Brennan Ryan returns to Mount St. Joseph
Brennan Ryan will return to Mount St. Joseph as head coach, the school in Cincinnati announced yesterday. Ryan had previously been on staff as an assistant coach from 2007-2011. He comes to the Lions from Mason High School where he was an assistant the past two seasons, and has accumulated over 100 dual meet wins as a high school head coach in his career.
Ryan has a big job ahead of him as he takes over a Mount St. Joseph team that had just four wrestlers on the roster at the end of last season and was without a coach from March 29 until this week. Also, the school’s athletics website did not publish a story or match recap during the 2015-2016 season.
In addition to his coaching duties, Ryan is the owner of 513 Promo and Ryco Sportswear and is a actor/model with the Heyman Talent Agency. Keep reading for the release from Mount St. Joseph.
Mount St. Joseph wrestling names former assistant Brennan Ryan head coach
Brennan Ryan, an accomplished coach at the high school and collegiate levels, has been named the Mount St. Joseph University head wrestling coach, Athletic director Steve Radcliffe announced today.
Ryan was the assistant wrestling coach at Mason High School for the past two seasons, where they compiled a dual record of 40-3. Mason also won the GMC Championship in wrestling both years Ryan was there and finished as the Division I City Poll Champions once.
He has also coached wrestling at Lakota West High School, Madeira High School, and Roger Bacon High School.
Ryan was the assistant coach at Mount St. Joseph from 2007-2011, which were some of the best years in the program’s history. During his stint as the assistant coach at Mount St. Joseph, the program won 4 HCAC conference titles, finished in the top 5 at the NCAA Regionals 4 times, had 2 NCAA national qualifiers, had an individual NCAA runner-up, and had 4 Academic All-Americans.
He was also honored following the 2009-10 season when he was voted the NCAA Mid-States Conference Assistant Coach of the Year.
“I am excited to be returning to MSJ after being away for 5 years,” Ryan said. “To have the opportunity to be a head coach at the college level is a very humbling honor. This program has a rich tradition over the last couple of decades, and with that comes a responsibility to work to bring the program back to being able to compete on a national level on a consistent basis.”
Coach Ryan has several other coaching accolades and experience that should help him turn around a program that has struggled with roster numbers and winning in the past few seasons. When he took over the program at Lakota West the Firebirds were coming off of a 1-win season. In just his first year at West he helped Lakota West find their way back into the local Top 10.
“There is a strong connection between Coach Ryan and the alumni in the area, many of whom are involved in youth and high school wrestling programs, which will be important as we rebuild the program through the recruitment process,” Radcliffe said.
Ryan has also racked up 3 GCL North Wrestling Coach of the Year Awards, 2 SWOWCA Division II Wrestling Coach of the Year Awards, and 100 dual wins as a head coach. In 2006 he was honored by being named as the SWOWCA Wrestling All-Star Meet coach.
“This area has a wealth of wrestling talent that we hope to keep home to wrestle at the college level,” Ryan said. “There are a ton of wrestling alumni that are coaching in the area at high schools and clubs, and they want to see this program succeed. With their support I think this program can take back off pretty quickly.”