Kerry McCoy

Kerry R. McCoy (born August 2, 1974) is an American 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 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 as a Distinguished Member.

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, where he accumulated an overall record of 150–18 and won the NCAA heavyweight championships in 1994 and 1997. McCoy also won three 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 Dan Hodge winner and was chosen as WIN magazines Wrestler of the Year. In 1997, McCoy graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing from Penn State. In 2000, McCoy qualified for the Olympics at 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.

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. 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, In 2021, he become the executive director and head coach at the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club Regional Training Center.