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Augsburg College Athletics Staff -- Mark Matzek

Mark Matzek Wrestling Interim Head Coach
Messerer/Haglund Fitness Facilities Director
Contact Mark -- 612-330-1116, matzek@augsburg.edu

Mark Matzek (Augsburg '05), a two-time individual national champion and three-time All-American wrestler during his Augsburg College career, was named the ninth head coach in the history of the Augsburg wrestling program in July 2008. In the 2008-09 season, he will enter his fourth season on the Augsburg coaching staff, after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant coach. He also serves the college as director of the college's two fitness facilities -- the Hoyt Messerer Fitness Center and the James Haglund Family Fitness Center.

"Mark Matzek was one of the most outstanding student athletes in both competition and in the classroom," said athletic director Jeff Swenson, who coached Matzek during his Auggie wrestling career. "His experience and leadership will carry the team forward."

Matzek was one of the top lightweight wrestlers in Augsburg history. He earned 133-pound All-American honors three times and won national titles twice in his career, finishing with a 129-21 record. In 2002-03, he finished fourth nationally with a 40-7 record, then won his first national title in the 2003-04 season, finishing 35-4. He finished his career with a 42-match winning streak, which included a 34-0 mark in his senior season as he repeated as national champion -- joining a select group of nine Auggie wrestlers in school history to win multiple national championships. He was a member of Auggie squads that won the national title as a team in 2002 and 2005, while finishing second nationally in 2003 and 2004. Matzek earned the team's Coaches Award his senior season, was the team's Auggie Award winner his junior season and earned the team's Most Improved Wrestler award his sophomore season.

Academically, Matzek was a three-time NWCA Scholar All-American, an ESPN The Magazine (CoSIDA) Academic All-District honoree three times, and an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American (CoSIDA) first-team selection in 2005. He was named an Augsburg Honor Athlete in 2005. He was a mathematics and secondary education major at Augsburg and carried a 3.408 grade-point average. He was a member of Augsburg academic national teams in wrestling that ranked sixth twice (2003, 2005) and third (2004) in team grade-point-average nationally.

In his three years as an assistant coach, the Auggies claimed the 2007 national title and two third-place team finishes, with 20 All-Americans and four individual national champions. Matzek lives in south Minneapolis, Minn., with his wife Jessica.

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Augsburg College, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.

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