestlers like Vito Arujau and Yianni Diakomihalis. The street cred of working closely with a pair of wrestlers that combined to win six NCAA titles and both have appearances in the Senior World finals is huge. After Russell’s storied career at Michigan concluded, he remained with the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club and then joined the Wolverines coaching staff two years later. Russell was on the Michigan staff for seven years before coming to Cornell in 2021. Since then, he’s assisted on two teams that have captured NCAA trophies. He’s also been a key figure on a Cornell program that has inked top-four recruiting classes in two of the last three seasons. The time coaching in New York and Russell’s links to his home state (New Jersey) and high school (Blair Academy) are an asset for Cornell and could be for Binghamton, as well. Perhaps, the best case for Russell is his track record of winning on the mat and on the coaching bench. He was a highly regarded recruit coming out of Blair Academy, had an excellent career at Michigan, and then continued to watch his pupils rack up accolades. Could he do the same and elevate Binghamton to new heights?