Zach Cook is in his third season as an assistant wrestling coach at UW-La Crosse in 2026-27. He also serves as an assistant Mitchell Hall manager at UWL.
AT UW-LA CROSSE:
2025-26:
* UWL finished second at NCAA III Championships.
* Five wrestlers earned All-America honors, including Tanner Gerber won national title (165-pounds). Tate Flege fifth (184), Noah Leisgang (174) and Markos Mihalopoulos (285) sixth and Joe Penchi (157) seventh.
* UWL went 14-3 overall and 5-0 in WIAC duals.
* Finished second at NCAA Division III Region VII Regional.
* Second at WIAC Championships.
* Gerber (165), Leisgang (174) and Tyler Dormanen (197) won league titles. Fourteen of 15 wrestlers competing at the conference championships placed in the tournament. Gerber selected the WIAC Wrestler of the Year while Mihalopoulos was voted the WIAC Co-Newcomer of the Year.
2024-25:
* UWL finished fifth at NCAA III Championships.
* Four All-America honors, Marcus Orlandoni captured the national title (184), Gerber third (165), Tyler Goebel sixth (157) and Ben Kawczynski seventh (197).
* Won NCAA III Region VIII Regional.
* UWL finished 11-2 overall and 5-0 in the WIAC.
* Captured ninth straight WIAC Championship. Douglas (285), Gerber (165), Goebel (157), Orlandoni (184) and Talan Schutte (141) won individual titles. Eighteen of 19 wrestlers placed.
OTHER COACHING EXPERIENCE:
* Coached at North Central College (Ill.) from 2019-24.
* Head men’s wrestling coach and associate women’s wrestling coach from 2022-24.
* Led men's program to a fourth-place finish at the 2023 NCAA III Championships and eighth-place in 2024.
* Coached six NCAA Division III All-Americas in last two seasons, including one national champion.
* Named 2023 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) NCAA Division III Rookie Coach of the Year,
* 2023 NCAA Division III Lower Midwest Regional Coach of the Year.
* Coached 29 women's National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships (NCWWC) All-Americas in 2022-23 and 2023-24, including four national champions.
* Led North Central (Ill.) to women's national title in 2023 and second-place in 2024.
* Associate head men's and women's coach at North Central (Ill.) in 2021-22 and assistant coach from 2019-21.
* Assistant wrestling coach at UWL from 2014-19.
* Events coordinator/assistant camps & clinics director at UWL in 2016.
* Associate lecturer in exercise sport science at UWL in 2017-18.
EDUCATION:
* Bachelor's degree in finance from UWL in 2014.
* Master's degree in sport management: administration from Lynchburg University (Va.) in 2015.
