Josh MalaveA 2012 graduate of Mount Union, Malave brings experience as a Purple Raider wrestler back to the program. Malave was a two-time NCAA Division III qualifier, earning All-American honors by placing seventh at 141 pounds at the 2012 NCAAs. The Rocky River, Ohio native was also a three-time All-OAC (Ohio Athletic Conference) selection, two-time conference champion who was also a two-time Academic All-OAC and NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) Scholar All-American selection. A two-time team captain, Malave's 97 wins still rank as sixth best on the school's all-time wins list.
Malave also brings coaching experience as the ninth head wrestling coach at Mount Union. For the past two years, he has been the head coach at Firelands High School in Oberlin, Ohio. At his time at the northern Ohio high school, Malave was the 2014-15 Lorain County Coach of the Year and the 2015-16 Patriot Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, leading the Falcons to Patriot Athletic Conference Individual and Dual Meet titles in 2016 with a total of 13 district qualifiers. In addition, Malave spent one year as an assistant coach at Union Pines (N.C.) High School where the team won conference individual and dual meet titles while placing fifth in the state.
What does the former Purple Raider mat star have to say about returning to his college alma mater?
"I look forward to meeting the opportunities and challenges of taking over a wrestling program at Mount Union that has meant so much to me," said Malave. "We have great facilities, programs, faculty and staff and Mount Union has competed on a national level and I am excited to continue and grow that tradition in the coming years."
Mount Union athletic director Larry Kehres concurred, saying, "We are confident that the hard work and dedication to wrestling Josh has shown so far in his career will give him the ability to motivate our student-athletes."
The University of Mount Union is a private, coeducational four-year college. Located in eastern Ohio in Alliance, Mount Union has an enrollment of approximately 2,200 undergraduate students. Its wrestling program and other intercollegiate sports compete in NCAA Division III.
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