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Head Coach Dave Malecek
Office Number: (608) 785-8184; E-Mail: malecek.davi@uwlax.edu
Dave Malecek begins his fourth season as UW-La Crosse's head wrestling coach in 2009-10. He has led the Eagles to top-three finishes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships in each of his first three seasons. UW-L placed third in 2007 and 2009 and second in 2008. He was named the 2007 NCAA Rookie Coach of the Year.
Malecek has also guided UW-L to three straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles and been selected the Mertz Mortorelli WIAC Coach of the Year each season. The Eagles, who are 53-9 in duals under Malecek, have won 12 consecutive conference crowns.
Malecek
served as the head assistant coach at Wartburg College (Iowa) from 2000 to 2006, helping
lead the Knights to three NCAA Division III Championships (2003, 2004, 2006).
He was selected the NCAA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year in 2006. Wartburg
also won Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) titles every season
since his arrival on campus. The Knights had 11 national champions and 47 All-America
selections since Malecek begin coaching in 2000.
Malecek was also Wartburg’s Wrestling Recruiting Coordinator, Summer Wrestling
Camp Director and handled the upper weight classes for the Knights.
A four-time NCAA Division I qualifier at Northern Iowa University (1991-94),
Malecek earned All-America accolades in 1994 with a fourth-place finish at 177-pounds.
He served as the Panthers’ team captain in 1993 and 1994 and ranks seventh
in career victories at Northern Iowa. Malecek earned his bachelor’s (1994)
and master’s (2005) degrees from Northern Iowa.
He was a participant in the United States’ Olympic Wrestling Trials in
1992 and 1996. Malecek was also a two-time state champion at Osage (Iowa) High
School.
Malecek spent two years as head coach at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, where he recorded 31 dual victories. Xavier also had 10 state qualifiers
and one state champion under Malecek’s guidance.
Along with his coaching responsibilities at Wartburg, Malecek has served as an instructor in the physical education department since 2001. He has also taught at Wright Elementary School in Cedar Rapids (1997-2000) and in the Aurelia, Iowa Schools (1994-96).
Dave Malecek's UW-La Crosse's Head Coaching Year-by-Year
| Year | Overall Dual Record | NCAA III Finish | WIAC Dual Record | WIAC Finish | |
| 2006-07 | 13-1 | 3rd | 5-1 | 1st | |
| 2007-08 | 21-2 | 2nd | 6-0 | 1st | |
| 2008-09 | 19-6 | 3rd | 5-1 | 1st | |
| Totals | 53-9 | - - - | 16-2 | - - - |
