Fred Garcia

Biography

Updated July 2025 Fred Garcia joined Coach Moore’s staff in July 2025 as an assistant coach, following Moore from Cleveland State. Before Kent State, Garcia spent the last two seasons at Cleveland State, serving on Coach Moore’s staff. Garcia spent five seasons at Binghamton University and three years at Cleveland State before that. During the 2024-25 season, Garcia helped Daniel Bucknavich qualify for the NCAA Championships. In the 2023-24 season, Garcia helped Ben Smith capture his second MAC Championship at 197-pounds and qualify for his third NCAA Championship. He also aided Daniel Bucknavich, finishing as the runner-up at 285-pounds to earn his first NCAA Championship spot. The Vikings finished tenth overall at the 2024 MAC Championships with five placers. The Green and White were 8-8 overall and 6-3 in the MAC for the year. Off the mat, Cleveland State finished with the second-best GPA in Division 1 with a 3.57 GPA and had six individual Scholar All-Americans. The Green and White led the MAC with 11 All-Academic honorees. Before returning to Cleveland State, Garcia spent five seasons at Binghamton, assisting with three EIWA Champions and 16 NCAA qualifiers. In his final season at Binghamton, three guys qualified for the NCAA Championships. Cory Day (285 Pounds) finished as the runner-up at the Southern Scuffle, while Jacob Nolan (184 Pounds) was the runner-up at the EIWA tournament and reached the Round of 16 at the NCAAs. During the 2021-22 season, four wrestlers advan