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North Iowa Area Community College officials announce Steve Kelly as the new head wrestling coach.  Kelly will take over from Mark Schwab, who resigned last month.

For the past eight seasons, Kelly has served as the head wrestling coach at Waldorf College.  During his time at Waldorf, Kelly coached 13 All-Americans, one National Champion and 56 National qualifiers.

“We are excited to have a person of Coach Kelly’s character and experience to join our athletic department.  He has done a great job at Waldorf and he is a respected member of the wrestling community,” Dan Mason, NIACC athletic director, said.

Kelly brings with him a wealth of knowledge about wrestling at both the two-year and four-year levels.  A native of Britt, Kelly wrestled at Iowa Central Community College and was a National Junior College Runner-up at 167 lbs.  He then transferred to Iowa State University where he started for the next three years.

In addition to his duties as head wrestling coach, Kelly will also work in NIACC Admissions as an enrollment specialist.

For more information on NIACC wrestling, visit www.niacc.edu/athletics/wrestling.

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