Pete RendaPHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania head wrestling coach Roger Reina has announced the hiring of Pete Renda as an assistant coach. Renda, who recently completed an All-American career at North Carolina State University, will return to his home state following graduation in May and join the Penn staff shortly after that.
"We are thrilled and delighted to have Pete join the Penn wrestling staff, and return to his home state of Pennsylvania," said Reina, who recently completed his first season back at the Penn helm after guiding the program to unprecedented success from 1986-2005. "Pete not only excelled nationally in high school, college and in freestyle, but also served as an inspiring leader at North Carolina State. Pete will add valuable momentum to our movement with Penn Wrestling."
"I'm very excited to be joining the Penn wrestling program right now," said Renda, who grew up less than two hours from Penn's Philadelphia campus in Topton, Pa. "It is a program with such great history and alumni support, I think Penn has the opportunity to quickly regain national prominence at the highest levels. There is no better place to succeed on the mat and in life."
A three-time captain for the Wolfpack, Renda last month helped N.C. State earn its best team finish ever at the NCAA Championships. The Pack finished fourth with 80 points, with Renda earning a pair of wins en route to a 23-3 record for the year. Renda was a four-time NCAA qualifier, twice at 174 and twice at 184, and earned All-America honors in 2016 with a third-place finish at 184. Earlier this past season, Renda won the 184 title at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships; he also was an All-ACC honoree in 2016.
Prior to attending N.C. State, Renda wrestled for Brandywine Heights High School and had a 162-22 career record there, including a 42-0 mark as a senior when he was the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) 2A state champion at 170 pounds. Also the 2013 FloNationals champion at 170 pounds, in 2012 Renda was a PIAA state finalist at 152 pounds.
Renda earned a B.S. degree in finance from N.C. State in the spring of 2017 and is currently pursuing a Masters in Economics.
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