2009-10 Wrestling Coaches
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Randy Steward - Head Coach

HEAD COACH RANDY STEWARD

email - ph. 563-588-7925

Randy Steward took over the Loras wrestling program in 1993 and has developed the Duhawks into one of the premier programs in the nation at the NCAA Division III level.  Steward enters the 2009-10 year as the winningest coach in Loras history, sporting an overall mark of  178-106-1.

Loras has finished in the national top 16 nine times during Steward's tenure, highlighted by a seventh place finish in 2001-02. Four times under Steward the Duhawks have finished as the runner-up in the premier Division III wrestling conference in the country, the Iowa Conference.

Not only do Steward's wrestlers take care of business on the mat, but the Duhawks are honored in the classroom as well as he has coached 15 Academic All-Americans. Steward holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell College (1982) and a master's degree from Northwest Missouri State University (1986).

A native of DeWitt, Iowa, Steward was a four-time national qualifier while at Cornell.  In just his second season leading the Duhawks, he was named co-Iowa Conference Coach of the Year.  Before coming to Loras, he was the Athletics Director and Head Wrestling Coach at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Steward has a son (Jake) and a daughter (Helen), and resides in Dubuque.
 

Loras College Wrestling
Coaching Record

YEAR

RECORD

IIAC

HONORS

NCAA

1993-94

5-12

7th IIAC

35th NCAA

Jim Brophy NCAA All-American

1994-95

11-6

4th IIAC

16th NCAA

IIAC Co-Coach of the Year
Scott Stefl, NCAA Champion
4 NCAA qualifiers

1995-96

14-4-1

2nd IIAC

10th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans
Jim Brophy, Scott Stefl, Ricky Casarez

1996-97

9-8

2nd IIAC

11th NCAA

Ricky Casarez, NCAA Champion
Tom Ciezki, NCAA All-American

1997-98

10-7

4th IIAC

49th NCAA

Chris Speziale, NCAA All-American

1998-99

13-5

4th IIAC

11th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans: Craig Collins, 
Rick Healey, Rob Murray

1999-00

13-5

3rd IIAC

14th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans: Craig Collins,
Rob Murray (IIAC "MVP", as well), &
Don LeRoux

2000-01

12-5

2nd IIAC

9th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans:  Rick Healey, Craig
Collins, Rob Murray. IIAC Coach of the Year

2001-02

14-5

4th IIAC

7th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans:
Steve Martin, Paul
Cleary, Pat Thomas.

2002-03

16-6

2nd IIAC

10th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans:
Paul Cleary, Pat Thomas.

2003-04

12-11

6th IIAC

15th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans:
Brad Bishop (8th), Charlie Bishop (3rd)

2004-05

16-8

4th IIAC

24th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans:
Terry Morgan (3rd)

2005-06

14-2

3rd IIAC

18th NCAA

NCAA All-Americans:
Terry Morgan (5th), Ryan Hagerty (8th)

2006-07

11-8

5th IIAC

36th NCAA

NCAA All-American:
Jay Figgins (7th)

2007-08

8-14

6th IIAC

47th NCAA

 

Loras Career

178-106-1

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28 All-Americans; 2 national champs

 
Rick Healey - Assistant Coach

ASSISTANT COACH RICK HEALEY

Rick Healy enters his seventh year on the wrestling staff for the Duhawks. A native of Dubuque, Healy graduated from Loras with a degree in Physical Education. Healy was a 2X All-American placing 4th and 7th in the nation. He is seventh in career wins with a record of 106-48. He currently teaches at Jefferson Middle School. He resides in Dubuque wth his family - Sasha, Alexis, Sydney, Jackson, and Bo.

 
Ryan Birt - Assistant Coach

Ryan Birt joins the Loras College wrestling staff beginning in 2010-11 after a successful coaching career at the high school level and a successful college career of his own at Upper Iowa University.

Birt wrestled and played football for the Peacocks from 1997-2000 when they were members of the Iowa Conference. His career included a perfect 39-0 season and national championship in 1999 - a year he was also the Iowa Conference's Most Valuable Wrestler. He was a two-time IIAC champion and added a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships in 2007.

Since graduating from Upper Iowa in 2000 with degrees in Physical Education and Secondary Special Education, Birt has been a teacher at Forest City High School (one year) and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School (nine years). In his nine years as a head coach he compiled over 150 dual wins and showed regular success in tournaments. Birt qualified 20 individuals for the Illinois (IHSA) State Tournament, including 11 place-winners and two state champions.

Birt will handle the day-to-day duties alongside head coach Randy Steward as the top assistant coach.

He and his wife, Megan, have four children, Stephan 18, Tristan 13, Bradan 11, and Madisan 8.