UW-EC Wrestling Coach Reassigned
Thursday, January 29th, 2015 -- 10:52 AM
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire athletics department announced Monday that Steve Wozniak had been reassigned and Jared Evans will be the interim head coach for the wrestling program, effective immediately.Wozniak, a former Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal wrestler, served as an assistant coach from 2011-13 and was the interim head coach for the 2013-14 season before being named head coach in August. His duties will be reassigned within the wrestling program.
Director of Athletics, Dan Schumacher said "We appreciate Steve's contributions to the wrestling program as the head coach and are pleased he is willing to assist the program for the remainder of the season in a new role.
Prior to UW-Eau Claire, Evans spent three seasons on the coaching staff for the Augsburg College wrestling program, two of those years as the assistant head coach.
A 2007 Augsburg graduate, Evans earned All-American honors three times as a 149-pound wrestler. He finished his career with a 139-37 record and was a part of Augsburg teams that won national titles in 2004-05 and 2006-07, while finishing second once and third once.
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