Matt Gentry Elevated to Full-time Assistant Coach for UChicago Wrestling

CHICAGO – College of Chicago Head Wrestling Coach Leo Kocher introduced on Wednesday that two-time Olympian Matt Gentry has taken on the position of full-time assistant coach with the Maroons.

Gentry beforehand served as a part-time assistant coach at UChicago throughout the 2021-22 tutorial yr. He helped mentor two All-People, the College Athletic Affiliation (UAA) Wrestler of the 12 months and 5 UAA weight class champions throughout the course of the season.

Together with his full-time teaching duties, Gentry will assume the position of Director of Recruiting inside the wrestling program.

“A yr in the past, everybody I talked to who had labored with Matt mentioned he was a superb coach,” Kocher mentioned. “So final season, I used to be not stunned to search out out that they had been completely right. Maroon wrestling will proceed to have a terrific part-time coach factor concerned with this system, however doubling the full-time workers for the primary time in our wrestling program’s historical past goes to have a big effect on UChicago’s pursuit of wrestling excellence.”

Gentry produced stellar outcomes all through his aggressive profession on each the collegiate and worldwide phases. A four-time NCAA nationwide qualifier at Stanford College, he turned the college’s first NCAA wrestling champion when he received the 157-pound title in 2004. Upon commencement, Gentry stayed concerned as an assistant coach at Stanford for 5 years whereas concurrently pursuing his worldwide wrestling profession. He represented Canada at each the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, inserting fifth at 74 kg (163 kilos) in 2012. Gentry can also be a two-time medalist on the Pan American Video games.

Gentry graduated from Stanford with a bachelor’s diploma in human biology in 2005. He later earned his doctorate in bodily remedy.

“After working with the crew over the past season part-time, I’m thrilled to affix Head Coach Leo Kocher as a full-time assistant and am excited for the way forward for Maroon wrestling,” Gentry mentioned. “We have now an distinctive group of younger males and having three returning All-People is a superb basis to construct upon. I’m keen to assist our athletes obtain success on the mat whereas sustaining tutorial excellence and fostering private improvement that units Maroon wrestlers up for future skilled success.”