Head Coach

Jessse Castro

Prior to coaching at Liberty University, Coach Castro was head coach at Kingsway Regional High School in Woolwich, N.J., where he compiled a 124-29 record and won five conference and South Jersey sectional championships, four district titles and the 1998 state championship.

Castro got his start as a head coach at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont where he served from 1988 to 1997. During his time at Norwich, the Cadets were three time New England College Conference Wrestling Association runner-ups and were ranked in the nation's Top-20 four times as he guided the program to a 103-47 record. They had 53 All-New England wrestlers, nine All-Americans, two national finalists and one national champion during Castro's tenure.

Castro is a 1981 graduate of Liberty and was the first four-time national champion in the history of the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), compiling a career record of 101-20-2. He had a career-best 29-5-1 record as a senior, while also finishing fourth at the NAIA National Championships in 1981. After graduation, Castro wrestled with Athletes in Action from 1981-1983, and later wrestled for teams which traveled to Japan, Russia and South Korea from 1987-1989.

Castro became head coach at Liberty for the Flames' return season to the mat in 2006, and led the team to a 16-8 record and the Eastern Regional Championship. He was voted Eastern Regional Coach of the Year, and the team qualified a program-best four wrestlers for the NCAA Division I National Championships.