Takedown Report

Robert Patnesky Named Head Wrestling Coach

TDR Editor’s Notes; Coach Patnesky has done a great job building the Davidson program and will depart after the season to a new challenge up north. We wish him good luck and success.
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ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has selected Robert Patnesky to become the second head wrestling coach in program history.  Patnesky spent the last 12 season as the head coach at Division I Davidson College in Mooresville, North Carolina. He left the program ranked second in career victories, mentored five national championship qualifiers and four Southern Conference Champions for the Wildcats.  “We are excited to have Coach Patnesky as the lead of our wrestling program,” said Director of Athletics Brian Streeter. “His previous experiences will benefit the department as we begin to grow a team once again. Patnesky is a proven coach who understands the academic standards in which to recruit.” Davidson was consistently one of the top wrestling programs in the country for academics under Patnesky’s tutelage. The Wildcats were ranked in the NWCA’s Division I All-Academic Top 30 for five consecutive years (2006-10), earning the fifth-best team grade-point average in 2009 and 2010, and also ranking 12th in 2012. Rest of the story at …. http://psblions.com/general/2016-17/releases/20161221nperh2?mc_cid=146d186925&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

January 19, 2017 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized