Rob Fisher completed his ninth season as head coach of the wrestling program at Kutztown University.

Fisher’s teams have posted winning records in all nine of his seasons as head coach. His career includes coaching two individual national titles, both coming from Joe Kemmerer to two national titles at 133 pounds.

He has led the Golden Bears to 10 or more wins in four of the last five seasons, and in 2008-09, KU was ranked as high as 18 in the national poll. Fisher led two Golden Bears to nationals, adding to the 20 national qualifiers he has coached in prior seasons. With Kemmerer's title, the Golden Bears finished 19th at the NCAA championships.

In 2007-08, Fisher’s squad went 10-4-1. Fisher coached one of his wrestlers to the NCAA Division II Championships.

In 2006-07, he led the Golden Bears to an 11-2 record. Fisher coached an NCAA Division II Champion in Joe Kemmerer, three national qualifiers, two East Regional champions and a PSAC runner up. Kemmerer also was a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference runner up, matching the highest finish by a Golden Bear at the Division I dominated event since 1977.

Fisher has a 91-47-2 record in dual meets in his eight seasons. He has coached one NCAA Division II Champion, six All-Americans, two East Regional champions and 22 NCAA qualifiers.

In 2006, five of his wrestlers advanced to the NCAA Championship and six were medalists at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) medalists. In 2005, Kutztown finished 10-2 with seven NCAA Regional place-winners. In 2004, KU finished 8-7. Kutztown had six regional place-winners and four PSAC medalists. The 2003 Golden Bears finished 9-7, with one All-America and three regional place-winners. In 2002, two of his wrestlers earned All-America honors, six were regional place-winners and seven earned places at the PSAC championships as the team tallied a record-tying 15-4 dual-meet mark.

Fisher’s grapplers were 9-7 in dual meets in 2000-01, KU’s first winning season since 1995-96. That year, he coached one All-American, one National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Academic team selection and two PSAC Scholar-Athletes.

Fisher served as assistant coach with the Golden Bears from 1990-2000.

Prior to coming to KU, Fisher served as assistant coach at his alma mater, Hazleton High School, from 1987-90. Fisher was a two-time district wrestling champion at Hazleton and a three-time northeast regional runner-up. He captured the District 11 championship and went on to win the District 2 championship when Hazleton changed districts. He still holds the record for the most wrestling wins in school history. A two-sport athlete, he also was a member of the 1984 Big 33 Football Team.

Fisher received his bachelor’s degree in special education for the visually impaired from Kutztown in 1995. He went on to serve as a teacher of the blind/visually impaired at the Capital Area Intermediate Unit, in Summerdale, Pa., from 1996-99.

Assistant Coach Kriss Bellanca
Kriss Bellanca completed his first season with the Golden Bears coaching staff. He was a member of the KU wrestling team from 1997-2001.