Kent State Wrestling Camps

Camp Staff

Assistant Coach and Camp Director Josh Moore

• NCAA Division I Runner-Up
• 2-time All American (Penn State)
• Penn State Pin Leader

A two-time All-American and national runner-up at Penn State, Josh Moore enters his fifth season as an assistant coach at Kent State.

Moore earned All-American honors in 2003, finishing third. In 2004, he again earned All-American honors when he was the national runner-up at 133 pounds. While wrestling for the century-old Nittany Lions wrestling program, Moore set the all-time single season record in falls (24), Bonus wins (32), and most wins as a senior (44). He also holds the record in career falls (53) and most matches wrestled (184). Moore also stands third all time with 146 career wins. 

While competing in freestyle competition, he earned All-American honors at the 2006 U.S. Open and placed sixth at the World Team Trials. He claimed a spot in the semifinals of the 2005 U.S. Nationals and placed sixth at the World Team Trials. He also placed second at the 2004 New York Athletic Club International tournament.

Moore was a four-time Northwest Pennsylvania regional champ and three-time state place-winner at Franklin High School. He was named a national High School All-American in 1999 and was a multiple freestyle and Greco Roman All-American at junior nationals. While at Penn State, he also competed in freestyle events, earning a co-championship at the 2003 University Freestyle Nationals.

The Franklin, Pa. native earned a bachelor’s degree in crime, law, and justice from Penn State in 2004.  He graduated cum laude and earned Academic All-American honors in both 2003 and 2004. He is continuing his education and working towards a master’s degree in sport management from Kent State.

Josh, his wife, Shianne, and their son, Joshua, reside in Cuyahoga Falls.

Assistant Coach Matt Hill

• 3-time NCAA Qualifier (Edinboro)

Former Edinboro Fighting Scots star Matt Hill returns to the Golden Flashes coaching staff for his second season in 2008-09. 


Hill was a three-time NCAA tournament qualifier and helped lead the Scots to national top-ten finishes in 2006 and 2007.  In his senior year at Edinboro, Hill finished 32-7 with a sparkling 17-1 mark in dual competition.  He won the 157-pound championship at the Michigan State Open and then claimed runner-up honors at the prestigious Southern Scuffle where the Scots finished in fourth place as a team.  Hill was 105-42 in his career and was part of five Eastern Wrestling League championship teams at Edinboro.


A criminal justice major at Edinboro, Matt resides in Kent and was will marry Stephanie Novak at home in Pennsylvania in June.

Volunteer Assistant Coach Andrew Wolf

• Indiana University Captain

For the 2008-09 season, Wolf has been named a volunteer assistant coach for the Kent State wrestling team.

Wolf comes to KSU after serving as an assistant coach for Mount Union last year. While working for the Purple Raiders, Wolf helped develop weekly practice and training schedules, conducted individual techniques sessions and assisted in recruiting.

Wolf is a 2004 graduate of Indiana University with a degree in secondary education. He earned four letters while at Indiana and was a captain for the Hoosiers his senior year.

Wolf is originally from Lawrenceburg, Ind. and currently resides in Hudson, Ohio.

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Other Clinicians and Staff...

Strength Coach Bob Lemieux

Bob Lemieux is in his seventh year as a strength coach at Kent State.  He is directly responsible for the year-round strength and conditioning programs for men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, volleyball and men’s and women’s golf while overseeing the strength and conditioning programs for soccer and softball.  Lemieux received his undergraduate degree from Kent State in exercise science and is pursuing a master’s degree in nutrition.  He is certifided through USA Weighlifting and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

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Erik Burnett - (Featured June 19th) NCAA All-American; 4 Time Ohio State Champ; Ohio National Team Coach; Eylria High  School Coach

Other Ohio greats will be added to the clinician list for all of these camps.  They are all subject to change.