The 2024 Offseason Coaching Carousel (5/20/2024)

Not only is the coaching carousel moving at a rapid pace with excellent positions available, there are also plenty of very experienced coaches who are looking for a new home. Those high-quality coaches should make for more movement as they assume some of the open positions below or take an opening that doesn’t appear to be vacant to the public eye. 

Late Friday afternoon, a pair of notable hires were announced. Nick Lee will have an official position on the Penn State coaching staff and David Taylor’s collegiate teammate, Bryan Pearsall, will join his first staff at Oklahoma State as a recruiting coordinator. 

Last week saw Pearsall and former Penn staffmate, Mark Hall, assuming positions are technically not a part of the coaching staff. With that being said, we’ve included them in a separate area and will add new Director of Operations and such to that grouping. 

Pictured is Scottie Boykin who is officially a part of Mike Grey’s Cornell staff. Boykin spent the past two years as a volunteer assistant at the Air Force Academy. Being an upperweight, Boykin undoubtedly worked closely with two-time All-American Wyatt Hendrickson (who made news yesterday). Boykin also used to coach the Spartan Combat RTC out of Cornell and is highly thought of in Ithaca. He also served as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, Chattanooga. 

Expect news to come out this week regarding both of Princeton’s hires. They have been signed and agreed upon, they are just pending a university background check. 

Offseason Coaching Movement

Binghamton: Louie DePrez - Assistant Coach (Binghamton athlete)

Brown: Micky Phillippi - Assistant Coach (Brown Director of Ops)

Buffalo: Donnie Vinson - Head Coach (Cornell Associate Head Coach)

Buffalo: Hunter Richard - Assistant Coach (Appalachian State Assistant Coach)

Campbell: TJ Dudley - Assistant Coach (Brown Assistant Coach)

Central Michigan: Ben Bennett (Central Michigan Associate Head Coach)

Cornell: Scottie Boykin (Air Force Assistant Coach)

Edinboro: AJ Schopp - Head Assistant Coach (Purdue Assistant Coach)

NC State: Zack Esposito - Associate Head Coach (USOPTC) 

Oklahoma State: David Taylor - Head Coach (USAW Athlete)

Oklahoma State: Thomas Gilman - Assistant Coach (USAW Athlete)

Oklahoma State: Jimmy Kennedy - Associate Head Coach (Penn State Assistant Coach)

Penn: Matt Valenti - Associate Head Coach (Penn athletic administration)

Penn State: Nick Lee - Assistant Coach (NLWC athlete)

Pittsburgh: Lou Rosselli - Assistant Coach

Princeton: Cody Brewer - Head Assistant Coach (Virginia Tech Assistant Coach)

Utah Valley: Adam Hall - Head Coach (NC State Associate Head Coach)

Utah Valley: Andrew Hochstrasser - Unannounced Role (Utah Club Coach)

Virginia Tech: Zach Tanelli - Associate Head Coach (Columbia Head Coach)
 

Non-Coaching Roles

Oklahoma: Mark Hall - Director of Operations (Penn Assistant Coach)

Oklahoma State: Bryan Pearsall - Recruiting Coordinator (Penn Associate Head Coach)

RTC's and Wrestling Clubs

Tar Heel WC Head Coach: Vincenzo Joseph (SKWC Athlete)

Tar Heel WC Director: Dom LaJoie

Current Openings

Air Force: Assistant Coach

Appalachian State: Assistant Coach (x2)

Army West Point: Assistant Coach

Binghamton: Assistant Coach

Buffalo: Assistant Coach

Campbell: Assistant Coach

Central Michigan: Assistant Coach

Columbia: Head Coach

Davidson: Assistant Coach

Hofstra: Head Coach

Navy: Assistant Coach

Penn: Assistant Coach (x2)

Princeton: Assistant Coach (x2)

Purdue: Assistant Coach

Stanford: Assistant Coach

Utah Valley: Assistant Coach(es?)

Wisconsin: Assistant Coach