Our Staff

Ryan LeBlanc

Head Wrestling Coach

Bio

• Head Wrestling Coach at The Citadel  

• Former Head Assistant Coach at Appalachian State University  

• Former Assistant Coach at SUNY Cortland 

• Coached 13 Individual Southern Conference Champions & 21 NCAA Division 1 Tournament Qualifiers

• 3x NCAA National Qualifier at Indiana University  

• Big 10 Medal of Honor Recipient 

• 2x New York State Champion 

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Luke Welch

Head Assistant Wrestling Coach

Bio

• Head Assistant Wrestling Coach at The Citadel 

• Former Assistant Wrestling Coach at the University Mount Olive 

• Coached 2 Southern Conference Champions and 3 NCAA National Qualifiers 

• NCAA National Qualifier at Purdue University  

• 2017 USA Wrestling University Nationals 57 kg National Champion 

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Jake Lehr

Assistant Camp Director

Bio

  • Assistant Director for Athletic Programs at The Citadel Student Success Center
  • President of The Charleston Regional Training Center
  • Treasurer for South Carolina USA Wrestling
  • Former Graduate Assistant for The Citadel Wrestling
  • Former Cornell University Wrestler
  • BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University
  • MBA from The Citadel
  • 2018 Irish Open Champion at 65kg

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Michael McAleavey

Coach

Bio

SENIOR: Wrestled in 18 matches…finished with an overall record of 15-3, and a perfect 10-0 mark in duals…secured eight falls on the season…needed only 44 seconds to secure the fall in season debut against St. Thomas…went 3-1 during the App State Individual Quad, suffering only loss of regular season to No. 20 Quinn Miller…went 8-0 in SoCon matches…became first Bulldog heavyweight since Odie Delaney to go undefeated in conference matches…five of the eight victories came by fall…needed only 92 seconds to secure a fall in first match of SoCon Championships…secured conference championship with a 5-3 victory…dropped a pair of close matches in the NCAA Tournament…fell in sudden victory in final match of season.

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Matt Kyler

Clinician

Bio

•PA State Champ and Multiple time place winner 
•West Point Graduate
•Received a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering  
•Wrestled 141 & 149 in college 
•4x NCAA NQ 
•2x EIWA Champion
•2008 NCAA All American 

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Parker Filius

Coach

Bio

  • D1 NCAA All-American
  • Took 7th at the 2023 NCAA Championships
  • 2023 Big Ten Medal of Honor winner
  • Four-time NCAA Championship qualifier at 141 pounds
  • Four-time Big Ten Championship place winner
  • Four-time NWCA Scholar All-America award winner
  • Four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
  • Completed his career with an 84-63 overall record, posting 30 bonus point wins including eight pins and 17 major decisions. 
  • Totaled 156 career back points, good for the No. 16 spot in program history.

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