Lehigh University Wrestling

He played an integral role in the renaissance of the Lehigh wrestling program in the late 1990s. In his first year back, he led the Mountain Hawks to a school-record 23 dual wins, a second place EIWA finish, and was named EIWA Coach of the Year. In his 10th season, Bethlehem native Pat Santoro led the Mountain Hawks to the top of the EIWA, winning the program’s first EIWA title since 2006 and 35th overall. That accomplishment, plus a 12-3 dual season that resulted in a No. 8 final dual meet ranking, led to Santoro to earn NWCA National Coach of the Year honors. Santoro enters his 19th season looking to maintain Lehigh’s place at the top of the EIWA, while molding the Mountain Hawks into a perennial top ten team and national championship contender. Santoro was hired in April, 2008 as just the eighth head coach in program history. He holds the title as the Lawrence White Head Coach of Wrestling at Lehigh. A seven-time EIWA Coach of the Year, Santoro has mentored two NCAA Champions at Lehigh, the second of which, Darian Cruz won the 125-pound title in 2017. He has led 29 individuals to a total of 47 EIWA titles, while guiding 22 men to 39 total All-American honors. Santoro finished the 2025-26 season with a dual meet record of 202-93-1 at Lehigh. He guided Lehigh to four consecutive EIWA team championships from 2018 through 2021 and added back-to-back EIWA championships in 2025 and 2026. Lehigh won its 40th EIWA team championship in 2025-26, with the Mountain Hawks crowning five

Former Lehigh All-American Brad Dillon begins his 19th season on the coaching staff at his alma mater and his 10th as Associate Head Coach. Dillon, a 2004 Lehigh graduate and two-year team captain, has spent the last 22 seasons as an assistant under Pat Santoro, including four seasons at Maryland and 18 at Lehigh. Dillon has proven to be one of the most versatile coaches on staff, working in the practice room with wrestlers from nearly every weight class. He has also assisted in the recruiting efforts that helped bring in nationally-ranked recruiting classes at both schools, including the class that entered in the fall of 2012 that was ranked in the top three nationally. Dillon was instrumental in the development of Robert Hamlin, who went from NCAA qualifier at 174 as a freshman to a two-time EIWA Champion, three-time All-American and two-time NCAA finalist at 184 over his last three seasons. He has also aided in the development of two-time All-American Nathaniel Brown, who won an EIWA title at 174 in 2013 and reached the NCAA finals at 184 in 2015. Over the last nine seasons, Lehigh’s top four weights have produced 16 EIWA champions and 10 All-Americans. Dillon helped Jordan Kutler earn three consecutive EIWA titles and three straight All-America honors. Ryan Presich won an EIWA title and earned All-America honors, while Jordan Wood now owns five EIWA championships and departs the program as a three-time All-American. Over the last two seasons, Michael Beard won back-to-bac

Gina Quinn is in her fourth season as the Director of Operations for the Lehigh wrestling program. In her position, Quinn coordinates the day-to-day operation of the wrestling office. She serves as the program’s interface with the Athletics Department’s support areas and will assist with scheduling athlete-coach meetings and coordination of team managers and work study students. In addition, Quinn will play a major role in organizing team travel as well as alumni and community relations. Quinn’s experience in wrestling dates back to her time as an undergraduate at Oklahoma State in the late 1980s. She served as a “Mat Maid” for the Cowboys from 1986-90 working home matches and select tournaments and assisting the program with recruiting, marketing, communications and alumni relations initiatives. She also worked four NCAA tournaments in various support roles in her four years as an undergraduate. While at Oklahoma State, Quinn worked with the Cowboy program that was in the "rebuilding, rebranding, and re-envisioning OSU wrestling" phase. She assisted a Cowboy program that saw John Smith win NCAA, World and Olympic titles, and also featured Olympic gold medalists Kenny Monday and Kendall Cross, along with four-time NCAA champion Pat Smith, among many elite wrestlers who have since gone on to give back to their communities - both wrestling and community outreach. Upon relocating to southeastern Pennsylvania, Quinn worked as a project manager and residential and commercial desig

Two-time NCAA Champion Vincenzo Joseph is in his second season on the Lehigh coaching staff. In his first year on staff, Joseph helped Lehigh to its 40th EIWA team championship with five individual champions. He worked with wrestlers across all weight classes, but saw middleweights Logan Rozynski and Max Brignola claim individual EIWA titles. Joseph comes to Lehigh from the University of North Carolina, where he served as the Tar Heels’ recruiting coordinator for the 2024-25 season. Prior to his year at North Carolina, Joseph spent two years at Arizona State where he trained with the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club and later served as the recruiting coordinator for the Sun Devils. A four-time All-American wrestling for Penn State, Joseph won NCAA titles as a first-year (2017) and a sophomore (2018) before finishing as the national runner-up as a junior in 2019. Joseph was a first-team NWCA All-American as a senior. He was slated to be the No. 2 seed at the 2020 NCAA Championships when the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joseph’s an 89-9 overall record with 25 falls in his Penn State career. On the freestyle circuit, Joseph is a two-time U.S. Open runner-up and was the World Team Trials runner-up in 2022. The Pittsburgh native began his coaching career at Stanford for the 2021-22 season. At Stanford, Joseph coached a NCAA finalist and helped the Cardinal to a top 20 NCAA team finish. Joseph graduated from Penn State in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in communi

Former Lehigh NCAA Champion and three-time All-American Zach Rey ‘12 enters his ninth season on the Lehigh coaching staff. One of the most accomplished heavyweights in Lehigh wrestling history, Rey works with wrestlers across all weight classes, but specializes in the heavyweights. Rey trained regularly with Jordan Wood and in 2018-19 helped Wood win his second consecutive EIWA title, while also helping Wood earn his first All-America honor. Wood capped his stellar career in 2022 by becoming the first-ever five-time EIWA champion and three-time All-American. He picked up his 100th career victory in the 2022 NCAA third place match. Nathan Taylor continued Lehigh’s run of heavyweight success reaching the EIWA finals in 2023 and claiming EIWA titles at 285 in 2024 and 2026. In the 2024-25 season, Owen Trephan transferred in midseason to replace an injured Taylor and won an EIWA title, earned All-America honors and was recognized as the EIWA Wrestler of the Year. Lehigh has now had an EIWA finalist at 285 in eight consecutive EIWA Tournaments with Rey on staff and 10 of the last 11 overall. Rey’s versatility is evident in his work over the last three seasons, with Lehigh wrestlers claiming 13 individual EIWA titles: three at 125 and 285, two at 157 and 197 and one at 133, 141 and 165. He has worked tirelessly with Luke Stanich who has won EIWA titles and earned All-America honors at 125 and 141 in his first two seasons. Rey also helped coach Stanich to a U20 World title in August