West Liberty University Men's Wrestling

ActiveWomen's wrestling tooverified 2026-08-16

Coaching & contact verified 2026-08-18

Danny Irwin head coach

Official email: daniel.irwin@westliberty.edu from official staff page
Office phone: 304-336-8230
Other staff: Danny Irwin (Director of Wrestling / Head Men's Wrestling Coach); Christian Rivera (Assistant Wrestling Coach); Mike Carpenter (Assistant Wrestling Coach); John Ferens (Assistant Wrestling Coach); Alec Cook (Assistant Wrestling Coach); Ogden Atwood (Assistant Wrestling Coach); Tyler Jenkins (Volunteer Assistant Wrestling Coach); Dakoda Rodgers (Graduate Assistant)

Contacts appear only when printed on an official page. Never guessed.

Questionnaire: General (all-sports) prospect form — open form ↗
Official links: Athletics site ↗Wrestling page ↗Roster ↗
Suggested first step: Email head coach Danny Irwin at daniel.irwin@westliberty.edu (or call the wrestling office at 304-336-8230) with weight class, class year, GPA and match video, then submit the department-wide Prospective Athlete Form so you are in the athletics database. Assistants Christian Rivera (crivera@westliberty.edu) and Mike Carpenter (mcarpenter1@westliberty.edu) also have published emails.
Women's wrestling: Yes

5 crowded weights · 1 lighter weight on the 2025-26 roster (41 listed) · Wrestling competitiveness: Very strong

Counted from the 2025-26 roster. We recount when West Liberty's 2026-27 roster goes up, and the change log shows it.

Khyvon Grace, Nico Taddy and Logan Davis all scored at nationals in 2026 — which of that group returns for 2026-27, and which spots in the starting lineup are genuinely open?
West Liberty has no wrestling-specific recruiting questionnaire; after I submit the Prospective Athlete Form at hilltoppersports.com, what is the best way to get film in front of you and the staff?

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Type: Public
Conference (all sports): Mountain East Conference
Undergraduates: 1,511 federal (College Scorecard)
Admission rate: 97% federal (College Scorecard)
Average net price: $15,366 federal · after aid, all costs
Cost of attendance: $23,809 federal · Scorecard 2026-06 release
Completion rate: 60% federal
Notable programs: WLU's health-science and professional programs carry the strongest published outcomes: the Physician Assistant program reported a 100% first-time pass rate on the national certifying exam and the Dental Hygiene Class of 2026 a 100% first-attempt pass rate on the National Board Examination. Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Speech Pathology, Exercise Physiology and the College of Science carry the largest program differentials on the tuition schedule (Nursing $895/semester, Speech Pathology $700, Dental Hygiene and College of Science $500), and WLU runs a joint Aviation program with its own flight-lab fee schedule. New online majors for 2026-27 are Psychology, Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity and General Business, plus an accelerated BA in Organizational Leadership and Administration for degree completers.

Conference finishes: 2025: 2 · 2026: 1
Recent dual record: 2025-26: 11-6 overall (1-0 MEC, 2-1 home, 3-3 away, 6-2 neutral); 2024-25: 8-4 overall (2-0 MEC)
Notable: West Liberty won the 2026 Mountain East Conference team title at Glenville State with 150.0 points to Glenville State's 137.5 — the program's fourth MEC title and first since 2023 — crowning five individual champions (Tony Wood 149, Nico Taddy 157, Jordan Watters 165, Carter Winegardner 174, Oliver Byerly 184), two runners-up and three third-place finishers; all 10 West Liberty entries earned All-MEC honors. Head coach Danny Irwin was named 2026 MEC Co-Coach of the Year. Under Irwin the program has finished 3rd (2021-22), 4th (2020-21), 6th (2022-23), 10th (2024-25), 11th (2025-26) and 12th (2023-24) nationally, with a national champion in each season from 2020-21 through 2024-25 (Cole Laya, Ty Warner, then Ty McGeary three straight).

Last verified 2026-08-16. Official beats secondary; nothing here is inferred. How we work.

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