"I couldn't be more thrilled to bring Sean back to our wrestling program," said Jay Weiss, The David G. Bunning '88 Head Coach for Harvard Wrestling. "He is one of the most passionate people I have ever met and will truly make a huge impact with the student-athletes on our team. He's a true difference-maker and I am delighted he's on our side again."
Harrington previously served on the staff at Boston University for three years from 2011-13. While at BU, Harrington took the Terriers to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in 2013, helped the squad receive eight individual NCAA berths and the team earned two NCAA Public Recognition Awards in the multi-year Academic Progress Report (APR).
Prior to that he was an assistant at Harvard from 2009-11, where he helped Weiss and the Crimson secure eight individual NCAA berths over three seasons, including 2010 national champion J.P. O'Connor '10.
"I am so excited to be part of the Harvard Athletics family," Harrington said. " It is an honor and a pleasure to put the Harvard shield on my chest every morning. I can think of no other institution in which I would have similar pride. Coach Weiss and Coach Abdurakhmanov are two outstanding men. I look forward to working alongside them both to develop this team and help build these young men into champions in life and wrestling. I am wholly ready for the challenge ahead of me and am so thrilled to undertake it."
A native of Dracut, Massachusetts, Harrington has been involved in the sport of wrestling as an athlete or coach for over 20 years. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell and later coached for the River Hawks from 1997-98.
Harrington returned to competition as a member of the New York Athletic Club and went on to train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., for four years.
In 2011, Harrington received the PCA Double-Goal Coaching Award presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance. A Double-Goal Coach's first goal is winning, and second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports. As PCA and Liberty Mutual Insurance strive to create a positive, character-building youth sports environment for all youth athletes.
Harrington served as the Massachusetts Junior National Wrestling team coach in 2008-09. He is also a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Committee.
Harrington, who graduated from UMass-Lowell in 1997 with a degree in business administration, managed BrickHouse Wrestling Fitness LLC, a wrestling and fitness company in Lowell, Mass.
Quotes on Sean Harrington from around the country:
"Sean Harrington is one of the best coaches I've ever had the pleasure to work with. His work ethic, dedication to his wrestlers and understanding of what it takes to be successful, is unsurpassed. Sean exceeded all that I had hoped for when he assisted with the wrestling program at Boston University."
-- Carl Adams, Boston University wrestling head coach for 33 years
"I had the pleasure of Coaching/Training Sean Harrington for 3 years at the Olympic Training Center. Sean was an Olympic hopeful at the time. I am confident Sean will pursue his duties at Harvard with the integrity, intensity and energy in which he pursued his Olympic dreams. His technical and tactical knowledge of wrestling is World Class and second to none. I congratulate Harvard on selecting Sean as their Assistant Wrestling Coach."
-- Kevin Jackson, Iowa State head wrestling coach
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