Rutgers University-New Brunswick Wrestling

Updated 3/30/26 The winningest coach in program history with 249 career dual victories “On the Banks”, head coach Scott Goodale has turned Rutgers wrestling ...

Anthony Martin enters his fourth season with the Rutgers University equipment staff. He first started On The Banks in summer 2019. Primarily works with Men’s...

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A strong presence in the Rutgers wrestling room for more than a decade, Joe Pollard wrapped up his 15th season "On the Banks" and third as an assistant with ...

John Taggart enters his eighth year with Rutgers wrestling and serves as the program's Senior Athletic Trainer. During his tenure with the Scarlet Knights, Taggart has worked with two individual national champions, five individual Big Ten champions and 15 All-Americans. This past season, Taggart worked with All-Americans Dylan Shawver (133) and Yaraslau Slavikouski (HWT), while helping eight Scarlet Knights earn spots at the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Kansas City. Taggart also serves as the primary athletic trainer with the Rutgers men's golf program. Taggart helped the Scarlet Knights navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic, as Rutgers managed another historical season in 2021. RU closed the season with three All-Americans in the same year for the first time in program history, as Sebastian Rivera (fourth), John Poznanski (fourth) and Jackson Turley (eighth) all earned All-America honors at the 2021 NCAA Championships in St. Louis. Along with two-time NCAA qualifiers Michael VanBrill (149) and Billy Janzer (197), RU produced 13 victories at nationals en route to a 13th-place finish with 37.5 team points. Taggart is a NASCM certified Strength and Condition Specialist, and also possesses certifications in M1 Graston Technique and Myofascial Release (MFR1). Taggart arrived at Rutgers from Franklin & Marshall College, where he served as an assistant athletic trainer for all 25 of the Diplomats’ sport teams from 2014-16. Taggart was also the primary athletic tr

Michael Simmons finished his third season on staff with Rutgers wrestling as the program's director of operations in 2025-26. Simmons returned to the program...

Mikey Labriola wrapped up his second season on staff with Rutgers wrestling in 2025-26. A five-time All-American and 2023 national runner up at Nebraska, was...

Nicole Necci joined R Fund as the assistant director of athletic development in October 2018 with a focus on events and stewardship. Necci is a former student-athlete, playing lacrosse at Lock Haven before launching a career in college athletics administration. The Jackson, New Jersey native has worked in marketing, communications and development since 2013. Most recently, she served as the assistant director of development for athletics at La Salle in Philadelphia, cultivating and stewarding more than 75 major gift prospects and organizing more than 60 events for two years. Necci worked as a sports information, marketing and communications graduate assistant while earning masters degrees in sport administration and sport & exercise psychology at Lock Haven from 2013-15. Following her undergraduate degree from Lock Haven in sport administration, Necci interned at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), specializing in marketing and communications. She has volunteered as a lacrosse coach at La Salle, as a social media coordinator for Beagle Freedom Project, and as an events coordinator for the United Women’s Lacrosse League. Necci is a member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD), and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

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