Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has selected Robert Patnesky to become the second head wrestling coach in program history.
Patnesky spent the last 12 season as the head coach at Division I Davidson College in Mooresville, North Carolina. He left the program ranked second in career victories, mentored five national championship qualifiers and four Southern Conference Champions for the Wildcats.
"We are excited to have Coach Patnesky as the lead of our wrestling program," said Director of Athletics Brian Streeter. "His previous experiences will benefit the department as we begin to grow a team once again. Patnesky is a proven coach who understands the academic standards in which to recruit."
Davidson was consistently one of the top wrestling programs in the country for academics under Patnesky's tutelage. The Wildcats were ranked in the NWCA's Division I All-Academic Top 30 for five consecutive years (2006-10), earning the fifth-best team grade-point average in 2009 and 2010, and also ranking 12th in 2012.
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Patnesky spent the last 12 season as the head coach at Division I Davidson College in Mooresville, North Carolina. He left the program ranked second in career victories, mentored five national championship qualifiers and four Southern Conference Champions for the Wildcats.
"We are excited to have Coach Patnesky as the lead of our wrestling program," said Director of Athletics Brian Streeter. "His previous experiences will benefit the department as we begin to grow a team once again. Patnesky is a proven coach who understands the academic standards in which to recruit."
Davidson was consistently one of the top wrestling programs in the country for academics under Patnesky's tutelage. The Wildcats were ranked in the NWCA's Division I All-Academic Top 30 for five consecutive years (2006-10), earning the fifth-best team grade-point average in 2009 and 2010, and also ranking 12th in 2012.
http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/17284