Ohio wrestling has added Eric Morrill as an assistant coach, head coach Joel Greenlee announced Monday. It marks Morrill's second stint on the Ohio staff, having previously served in the same role from 2015-18.

Morrill returns to Athens after four seasons at California Baptist, where he helped the Lancers post six dual wins in 2024-25, including ranked victories over No. 13 West Virginia, No. 20 Cal Poly and No. 24 CSU Bakersfield. Hunter Leake became the first two-time NCAA qualifier and Big 12 placer in program history under Morrill's watch.

Before CBU, Morrill spent time at Bucknell, where he was the driving force behind one of the nation's top recruiting hauls in 2020 -- signing three Pennsylvania state champions, the only program in the country to do so that year. He helped develop Zach Hartman into Bucknell's first All-American in a decade in 2021 and helped turn around a program that went 3-14 the year before his arrival, guiding the Bison to a 12-6 record in 2020-21.

During his first Ohio stint from 2015-18, Morrill helped mentor one All-American and 11 NCAA qualifiers. In his first season, a program-record seven Bobcats qualified for the NCAA Championships, with Cody Walters earning All-American honors for the second straight year. Ohio went 13-3 in 2015-16, finished third at the MAC Championships that season and fifth in 2018. The program also signed its highest-ranked recruiting class during his tenure, with three recruits slotted in the national top 100.

Prior to Ohio, Morrill spent four seasons as a volunteer assistant at Virginia Tech, where the Hokies won back-to-back ACC championships in 2013 and 2014 and placed a then program-best eighth at the 2014 NCAA Championships. He worked directly with nine All-Americans and the program's first NCAA finalist.

As a competitor at Edinboro, Morrill was a three-time NCAA qualifier with a 90-45 career record. He wrestled at 125 pounds for his first three seasons before moving up to 133 as a senior, won an EWL title in his final year and was ranked as high as fourth in the country as a junior.