WILMINGTON, Ohio -- Wilmington College Director of Athletics Matt Croci announced Tuesday the hiring of Brad Bruhn as the Quakers new head wrestling coach. Bruhn is the third head coach of the program, dating back to its renewal in 2018.

"We are ecstatic to welcome Brad to the Wilmington College community and to our athletic department," Croci said. "His background, experience, and success as a head coach are extremely high-level. I know our athletes are ready to get to work with Brad leading the charge," exclaimed Croci.

Bruhn has incredible experience as a collegiate head coach. He was the head wrestling coach at the State University of New York at Cortland (SUNY Cortland) for 19 years from August 2003 to July 2022. Bruhn earned a dual meet record of 241-110 and is the winningest coach in program history. He has developed four national champions, eight national finalists, 36 All-Americans, and 72 national qualifiers. Bruhn saw 29 student-athletes recognized as NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) Scholar All-Americans. He earned eight top 10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships while with Cortland. During his time at Cortland, he also served as the NWCA Hall of Fame Director for three years, the Mideast Regional Representative for four years, and has also appeared on the NCAA Championships Committee and as the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee Chair.

Bruhn was selected as the Empire 8 Conference Coach of the Year six times during his tenure and was selected twice as the SUNY Cortland Coach of the Year. He was also selected as the NCAA Regional Coach of the Year and New York State Collegiate Wrestling Coach of the Year. Bruhn has also had five student-athletes selected as Senior Male Athlete of the Year at SUNY Cortland.

Bruhn also served as the Instructor for the Physical Education Department at Cortland. In this role, he helped organize annual volunteer projects with Cortland Athletics for 17 years and has hosted free wrestling clinics for youth wrestlers in the Central New York area for 15 years.

"I am grateful for the opportunity to be the Head Wrestling Coach at Wilmington," said Bruhn. "I look forward to continuing with the progress of the wrestling program over the last few years. I am excited for a new challenge and willing to do my best to help these young men to chase their dreams."

While with Cortland, Bruhn was a member of the J. Robinson Intensive Wrestling Camps and acted as the 5 Day Camps On-Site Director for 10 years.

Before working for Cortland, Bruhn was the Assistant Wrestling Coach and Summer Camp Director for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for five years. He assisted UW-La Crosse to three Top-4 finishes at the NCAA Championships and 16 All-Americans. As a student-athlete at UW-La Crosse, Bruhn was an NCAA Division III All-American and a three-time NWCA Scholar All-American. He also served as a Volunteer Coach for the Wisconsin Greco-Roman National Team for three years from 1998 to 2001.

Bruhn holds both a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and a Master's Degree in Physical Education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.