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Head Coach Dave Malecek
Dave Malecek completed his first season as UW-La Crosse's head wrestling coach in 2006-07. He led the Eagles to a third-place finish at the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships and was named the NCAA Rookie Coach of the Year.
Malecek also guided UW-L to its 10th straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (WIAC) title in 2007 and was selected the Mertz Mortorelli WIAC Coach
of the Year. The Eagles finished 13-1 in duals in 2006-07.
Malecek
served as the head assistant coach at Wartburg College (Iowa) since 2000, 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).
Graduate Assistant Coach Tony Ganas
Tony Ganas begins his second year as an assistant coach with the Eagles
in 2007-08. A 2003 graduate of Wartburg College (Iowa), Ganas was an Iowa Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference champion and earned NCAA Division III All-America honors
with the Knights. He earned his degree in public relations and electronic media.
Prior to joining the UW-L coaching staff, Ganas was an account executive for
CareerBuilder.
He served as the head coach of the Raptor Wrestling Club (freestyle/Greco wrestling
club) and coached a youth swimming club in Chicago. Ganas was also a coach/athlete
while participating in an international exchange in Bulgaria and Paris. He has
also co-hosted a Turkish wrestling team while in Iowa.
Ganas is currently working on his master’s degree in special education.
Volunteer Assistant Coach Billy Huebner
Billy Huebner, a 1999 graduate of UW-La Crosse, is in his 11th season coaching for the Eagles in 2007-08. Huebner's main duties are to serve as the recruiting coordinator and fundraising coordinator for the program. He also serves as a clinician for the UW-L wrestling camps.
Huebner resides in La Crosse and is pursuing a master’s degree from Winona State University.
Student Assistant Coach Ryan Allen
Ryan Allen is in his second year as a student assistant coach at UW-La
Crosse in 2007-08 after earning four letters for the Eagles. He finished his
career with a mark of 161-14, recording the most wins in school history. Allen
went 41-5 in 2005-06, 46-5 in 2004-05, 38-2 in 2003-04 and 36-2 in 2002-03.
He recorded 53 career wins by fall.
Allen became the first wrestler in school history to earn four career NCAA
Division III All-America honors, winning national championships in the heavyweight
division in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and placing second in 2003. Allen, who compiled
a record of 16-1 in four NCAA III Championship appearances, became the first
wrestler in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) history and
ninth in Division III history to win three individual national championships.
He was the first wrestler to win three
heavyweight national titles.
A native of Livingston, Wisconsin, Allen was named the WIAC Wrestler of the
Year in 2004 and 2005. He won four straight heavyweight titles at the WIAC Championships,
becoming the third wrestler in league history to accomplish the feat.
Graduate Assistant Coach Jason Lulloff
Jason Lulloff is in his first year as an graduate assistant coach at
UW-La Crosse in 2007-08 after earning four letters for the Eagles. He completed
his career with a record of 140-22 at UW-L, ranking second in school history
in victories.
He placed third at the 2007 NCAA Division III Championships at 184-pounds for
his fourth career All-America honor. Lulloff became the second wrestler in school
history to earn four career All-America accolades (Ryan Allen) as he finished
third in 2003, 2006 and 2007 and fourth in 2004. He went 15-5 in four national
championship appearances.
The 2007 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Max Sparger Wrestling Scholar-Athlete, Lulloff was named to the 2007 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America At-Large Second Team. He was also a three-time member of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar Team. A three-year team captain, Lulloff won three WIAC individual titles for UW-L.
Graduate Assistant Coach Tony Beardsley
Tony Beardsley is in his first year as an graduate assistant coach at UW-La Crosse in 2007-08 after serving as head wrestling coach and a physical education & health teacher at Bozeman High School in Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman placed in the top-six at the Montana State Tournament the past eight seasons, including a third-place finish in 2003. Beardsley compiled a 119-45-1 dual record, coaching 71 state place winners and 10 individual state champions. He also had 25 Academic All-State selections and six high school All-America honors, including Tyrel Todd, a current NCAA I All-America selection at the University of Michigan.
Prior to going to Bozeman High School, Beardsley served as an assistant wrestling coach at Montana State University-Northern. The squad won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Championship in 1992 for the second straight year. Montana State University-Northern had six NAIA All-Americas and two national champions in 1992.
Beardsley wrestled from 1985 to 1987 at 126 and 134-pounds at the University of Montana in Missoula. He then wrestled at 142-pounds from 1989 to 1991 at Montana State University-Northern. Beardsley holds a bachelor's degree in secondary education from MSU-Northern and is currently pursuing his master's in sports administration at UW-L.
Graduate Assistant Coach Derek Fuglsang
Derek Fuglsang is in his first year as an graduate assistant coach at UW-La Crosse in 2007-08 after graduating from Coe College (Iowa) in 2007. A native of Maquoketa, Iowa, Fuglsang was a two-time Academic All-America selection at Coe. He finished with 67 wins for the Kohawks and was a two-year team captain.
Fuglsang earned his degree in physical/health education and elementary education with a reading and coaching endorsement. He is currently teaching physical education at St. Mary's Catholic School in Caledonia, Minnesota. Fuglsang is pursuing his master's degree in physical education with an emphasis in adventure education.
