Rocco Mansueto is New Notre Dame Head Coach

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Former UTC assistant coach and former New York high school state champion Rocco Mansueto has been hired as the new Notre Dame wrestling coach replacing longtime coach John Mullin who will continue as the school's dean of students.

 

Mansueto, who was an NCAA qualifier, Eastern Wrestling League champion (125 pounds), three-time team captain and national-scholar athlete at Cleveland State, served as an assistant to UTC head coach Heath Eslinger for four years and now takes over a program which is in its eighth decade of existence.

 

A Middletown, N.Y. native, Mansueto was an assistant coach at West Point before joining the UTC staff in the summer of 2009.

 

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.

 

Mansueto will be formally introduced at a Wednesday press conference at 3 p.m. in the Varallo Center at Notre Dame.

 

contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net

[PUMMELKING]

Wow how come the Asst Coach did not get the Head position?  Is Tim not still at ND?

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This is a great hire for Notre Dame. The Irish have just proven that they want to not only be a strong A-AA program but a program that is able to compete with everyone. What middle school wrestler would not want to compete for someone the caliber of Rocco.

[JeremyH]

Wow how come the Asst Coach did not get the Head position?  Is Tim not still at ND?

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Yes, Tim is still with ND as well. He owns his own business and I believe his oldest son is going to start wrestling at the AAU level and he wasn't going to have the time to be involved anymore than he already was. I also believe that ND felt it was important for the HC to be in a teaching position and on campus.

[JeremyH]

This is huge for ND! Super excited to have Rocco coaching my son! ND has demonstrated that they are committed to their program and the changes that are eventually coming to the sport of wrestling. Small private schools will eventually be in DII.

[AWrestlingTiger]

Congrats to Coach Mansueto and Notre Dame High School.  A quality coach and quality school.