Hill Returns to Kent State Wrestling Staff

KENT, Ohio – Matt Hill will return to the Kent State wrestling staff for the 2010-11 season as a full-time assistant coach. A three-time NCAA qualifier at Edinboro, Hill served as a graduate assistant at KSU from 2007-09.

“Matt takes the approach that it’s all about hard work,” Head Wrestling Coach Jim Andrassy said. “His philosophy is to get guys to work harder than ever before to improve. We had a lot of good candidates for this position and it was a very tough decision. But ultimately we felt that Matt gives our athletes the best chance to improve on what we’ve been doing.”

Hill has remained involved in wrestling over the past year working with Seneca Valley High School and the Freedom Wrestling Youth Club. He also stayed in touch with a number of KSU wrestlers, whom he looks forward to reuniting with.

“I learned a lot from Jimmy (Andrassy) and Josh (Moore),” Hill said. “And with the experience I took from Edinboro, I felt like we created a pretty successful atmosphere. I think we have two guys (Dustin Kilgore & Nic Bedelyon) that can win national titles this year and several others that can be up on the podium.”

During Hill’s two seasons as a graduate assistant, the Golden Flashes produced 11 national qualifiers, went 29-8 in dual meets and captured a 2009 MAC regular season title.

While at Edinboro, Hill compiled 105 career victories, going 32-7 as a senior.

Kent State’s 2010-11 season gets underway Nov. 6 in Salem, Va. with dual meets against Iowa State and Chattanooga.

Courtesy of Aaron Chimenti, Assistant Director, Kent State Athletic Communications