Meister named head coach at Ferrum
Logan Meister has been promoted to head coach at his alma mater of Ferrum College following the departure of Ryan Riggs to Mount Union. Meister will be the third head coach in three years a Ferrum, though he is a familiar name at the school. He was the first ever NCAA qualifier for the Panthers in their first year of existence in 2014 and in 2016 became their first All-American. He spent the last two seasons as an assistant at Ferrum, returning to the school after spending time as a graduate assistant at McDaniel.
Ferrum started its wrestling program in 2013 with Meister on the roster as a freshman. Nate Yetzer coached the team from 2013-2020, and Ryan Riggs was the head coach for the 2020-2021 season. Meister is the third head coach in program history.
Meister Named Head Men’s Wrestling Coach at Ferrum
FERRUM, Virginia — Director of Athletics John Sutyak has announced that Logan Meister ’17 has been promoted to Head Men’s Wrestling Coach at Ferrum College.
Meister assumes control of the Panther men’s wrestling program following the departure of Ryan Riggs, who accepted the head wrestling coach position at the University of Mount Union.
Meister wrestled four years for the Panthers under Head Coach Nate Yetzer and was part of the inaugural graduating class of Ferrum men’s wrestling. He was a National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-America in 2016 and 2017 and graduated from Ferrum with a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy in 2017.