Mark Perry Hired As Arizona State Assistant Coach
Mark Perry Hired As Arizona State Assistant Coach
Mark Perry has been hired as an assistant coach at Arizona State University.
Arizona State University has announced the latest addition to its staff. Former Hawkeye Wrestling Club coach Mark Perry will be joining head coach Zeke Jones as an assistant.
It's ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟ! Welcome two-time NCAA champ Mark Perry to the squad ?
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This comes after former assistant coach Chris Pendleton left to be the new head coach at Oregon State on March 30th and new assistant Frank Molinaro was hired on April 9th.
Perry will be heading to Tempe after spending the past two years as the head coach of Regional Training Center associated with the University of Iowa, Hawkeye Wrestling Club. While in Iowa City, Perry coached World Team members Thomas Gilman, Ali Ragan, Kayla Miracle, and Forrest Molinari.
Prior to his time at the HWC, Perry was the assistant coach at the University of Illinois. Perry was credited with recruiting and developing eventual two-time national champions Jesse Delgado and Isaiah Martinez for the Illini.
As a competitor, Perry was a four-time All-American and two-time national champion for Iowa. He won NCAA titles at 165 pounds as a junior and as a senior in 2007 and 2008 after placing second as a freshman in 2005 and third as a sophomore in 2006 at 174 pounds.