Former Iowa Wrestler Ned Shuck has been named as head assistant wrestling coach at Army West Point. Shuck graduated with a degree in Elementary Education from the University of Iowa in 2005. As a member of the Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling program, Shuck was a four-year letter winner and three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. In 2005, Shuck was awarded the J. Donald McPike Award for the highest GPA of any graduating Iowa Wrestling senior.
Shuck has had a successful coaching career. The last four years, Shuck has been the head coach at UW-Whitewater where they placed in the top 25 every year at the D-III Championships and won two WIAC titles. Shuck was named the 2015 WIAC Coach of the Year. Prior to UW-Whitewater, Shuck was the head coach of D-III Heidelberg in Ohio. While at Heidelberg, they won back to back Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) titles in 2013 and 2014 and Shuck was named the 2014 OAC Coach of the Year. Shuck was also an assistant coach at Augsburg (2009-2011) and head coach of the Minnesota Storm Cadet Freestyle team (2009-2011).
Shuck is originally from Mapleton, Minnesota.
Iowa Wrestling is well represented in the Armed Forces wrestling programs. In addition to Shuck being the head assistant coach at Army in West Point, 1995 Iowa Hawkeye graduate Joel Sharratt has been the head coach of Navy since 2014. Before his position at Navy, Sharratt was the head coach at Air Force for eight seasons.
As an Iowa Wrestling fan, there is a great sense of pride to have former Iowa Wrestlers coaching our soldiers and future leaders in the United States Military.
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
