The Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling team represents Rutgers University of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The squad is coached by Scott Goodale, who is a 1995 graduate of Lock Haven University. He came to Rutgers from the high school ranks, where he was previously the head coach at Jackson Memorial High School in Jackson, New Jersey, and coached four state champions.
In 2019, Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault became the first NCAA champions for Rutgers.
Rutgers has had All-Americans in each of the last five seasons. Anthony Ashnault (141-149) became the first four-time All-American in program history when he finished first at the 2019 national championships in Pittsburgh. The program has had two or more All-Americans for four consecutive years: 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Founded in 2011, the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club, Inc. (SKWC) is an independent, non-profit charitable organization with a mission to promote amateur wrestling in the United States. The SKWC is recognized as a U.S. Olympic Regional Training Center site. With this designation, the SKWC sponsors resident athletes to live and train in the New Brunswick area under the Club’s outstanding coaching staff. The SKWC also works to support the Rutgers University Wrestling program with golf outings, a 'pin pool', banquets, and post-event socials. In 2011, the IRS approved SKWC as a tax-exempt, charitable, educational organization in accordance with IRS code Section 501(c)3.
Coach Goodale runs the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Camp, summer wrestling camps for high school students, youth and teams in New Jersey and the adjacent states of New York and Pennsylvania, featuring Rutgers wrestling coaches and athletes as staff. It is unaffiliated with Rutgers University and the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club.
Current coaching staff Head coach: Scott Goodale (Lock Haven '95) Assistant coach: Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers '19) Director of Operations: Micheal Simmons (Rutgers '16) Vol. Assistant Coach: Joe Pollard (Rider) Vol. Assistant Coach: Klye Kiss (University of North Carolina '12)
All-Americans
Name Year Weight Class Place NCAA Location High School 1952 177 4th University of Iowa Springfield Regional, New Jersey 1952 157 4th University of Iowa Newton, New Jersey 1955 147 4th Cornell University Bound Brook, New Jersey 1960 137 3rd University of Maryland Plainfield, New Jersey 1964 UNL 6th Cornell University Dover, New Jersey 1980 150 7th Oregon State University Passaic Valley, New Jersey 1983 142 7th Oklahoma City, OK Passaic Valley, New Jersey 2002 184 4th Albany, NY Jefferson, New Jersey 20141578th Oklahoma City, OK West Essex, New Jersey 20151418th St. Louis, MO South Plainfield, New Jersey 20161414th New York City, NY South Plainfield, New Jersey 20161658th New York City, NY West Essex, New Jersey 20171416th St. Louis, MO South Plainfield, New Jersey 20171497th St. Louis, MO Toms River South, New Jersey 20181252nd Cleveland, OH Bergen Catholic, New Jersey 20181336th Cleveland, OH South Plainfield, New Jersey 20191331st Pittsburgh, PA Bergen Catholic, New Jersey 20191491st Pittsburgh, PA South Plainfield, New Jersey 20211414th St. Louis, MO Christian Brothers Academy, New Jersey 20211844th St. Louis, MO Colonia, New Jersey 20211748th St. Louis, MO St. Christopher's, Virginia 20221413rd Detroit, MI Christian Brothers Academy, New Jersey 20221978th Detroit, MI South Park, PennsylvaniaDylan Shawver20241337thKansas City, MOLorain, OhioYaraslau Slavikouski2024HWT7thKansas City, MORechitsa, Belarus Source:
International wrestling competition Name RU Class Year Weight Class Place Style Location 1985 2009 55 kg 4th Freestyle Maccabiah Games - Israel 1985 2009 55 kg 4th Greco-Roman Maccabiah Games - Israel 2018 2014 65 kg 10th Freestyle World University Championship - Hungary 2008 2017 97 kg 3rd Freestyle Maccabiah Games - Israel 2018 2017 70 kg 1st Freestyle Under-23 World Championships - Poland 2018 2019 70 kg 1st Freestyle Pan American Championships - ArgentinaSebastian Rivera2022202365 kg2ndFreestyle2023 World Championships-Belgrade Source:
2025 gambling scandal controversy On November 13, former Rutgers wrestlers Michael Cetta, who was previously an NJSIAA state champion for New Jersey, and Nicholas Raimo were indicted charged with racketeering (1st degree), conspiracy (2nd degree), promoting gambling by bookmaking (3rd degree), possession of gambling records (3rd degree) and money laundering by promoting (1st degree) which involved their participation in a major illegal sport gambling ring affiliated with members of the Lucchese crime family.
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