The 2009 NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year, Lou Rosselli is entering his fourth season on the Buckeye coaching staff with a new title - associate head coach.

Working primarily with the lighter weight classes, Rosselli is part of a dynamic coaching staff that has vastly improved the status of Buckeye wrestling. This past spring at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo., Rosselli coached senior J Jaggers to his second-consecutive NCAA individual title at 141 pounds. He also mentored 133-pounder Reece Humphrey to his first NCAA finals appearance and All-America honor.

For the second-straight year, Ohio State was the NCAA runner-up, falling short of the national title by just 4.5 points.

One season prior in St. Louis, Rosselli and the rest of the coaching staff first made program history by guiding seven NCAA qualifiers to a runner-up finish. Additionally, the Buckeyes advanced three wrestlers to the finals, with two becoming national champions.

Rosselli also has coaching commitments away from Ohio State. Recently in May, Rosselli worked with the U.S. National team as the squad competed at the 2009 Pan American Championships in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The U.S. squad tallied 58 points en route to the gold medal. He also served as the 2007 U.S. World Team coach at the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, and served in the same capacity in 2006 in Guangzhou, China. Rosselli also was one of five finalists for the volunteer freestyle coaching position for the U.S. men's team that competed in the 2008 Olympics.

Rosselli has been lauded with several honors, including the 2007 Terry McCann Award and USA Wrestling's Freestyle Coach of the Year. A 1993 graduate of Edinboro, Rosselli also was honored by the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association at the Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony with the Young Alumni Award. That honor complements his memberships in the Edinboro and Eastern Wrestling League halls of fame. Rosselli will be added to a third hall of fame in October when he is officially enshrined into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.

As an international competitor, Rosselli qualified for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team for the Atlanta Games (114.5 pounds) and was a three-time U.S. Open champion in 1995, 1996 and 1999.

A letterwinner for the Fighting Scots from 1989-1993, Rosselli was a two-time All-American (1991 and 1993) and three-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion at 118 pounds. In 1989, Rosselli was named EWL Freshman of the Year and became the first Edinboro freshman to earn a trip to the NCAA championships. Following his senior year in 1993, Rosselli earned EWL and PSAC Wrestler of the Year honors after winning titles in both conferences.

Rosselli graduated with a degree in health and physical education in 1993. He and his wife, Amy, have three children, Jordan, Ty and Jaxson.