Contact Coach Hartupee: hartupeej@duq.edu

John Hartupee returns for his 11th season as Duquesne's head wrestling coach in 2007-08. Hartupee, who was an assistant at Duquesne for three seasons prior to taking over the head coaching duties, is just the second wrestling coach since the sport's resurrection in 1991.

In his 10 seasons as head coach, Hartupee has accumulated a 96-83-3 career record, including a school record 13 wins in 2006-07. The 2005 East Region Coach of the Year has sent at least one wrestler to the NCAA Championships every year and has directed the Dukes to two NCAA East Regional Championships (2000 and 2005).

In recent years, Hartuppe led the Red and Blue to four straight runner-up showings at the NCAA East Regional Championship before capturing the crown in 2004-05, sending four DU wrestlers to National's. In 2001-2002, Duquesne set a then school record for wins in a season with 12 while winning the National Catholic Championships and the East Regional Duals meet and in 2002-03, won its second straight National Catholic Championship, sending three wrestlers to NCAA's.

Prior to coaching, Hartupee had a celebrated wrestling career. He was a three-time Michigan high school champion as well as a two-time high school All-American. In addition, he went on to be a Junior Olympics National Champion and a Junior World National Champion. In college, as a 118-pounder, Hartupee was a two-time Mid-American Conference champion, a NCAA runner-up and an All-American. After college, he went on to receive accolades as a two-time AAU Senior National Champion, a Canadian Senior National Champion, a first alternate for the 1980 United States Olympic Team and was a member of the US National Team. Most recently, he was a 1993 Masters World Champion.