is a Non Profit 501-C-3 organization located in College Park, MD. Our goal is to promote wrestling and to help wrestlers become more competitive on a local, state, national, and international level. We offer a high level of instruction to a variety of ages and skill levels.
Beginning wrestlers are instructed in the fundamentals of wrestling. Wrestlers learn the rules of the sport and basic techniques of wrestling.
More advanced wrestlers are taught techniques, tactics and strategy. Our clinics are structured around improving technique with emphasis on developing and working from good position on the feet and on the mat. Live wrestling is also a big part of the training.
The training for wrestlers preparing for state and national competition is more intense and customized to suit the individual wrestler. Clinics are a combination of structured drilling, advanced technique, live wrestling, and conditioning. Elite athletes focus on drilling in individual areas of concentration, tactics and strategy, advanced technique, live situations, and live wrestling conditioning. This is geared to help elite wrestlers who aspire to make national, world and Olympic teams.
Helping wrestlers compete on a national and international level creating sponsorship opportunities to fulfill the vision to have an athlete training in the area at each international weight class.
Alex Clemsen was named the seventh head coach of the Maryland wrestling program on April 23, 2019.
Clemsen comes to College Park following a successful five-year tenure at Missouri, where he served as the program's associate head coach for the last four seasons. During his time on staff, Clemsen helped Missouri wrestlers earn three NCAA individual titles, 22 All-America honors and five consecutive top-six team finishes at the NCAA Championships. Missouri teams went a combined 84-7 in dual meets during his time on staff there.
Clemsen played a pivotal role in developing nine NCAA qualifiers this past season, which included four earning All-American honors. The Tigers also saw six wrestlers win MAC individual titles on the way to their eighth consecutive team title.
In 2017-18, Clemsen helped guide Missouri to a seventh straight conference title and fourth straight NCAA top-6 finish. Seven Tigers won individual conference titles at the MAC Championships, which was good for most in program history.
The 2016-17 season for Missouri was headlined by the third consecutive NCAA title for J'den Cox, who became the first wrestler in program history to reach the top of the podium three times. In that same season the Tigers tallied five All-Americans, which was tied for the most in program history.
In 2015-16, Missouri repeated as MAC Champions and sent nine wrestlers through to the NCAA Championships. The team finished sixth in the country at the national tournament and had a National Champion for the third consecutive season.
In his inaugural season at Missouri, Clemsen played a key role in the development of 149-pounder Drake Houdashelt, who went on to win a title at the NCAA Championships. In all, the Tigers sent all 10 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships and claimed a fourth-place overall finish.
Known as an elite recruiter, Clemsen helped assemble three top-10 recruiting classes and five top-20 recruiting classes during his career.
Clemsen brought with him a tradition of success upon his arrival at Missouri, as he has coached 38 NCAA qualifiers, six All-Americans and eight ACC Champions at Virginia. He helped the program reach No. 11 in the nation during the 2012-13 season, which stands as a program-best ranking.
In his first season with the Cavaliers, Clemsen helped lead the team to its first ACC Championship since 1977. The team went on to earn a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Championships to clinch its second consecutive top-25 finish at the event.
Clemsen was also instrumental in developing student-athletes off the mat during his time in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers recorded the fifth-best team GPA in the country during the 2012-13 season, and eight Cavaliers were named to the NWCA All-Academic Team as well.
Prior to his time at Virginia, Clemsen served as the director of wrestling operations at Oregon State for two seasons.
A 2007 graduate of Edinboro, Clemsen was an All-American wrestler and four-time NCAA qualifier. He finished his career with a 121-35 record, good for ninth in the school's history. He was the 14th wrestler in program history to win four Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships, and he was also named an Eastern Wrestling League Champion.
A two-time Academic All-American, Clemsen graduated with the highest GPA of any wrestler in Edinboro history. He continued his career at the international level as a University Nationals All-American and a University World Team Trials runner-up.
Clemsen was a standout wrestler at Moberly senior high school, winning three Missouri State Championship titles during his high school career. Clemsen and his wife, Lindsay, have two children: a daughter, Payten and a son, Porter.
Elijah Oliver was named to the Terps Wrestling coaching staff in June 2021 by head coach Alex Clemsen. A former standout wrestler at Indiana University, Oliver compiled 91 victories in his career with four trips to the NCAA Championships.
The Washington, Ill. native led Indiana with 29 wins as a senior in 2018-19, earning the Indiana MVP Award and finishing fourth at the Big Ten Championships. Oliver also took home fifth place (2015-16), sixth place (2016-17), and eighth place (2017-18) at the Big Ten Championships during his four-year collegiate career.
Upon graduation at Indiana, Oliver spent six months as the head coach of the Birmingham Wrestling Complex (Birmingham, Ala.), where he led the Team Alabama Cadet Freestyle/Greco Dual Team. Under Oliver's instruction, three of his pupils have earned High School All-American status, five wrestlers have won Alabama State Championships, and 14 have placed at the Alabama State Championships.
Brascetta is a 2016 graduate of Virginia Tech where he was a three-time All-American for the Hokies. He finished third at the 2016 NCAA Championships at 157 pounds. He was also a three-time ACC Champion during his career at Virginia Tech.
A native of Graham, Ohio, Brascetta was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2012 after winning the league title at 149 pounds. He repeated his ACC crown and placed eighth at the NCAAs in 2013, before redshirting in 2014. He won another ACC title at 157 in 2015 and went on to finish fourth at the NCAAs.
Maroulis will join the DMV RTC as a coach and athlete. Maroulis - one of the most storied female wrestlers in the country - became the first female wrestling Olympic gold medalist when she won at Rio in 2016. Her career has also been highlighted by four WCWA Collegiate National Championships and two World Championships (2015, 2017).
"They say sometimes you save the best for last, and the last part of this trifecta is to bring Helen Maroulis home and fully support her in her quest to win a second Olympic gold medal and fourth overall world championship," Clemsen said. "When Helen became America's first and only Olympic gold medalist in women's freestyle wrestling in Rio, the world was watching, as that match garnered some of the best ratings of the entire games. To have her back in her home state of Maryland and to be able to work with her and support her next quest to put the world on notice could not make me more excited and proud."
"As a Maryland native, it's such a joy to come back to my roots and be a part of the DMV RTC program as a coach and athlete," Maroulis said. "As athletes, we aspire to be the very best we can be. We also understand that it takes a village to do so - a key group of coaches, resources, and teamwork to bring the dream to fruition. In the end, everyone wins. With this new partnership. I believe we can all grow wrestling in Maryland at the grassroots, collegiate, and international level. RTC's afford the opportunity to advance at all levels in the sport. It is exciting to think about the generation that will come up out of this program and continue to put Maryland wrestling on the map. I'm grateful to the staff and coaches for creating the space for these dreams to be realized and can't wait to contribute."
A four-year letterman for the Tigers (2012-15), Devin was the 2015 Mid-American Conference heavyweight champion as a redshirt senior. He advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2015, 2014 and 2012 and compiled a 99-39 career record.
He was 33-11 overall in 2015 and set a career-high in wins. Devin redshirted in 2011, then went 19-14 in 2012, 21-4 in 2013 and 26-10 in 2014.
He is a native of Lawson, Mo., and graduated from Lawson High School in 2010. He was a state champion as a sophomore, junior and senior after finishing second as a freshman, and was 43-0 as a senior. He was the District Wrestler of the Year in 2010, and won 10 varsity letters: Four in wrestling, three in football, two in baseball and one in track and field.
The DMV Regional Training Center has hired Ethan Laird as the DMV RTC Associate Director.
Laird brings immense experience and success to the DMV that will prove to be invaluable in training future wrestling stars.
During his six years at Rider University, Laird was a four-time NCAA Qualifier (three times at 197 pounds and once at heavyweight). In the 2022-23 campaign, he finished sixth at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at 197 bounds, becoming Rider's 19th All-American in program history. Laird also finished his career with 100 career wins.
Hailing from McKean, PA, Laird starred at General McLane High School, finishing as the all-time career wins leader with 138. Laird is the son of Lisa and Phil Laird and he has two older brothers, Chris and Nate, as well as a younger brother, Chuck.
Maryland's home for Terrapin Athletics was completed in the fall of 2002 and has already provided 11 seasons of toppled attendance records and memories on the hardwood. XFINITY Center provides a seating capacity of 17,950 fans for basketball, and serves as the home of Maryland gymnastics, as well as a campus site for university special events and select community events.
The Terrapins' first public basketball event was its 2002 Midnight Madness celebration, which has grown to one of the premier student events of the academic year. In its first season, 281,057 fans were on hand to witness Terrapin basketball games for a per-game average of 17,566 as the Terrapins finished fifth in the nation. The Terps went on to finish fifth in the nation once again in 2003-04, with a school-record 287,200 spectators packing the arena for 16 full sellouts and a capacity per-game average of 17,950. Maryland drew 299,391 fans to XFINITY Center during the 2004-05 season, again setting a school record.
In 2007-08, 341,050 fans came to the 19 home games at XFINITY Center, setting a school record for per-game average at 17,950. Last year, Maryland ranked seventh in the nation in home attendance and welcomed its two-millionth fan in the seven seasons the Terrapins have played in their sparkling new home.
The honored jersey numbers the greatest men's and women's basketball players in school history, as well as banners commemorating the 2002 men's national championship and 2006 women's national championship, hang high above the court in XFINITY Center's rafters. The 2004 ACC men's tournament championship banner was added in the fall of 2004 and was joined by the 2009 ACC women's tournament championship banner in the fall of 2009.
Twenty suites provide enhanced viewing and entertainment capabilities for Maryland fans. Maryland's student section accommodates 4,000 of the Terps' perennial ardent supporters. Students fill the first 10 rows that ring the arena floor and a majority of seats on the arena's west wall - which at an intimidating 35-degree incline provides the Terrapins' with a unique home court advantage.
XFINITY Center houses the university's athletics administration offices and includes a 7,000-square-foot Academic Support Center, providing an enhanced study atmosphere for the school's student-athletes on 20 teams. An additional 1,500-seat gymnasium serves as home to the Terps' volleyball and wrestling teams, and Sprint Heritage Hall multi-purpose room is equipped to host banquets, press conferences, meetings and serve as a pregame restaurant suite overlooking the competition arena.
XFINITY Center is an excellent place for alumni and fans to enjoy their favorite sports and share in their common Terrapin spirit. Visitors can learn about the men and women who have forged the Maryland Athletics program among the nation's elite as they stroll through the Terrapin Walk of Fame and History. The Terrapin Team Store, located just off the soaring three-level atrium lobby, allows visitors to outfit their pride.
Maryland has once again reclaimed the status of having the best student activities center and arena in the country.
