Drew Black enters his 11th year at the helm of Wesleyan wrestling as an adjunct associate professor. Drew also serves as strength and conditioning coach as well as fitness center coordinator at the college. He is certified through both the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and USA Weightlifting as a Level I club coach.
Drew has served as president of the NECCWA coaches association the last five years and is a six-year veteran board member of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. In addition he is Connecticut's national team director with USAWCT for freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
A 1992 graduate of Syracuse University (Syracuse, N.Y.) who went on to earn his Master's degree at Kent St. University (Kent, Ohio) in 1994, Drew Black took over as head wrestling coach and strength and conditioning coach at Wesleyan in 1998-99. A four-year varsity wrestler for the Orangemen and a team co-captain as a senior, Drew was a two-time runner-up at the N.Y. state collegiate wrestling championships, seventh-place finisher at the 1991 Midlands Tournament and a fifth-place finisher in the E.I.W.A. Tournament in 1992.
Before coming to Wesleyan, Drew was the head wrestling coach, fitness center coordinator and strength and conditioning coach at Phoenix (AZ) College. There he directed his squad to a no. 6 National Junior College Athletic Association (N.J.C.A.A.) ranking and an 11-3 dual-match record in 1997-98. One of his grapplers won a national title while another finished third.
Prior to enrolling at Syracuse, Drew was a 1987 state champion at 108 pounds while a senior at Mahwah (N.J.) High School. He also placed third in the state his junior year.
Drew directed the Wesleyan wrestling team to its winningest season in history in 2001-02 with a 17-2 mark and five winning seasons over the past eight years with an 84-63-1 cumulative mark over that span. He is looking to have a consistent winning program by attracting quality student-athletes who have a solid commitment to both academics and wrestling. Year in and year out, the Wesleyan wrestling team competes natonally for wrestling and academic recognition. The team has earned scholar All-America status in seven of the last eight years (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008).
Drew and his wife Jennifer reside in Middletown with their two children, a son Sean (9) and a daughter Leah (4).