"I am very excited to announce the hiring of Kevin Koch as our new wrestling coach and welcome he and his wife home," Barnhill stated. "Kevin was an accomplished student-athlete at CUW and has had an impressive professional career as the head wrestling coach at Edgar High School. He has boundless enthusiasm and love for the wrestling program here and the university and its mission. The future of CUW wrestling is going to be very bright with this new appointment. Kevin and I agree on the philosophical principles of building our team and his intended direction and leadership were evident during the interview process."
Kevin Koch"I am blessed to be given this opportunity to coach at my alma mater," Koch expressed. "CUW has been a special place for me and I look forward to being able to foster that experience for other wrestlers coming through our program."
A highly successful high school coach at Edgar High School for the past 10 years, also his alma mater, he coached a program that was a perennial WIAA state contender. He coached seven individual WIAA state champions, 10 individual WIAA state placers, and 33 individual WIAA state qualifiers. Koch also guided the Wildcats to nine-consecutive Marawood Conference titles, to go along with a 120-38 dual meet record.
During his time as a Falcon; he posted a 33-11 record during his rookie season, 22-9 mark as a sophomore, 28-13 as a junior and had his most successful season as a senior with a 36-10 record. His overall four-year record was 119-43 while wrestling at 141 pounds. The three-time MVP and team captain was inducted into the school's William C. Ackman Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012. He earned 14 top-5 finishes, won titles at the Wisconsin Private College Tournament and Lake Michigan Conference Tournament twice, while also placing third at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region twice.
While in high school, Koch won two WIAA state individual championship at Edgar (1998, 2000). He received his Bachelor's Degree in Education in 2006 and his Master's Degree in Education in 2012, both from CUW.
He is married to Kaitlin and the two have a daughter, Grace.
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