Staff Bios
Steve Garland
Head Coach, UVA
2010 ACC Coach of the Year
Former Cavalier All-American Steve Garland is in his fourth season as head wrestling coach at Virginia. A master motivator, recruiter and coach, Garland has worked diligently to push the Cavaliers among the nation's elite.
The results of Garland's perseverance are evident. In 2009 Garland watched as sophomore Chris Henrich won All-America honors at 174 pounds, becoming UVa's first All-American since 2004. Henrich was part of UVa's strong 2007 recruiting class, which was ranked No. 5 nationally by W.I.N. Magazine and No. 8 by InterMat. Garland has brought in four straight Top-25 recruiting classes, including the 2009 class, which was ranked as high as No. 6 nationally.
In Garland's first three seasons at Virginia, the Cavaliers have won six ACC individual titles while qualifying 12 to the NCAA Championships.
Virginia qualified a school-record seven wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in 2009, despite an injury-riddled season. Henrich was named an All-American at 174 pounds after taking seventh place at the national championship. He went 40-3 during a dominating season. For the second straight year, Virginia took second place at the ACC Championship, again coming up two points shy of the title. Henrich, Caponi (184) and Brent Jones (197) all earned ACC titles, and Jones was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
In 2007-08, the Cavaliers went 18-5 in dual meets (3-2 ACC) in setting a school record for dual-meet wins. Chris Henrich was named ACC Freshman of the Year and joined Michael Chaires on the Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team. In January 2008, Virginia earned its first-ever national ranking in the W.I.N. rankings at No. 25.
With a young lineup including four freshmen and three sophomores, UVa made major waves at the ACC Championships in taking runner-up honors to Maryland, falling short of the title by just two points. UVa wrestlers finished in the top three in nine of 10 weight classes, with Ross Gitomer (125) and Rocco Caponi (184) earning championships. Both were named All-ACC, as were Henrich and freshman Nick Nelson. Gitomer, Caponi and Henrich all advanced to the NCAA Championships.
Garland's Cavaliers notched an 8-10 overall mark and 2-3 ACC record in his opening campaign in 2006-07. Under Garland's tutelage, Caponi captured the ACC title at 184 pounds, while Eric Albright was the league runner-up at 133. Both earned a berth in the NCAA Championships, where Albright won three matches. The duo also earned All-ACC honors, as did freshman Kellon Balum.
Garland was appointed to his post on April 20, 2006, after serving the previous six seasons as an assistant coach at Cornell, where he helped the Big Red to four-consecutive top-11 finishes at the NCAA Championships. He spent his final four seasons at Cornell as the top assistant under 2005 NCAA Coach of the Year Rob Koll. Garland was named the 2005-06 NCWA Assistant Coach of the Year after helping the Big Red to a top-five finish at the NCAA Championships.
During his six seasons at Cornell, Garland helped the Big Red wrestling program move into the national spotlight. He coached 17 All-Americans, four NCAA finalists and 46 NCAA qualifiers.
The Cornell wrestling team finished in the top five at the NCAA Championships two years in a row (2005-06) and the top 11 at the NCAA Tournament for four straight seasons. The Big Red won the Ivy League title in five of Garland's six seasons. He worked closely with and was integral in the development of four-time All-American (2001-05) and two-time NCAA Champion Travis Lee and true freshman NCAA finalist Troy Nickerson (2006).
As the recruiting coordinator his last four years, Garland helped bring in two top-five recruiting classes, which included three high school national champions, four junior national champions and numerous state champions. His 2005-06 class was ranked second nationally and included the No. 1 recruits at their weight classes in Nickerson (125 pounds) and Adam Frey (130 pounds).
Garland, a 2000 Virginia graduate, was a three-time Atlantic Coast Conference finalist and winner of the ACC championship at 125 pounds in 1997. He qualified for the NCAA championships in each of his three years of competition. At the 2000 NCAA Championships, Garland earned All-America honors, falling in the national title match after he upset the top seed, Jody Strittmatter of Iowa, 9-7 in overtime, in the semifinals. Garland ranks seventh all-time in UVa career wins (91).
In 2000, Garland was named the ACC Wrestler of the Year. In his career, he compiled 91 wins, including a 30-5 mark during his senior season, when he competed in the NWCA All-Star meet. He also is a member of the 50th Anniversary Atlantic Coast Conference Team.
Scott Moore
Assistant Coach, UVA
Scott Moore Assistant Coach, UVA. Arguably, the most successful wrestler ever to put on a UVA singlet! In 2004, Scott had a 51-1 record finishing 3rd at the NCAA Championships at 141 lbs. He led the nation with 34 falls and in the process, set the UVA record for most falls in a career! In 2003, Scott finished up with All-American honors at the NCAA Tournament finishing 4th and also garnered his first Big Ten Championship for Penn State University.
Alex Clemsen
Assistant Coach, UVA
NCAA All-American. 2X Academic All-American. University Nationals All-American. University World Team Trials Runner-up. Senior World Team Trials Qualifier. Member of back to back top 10 Teams at Edinboro University. Before becoming an Assistant Coach at UVA, Alex served as Director of Operations at Oregon State University.
Jim Harshaw
Director
Charlottesville Wrestling Club
Current director of The Charlottesville Wrestling Club and Director of Operations of Commonwealth Camps. Jim was the head coach for Slippery Rock University for 2 seasons before coming back to Charlottesville. Coach Harshaw was a 1999 All-American for the University of Virginia at 165 pounds, a three-time ACC Champion and is ranked second on UVA's career wins and pins list.
Jim Stanec
Assistant Coach UVA. 2001 All-American for Cornell University at 174 lbs 2x NCAA qualifier. Ranked as high as #4 in the nation at 174 lbs.
Joe Pistone
Associate Camp Director
Dorm Supervisor
Current UVA wrestlers are camp counselors on and off the mat!
A UVA wrestler will be assigned to each team/group and will remain with them throughout camp.
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