Rocco MansuetoMansueto brings impressive credentials as wrestler and coach to the Notre Dame program, which has been in existence for eight decades. A native of Middletown, N.Y., Mansueto was a two-time New York state champ who headed west to Cleveland State. As a Viking wrestler, Mansueto was a three-time NCAA Division I qualifier and Eastern Wrestling League champion at 125 pounds… and was a three-time team captain and national-scholar athlete at Cleveland State.
After earning his bachelor degree from CSU, Mansueto stayed in the Cleveland area, launching his coaching career as a graduate assistant at John Carroll University. Later, he returned to his native New York State, where he continued his coaching career at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point before coming to Tennessee-Chattanooga in 2009. Mansueto left the UTC staff two years ago to focus on building the Flips Wrestling headphone business, where he is one of four principals.
Mullin led the Irish to three TSSAA state small school dual championships (2006-07-08) and numerous individual state champions, including his nephews Packy and Luke Mullin. Their dad, Chris, was also a two-time state champion for the Irish.
"The wrestling community will miss John matside as he now joins a long list of retired coaches who have made such an impact on our sport," said one former coach who mentioned other retired coaches including Steve Logsdon, Roger Vandergriff and hall of famers Al Miller, Turner Jackson, Danny Gilbert, Jim Morgan, Gordon Connell and Steve Henry to name a few, the Chattanoogan.com reported.
Mansueto will be officially introduced as Notre Dame wrestling coach at a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the school's Varallo Center.
Founded in 1876, Notre Dame is the only Catholic high school in the region and the oldest independent school in Chattanooga. According to PrivateSchoolReview.com, Notre Dame has just over 400 students in grades 9-12.
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