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'''Kerry R. McCoy''' (born August 2, 1974) is an American [[Wrestling|wrestler]] and executive director and head coach of the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club regional training center. He competed at the [[Olympic Games]] twice and four times at the World Cup Championships. In college he was a three-time [[All-America#NCAA|NCAA All-American]] and a two-time NCAA National Champion. He was the head coach of the [[University of Maryland]]'s wrestling program for eleven years, stepping down in 2019. In 2014, McCoy was inducted into the [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|National Wrestling Hall of Fame]] as a Distinguished Member.<ref>[https://nwhof.org/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame/bio/1272 Kerry McCoy]. ''National Wrestling Hall of Fame''. Retrieved September 19, 2022.</ref><ref>((cite news |first=Ben |last=Serfass |title=Former Penn State wrestler Kerry McCoy shaping Lehigh Valley community, not just athletes |url=https://www.psucollegian.com/sports/wrestling/former-penn-state-wrestler-kerry-mccoy-shaping-lehigh-valley-community-not-just-athletes/article_06c518cc-7415-11ec-88ea-bf1ac1d3d8a0.html |work=The Daily Collegian |date=13 January 2022 |language=en))</ref>

== Wrestling career ==
=== High School and Collegiate ===
McCoy had a successful career as an athlete, beginning at Longwood High School in [[Middle Island, New York]]. McCoy was named the 2005 Friends of Long Island Wrestling Man of the Year and was inducted into the Longwood High School Hall of Fame in 1998. 

McCoy went on to compete at [[Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling|Penn State]], where he accumulated an overall record of 150–18 and won the [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA]] heavyweight championships in 1994 and 1997. McCoy also won three [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] titles and won 131 of his last 132 matches at Penn State, including an 88-match winning streak. A three-time All-American (defined as finishing in the top eight at the national championship), McCoy was named the Penn State Athlete of the Year and the Nittany Lions' Wrestler of the Year in 1994 and 1997. During his senior year, he was selected as the 1997 [[Danny Hodge|Dan Hodge]] winner and was chosen as [[WIN (wrestling magazine)|''WIN magazine''(('))s]] Wrestler of the Year. In 1997, McCoy graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing from Penn State.<ref name="profile" />

=== Olympic and International ===
A two-time Olympian, McCoy took fifth place at the [[2000 Olympic Games]] and seventh at the [[2004 Olympic Games|2004 Games]].<ref name="sr">((cite web|title=Kerry McCoy|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/kerry-mccoy-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/kerry-mccoy-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|access-date=September 24, 2010))</ref> In 2000, McCoy qualified for the Olympics at ((convert|286|lb)) by defeating 1999 World Champion [[Stephen Neal]], by scores of 4–1 and 6–4. In 2004, McCoy won his fifth consecutive U.S. National Freestyle Wrestling Championship, taking five straight matches and defeating 2003 NCAA champion [[Steve Mocco]] 3–0 in the final. His victory put him in the finals of the Olympic trials, where he beat [[Tolly Thompson]] 5–3 and 8–0 to earn the right to represent the United States again at the 2004 Summer Games.<ref>((cite news|last=Mihoces|first=Gary|title=Gardner back in Olympics|work=USA Today|date=May 23, 2004|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/wrestling/2004-05-23-wrestling-trials_x.htm|access-date=September 24, 2010))</ref>

McCoy was a consistent force nationally for a decade, achieving numerous top finishes at the United States National Tournament with a fourth-place finish in 1994; third in 1995; second in 1996 and 1997; fifth in 1998; third in 1999; and first from 2000 to 2004. He is a nine-time member of the National Team. In 1998 and 2001, he placed fourth at the World Championships, and he won a silver medal in 2003.<ref name="sr" /> In August 2003, McCoy won a gold medal at the [[Pan-American Games]] and was honored as the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.

== Coaching career ==
Before his arrival at Lehigh, McCoy served as an assistant at [[Penn State]] for three seasons, during which the Nittany Lions posted two fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Tournament and produced 10 All-Americans and two NCAA Champions.<ref name="profile" />

McCoy then became an assistant coach with the Lehigh wrestling program in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]]; in his five seasons there, he coached 14 NCAA All-Americans, including two NCAA Champions, and the program won the [[EIWA]] Conference championship four times. McCoy also helped guide [[Jon Trenge]], who weighed ((convert|197|lb)) to a Lehigh-record 133 victories in his career<ref name="profile" /> and three top-three finishes at the NCAA Championships. During his time at Lehigh, McCoy also worked for the [[Lehigh Valley Athletic Club]] as a director. In addition, McCoy has served on Athlete Advisory committees for [[USA Wrestling]] and the [[United States Olympic Committee]], and has spent multiple seasons on the U.S. Freestyle World Team coaching staff.<ref name="profile" />

As head coach of [[Stanford]] from 2005 to 2008, McCoy made a strong start with the program, leading the team to a winning record in his first season as a head coach. Under McCoy's guidance, the team finished 2005–06 with an 8–7 record in dual meets and improved by two spots at the [[Pac-10]] Championships. In addition, he helped two wrestlers qualify for the NCAA championships<ref name="profile" /> and coached [[Tanner Gardner]], a [[sophomore]], to become the 13th All-American in the history of Stanford.

During McCoy's second year at the helm of the program, the improvement continued. The Cardinals finished with an 8–8 dual meet record, and climbed another rung higher, to sixth place, on the Pac-10 ladder. With the help of McCoy, five wrestlers placed in the Pac-10 and Gardner captured the program's first individual Pac-10 title since 2004. All five qualified for the [[NCAA Championships]], one of the highest totals of NCAA qualifiers in Cardinal history. Gardner and Josh Zupancic earned All-America honors, the first Stanford pair to do so in the same season since 1967, while freshman Zack Giesen was named the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year.<ref name="profile" />

In his inaugural season as the head coach of the Terrapins, McCoy led the team to a school-record-tying 10th place NCAA Tournament finish, earning three All-Americans with Steve Bell (133, 6th), Alex Krom (141, 5th) and [[Hudson Taylor (wrestler)|Hudson Taylor]] (197, 3rd). McCoy also led the team to an ACC Tournament championship,<ref name="profile">((cite web|title=Kerry McCoy: Profile |publisher=University of Maryland, College Park |url=http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/mccoy_kerry00.html |access-date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027140058/http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/mccoy_kerry00.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 ))</ref> crowning ACC Champions Brenden Byrne (125), Steve Bell (133), and Alex Krom (141). In the 2009–10 season, McCoy led the team to a school-record 19 duel meet victories,<ref name="profile" /> school-record-breaking career wins and career and season pins for Hudson Taylor, who weighed ((convert|197|lb)), McCoy's first regular season conference championship, a runner-up finish at ACC conference championship and a 20th-place finish at the NCAA Championship. Athletes whom McCoy has subsequently coached to All-American status include three-time All American Josh Asper (165), Spencer Myers (285), University World Bronze Medalist Mike Letts (174), and NCAA runner-up Jimmy "Headlock" Sheptock (174). During the 2014 season, McCoy had the opportunity to coach against the three-time NCAA champion, and  fellow Penn State alumnus [[Ed Ruth]] in the national championship held in Oklahoma City.

McCoy and his wife, Abbie, were married in June((year needed|date=July 2017)) in [[State College, Pennsylvania]]. The couple resides in [[College Park, Maryland]].

McCoy was hired as the executive director and head coach at the California Olympic Regional Training Center on June 8, 2020.<ref>((cite news |last1=Fierro |first1=Nick |title=Kerry McCoy, former Lehigh wrestling assistant, takes Olympic training center job |url=https://www.mcall.com/sports/college/mc-spt-kerry-mccoy-appointed-california-rtc-executive-director-20200608-yfltn5idcfhuxocpsvfvktdljm-story.html |access-date=April 29, 2021 |work=mcall.com |publisher=The Morning Call |date=June 8, 2020))</ref> In 2021, he become the executive director and head coach at the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club Regional Training Center.<ref>((cite news |title=Former Penn State national champ, Kerry McCoy, taking over Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club |url=https://www.mcall.com/2021/08/18/former-penn-state-national-champ-kerry-mccoy-taking-over-lehigh-valley-wrestling-club/ |work=The Morning Call |date=18 August 2021))</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians]]

== References ==
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* ((cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/kerry-mccoy-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/kerry-mccoy-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020))

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