Justin Wharton, a former assistant coach and student-athlete at Heidelberg (Ohio) University, was named assistant head wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in August 2015. He enters his third year with the Warhawks in 2017-18.
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Wharton, who served as an assistant at Heidelberg for two seasons, serves as recruiting coordinator and assists in all facets of the Warhawks' program. He is also an instructor in the UW-Whitewater Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Coaching.
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Wharton helped coach six regional placers and an All-American for the Student Princes. After taking over all recruiting responsibilities in the summer of 2014, he recruited 30 student-athletes to Heidelberg for the fall 2014 semester.
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Wharton also held responsibilities in teaching, fundraising, marketing and academics.
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A three-year letter winner as a wrestler at Heidelberg from 2009-13, Wharton was a two-time second team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection. He also garnered Scholar-Athlete accolades on two occasions. Wharton competed with Shuck as his head coach for his last two seasons.
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"I am fired up to have Justin on our staff," head coach Ned Shuck said. "He is an extremely hard-working and dedicated coach. I had the pleasure of coaching him for a couple years as a student-athlete, and working alongside him on the same coaching staff for a year. As soon as we started working together, I could see that he had the passion and skill to be a great coach."
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During his undergraduate career, Wharton served as a volunteer with the Lake Erie Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling Club, the Heidelberg Youth and High School Club and the Clay High School Wrestling Camp.
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A native of Oregon, Ohio, Wharton graduated from Heidelberg with a bachelor's in health and physical education in 2013. He earned his master's in education from Heidelberg in 2015.
