Phil Mansueto
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- Position:
- Assistant Coach
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- Last College:
- 2nd year
After a successful wrestling career that saw him advance to the NCAA Championships three times, Phil Mansueto returns for his second season on Cleveland State's coaching staff.
Mansueto served as an assistant youth club coach at University School and head coach of Westshore Kids Club last season.
The 2002 Eastern Wrestling League Champion at 133, Mansueto went 57-20 during his four-year CSU career.
Mansueto completed his career at the 2003 NCAA Championships, falling just one win shy of becoming the Vikings' ninth All-American. After dropping his first-round match, Mansueto rebounded to take the next three matches in the consolation bracket before bowing out of the tournament with a 27-8 mark on the season.
Mansueto also excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-American honors as a senior.
The Middletown, New York native compiled a 6-6 record in his three trips to the NCAA Championships, also going 3-2 as a junior. During his junior season, he won the Eastern Wrestling Championship at 133 pounds, becoming the first Viking in eight years to claim a league championship.
At Middletown High School, he was state champion as a junior, runner-up as both a sophomore and senior, and sixth as a freshman.
Mansueto graduated from Cleveland State in 2003 with a degree in special education and is pursuing his master's in sports management.
