Jeff Mucha will enter his third year as an assistant coach at Manchester in 2021-22.
The Manchester wrestling program produced 5 National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-Americans this year as Joel Arney, Tyler Leonhard, Zach Morgan, Matt Neff, and Josh Stephenson all earned the recongition. Leonhard, Morgan, Neff, and Stephenson were all first-time NWCA Scholar All-Americans, while Joel Arney became a three-time NWCA Scholar All-American.
During his first year with the Black & Gold in 2019-20, Manchester earned dual match victories against Elmhurst, Wilmington (Ohio), Simpson, Kentucky Wesleyan and Trine. Additionally, senior 141-pounder JaVon Phillips posted a 4-2 mark at the 2020 NCAA Division III Central Region Championships, good enough for a fifth-place finish. Sophomore 165-pounder Jeremiah Ford also placed at the Central Region Championships, earning an eighth-place finish.
Manchester also produced a pair of National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-Americans in JaVon Phillips and Joel Arney during Mucha's first year with the program.
Mucha arrived in North Manchester after two successful campaigns at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia. During his two seasons as the graduate assistant coach with the Cardinals, Mucha coached eight NCAA Division II All-Americans, and three National Champions. The Cardinals placed second nationally this past season, and 13th in 2018.
Jeff’s duties with the Cardinals included coordination of recruitment; WJU produced the No. 4 ranked non-Division 1 recruiting class in the country. Mucha also took a lead role in coordinating academic services for student athletes, which included managing study tables, and assigning student meetings with the academic resource center.
No stranger to the Hoosier State, Mucha wrestled for four years at Wabash College. He earned four varsity letters for the Little Giants, who finished in the top 10 in all of NCAA Division III during his wrestling career. Mucha graduated from Wabash with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 2017. He earned his MBA from Wheeling Jesuit in 2019.
* Last Updated - August 3, 2021
