Greg Strobel
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Greg Strobel is an American wrestler and coach. He the former head coach at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
-based Lehigh University
, one of the top wrestling programs in the country.
Strobel won two NCAA
titles and was a three-time All-American at Oregon State
, finishing his college career with a 126-8-1 record before starting his coaching career. He was an assistant coach at Oregon State University, a head high school coach at Roseburg High School, a US Wrestling official and a private club coach before taking the head coaching job at Lehigh in 1995, where he holds an endowed chair: the Lawrence White Head Coach of Wrestling. He has led Lehigh to five consecutive EIWA
championships and multiple Top-Ten NCAA championship finishes. He has coached two national champions.
He was inducted in to the Oregon State University
Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
-based Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
, one of the top wrestling programs in the country.
Strobel won two NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
titles and was a three-time All-American at Oregon State
Oregon State Beavers wrestling
The Oregon State Beavers wrestling program was established in 1909, competing in collegiate wrestling across 92 seasons since then. Traditionally a national powerhouse, the Beavers won the Amateur Athletic Union national championship in 1926 and have won their conference championship 47 times...
, finishing his college career with a 126-8-1 record before starting his coaching career. He was an assistant coach at Oregon State University, a head high school coach at Roseburg High School, a US Wrestling official and a private club coach before taking the head coaching job at Lehigh in 1995, where he holds an endowed chair: the Lawrence White Head Coach of Wrestling. He has led Lehigh to five consecutive EIWA
Eiwa
was a Japanese era name of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Ōan and before Kōryaku. This period spanned the years from February 1375 through March 1379...
championships and multiple Top-Ten NCAA championship finishes. He has coached two national champions.
He was inducted in to the Oregon State University
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.