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Head Coach Ned McGinley, 39th year 570-208-5900, ext. 5344 wrestling@kings.edu If ever there was a coach who truly symbolized his sport, King's College wrestling coach Ned McGinley would most certainly be that individual. McGinley and King's Wrestling go "hand-in-hand" as the colorful veteran mentor enters his 39th year as the Monarch head coach in 2007-08.  McGinley also serves as the College's Athletic Recruiting Coordinator, a position he has held since the 1999-2000 academic year following his early retirement from teaching in the Wyoming Valley West School District. McGinley has posted a 378-306-1 mark at King's, but many of those losses were when King's wrestled at the Division II level before the program dropped down to Division III in 1980.   Since then, McGinley has coached 38 College Division/Division III national tournament qualifiers; 15 NCAA Division III All-Americans; 19 Middle Atlantic Conference individual champions; five National Catholic Invitational Tournament winners; and 29 NCAA Division III Scholar All-Americans, while 12 of his wrestlers concluded undefeated dual-meet seasons.  In 2006-07, King's wrestling began a new era as the Monarchs began competing as members of the Metropolitan Wrestling Conference. In its first year in the conference, the Monarchs crowned two individual champions - David Morgan and Jason Reilly. Reilly would go on to earn all-American honors by placing fourth in the NCAA Division III National Tournament.  Morgan, meanwhile, made history when he became King's first-ever NCAA Division III national champion in any sport. McGinley's teams have finished the season ranked among the NCAA Top-25 on 11 occasions and have won numerous tournament championships. Consistency has been a constant theme of McGinley's teams as the Monarchs have suffered only two sub-.500 season since 1983 and just three losing seasons since joining Division III in 1980.  In 2001-02, McGinley led the Monarchs to a school-record 24-2 mark and King's concluded the dual meet season ranked fourth nationally, its highest national ranking ever. The Monarchs also placed fourth in the first NWCA Division III National Duals McGinley has produced a number of top teams during his storied coaching career. His 1996-97 squad was 19-3 while the 2000-01 team finished with a 19-2-1 record.  In 2002-03, King's finished 11th in the Division III National Tournament and produced a pair of individual national runner-ups.   McGinley also spearheaded the effort which brought the 2002 NCAA Division III National Wrestling Tournament to Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre where King's served as co-host of the NCAA tourney with the University of Scranton. McGinley is a 1961 graduate of Kingston High School (now Wyoming Valley West) where he was a three-year starter and a two-time District 2 champion and Northeast Regional Tournament runner-up at 98-pounds.  McGinley, who served as a team captain as a senior, sported a 31-1-1 career dual meet record at Kingston.  He continued his wrestling career at Wilkes where he went 21-3-1 in dual meets over his three-year varsity career.  he was runner-up of the 1962 Wilkes Open, regarded as "The Rose Bowl of Wrestling" and was an NAIA All-American third-place finisher in 1963.  He was then MAC Runner-up in 1964-65 and was a two-time NCAA College Division national qualifier.  Ned and his wife Mary Ellen reside in Wilkes-Barre.  They have three children Seana, Edward Jr., and Bridget, along with five grandchildren. Assistant Coach Pat Heck Pat Heck has been an assistant coach at King's since joining the staff in 2000-01 and has played an instrumental role in the success of the Monarch lightweights.  A former Division I grappler at Bloomsburg University, Heck has helped King's produce five all-American lightweights during his tenure.   Assistant Coach Paul Martinez Paul Martinez joined the King's coaching staff in 2001-02 and has made great contributions with his vast coaching experience. Martinez came to King's after a highly successful head coaching tenure at Hanover Area High School. Coach Martinez is a bronze certified coach for USA Wrestling and coaches Freestyle and Greco-Roman in the off-season. Three of his sons have also been part of the Monarch wrestling program. One of his sons, Jesse, was a Pennsylvania State Tournament third-place finisher and was a four-time MAC runner-up at King's who earned a degree in accounting.  Tim, a fourth-place high school state finisher, was a two-year wrestler at King's where he earned a degree in computer information systems.  A third son, Zach, was a junior member of the team during the 2007-08 year.   since April 1, 2008

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