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Jason Reitmeier
Head Coach

The 2010-11 wrestling season produced more milestones in Jason Reitmeier’s coaching career at Augustana.

His Vikings won the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship for the first time, sweeping through the competition in perfect 7-0 fashion. Seven Vikings were named to the all-conference team.

A Hall Sports Forum record crowd of 2,003 witnessed the No. 2 Vikings’ encounter with No. 1 Nebraska-Omaha. Seven-time national champion UNO was the only team to defeat Augustana in dual action in 2010-11.

Augustana’s 14-2 dual mark matched the school record for most wins in a season. The standard was first established in 2005 – also under Reitmeier.

The 2010-11 Vikings were runners-up at Super Region Three Championship, qualified seven wrestlers for nationals, finished third at the NCAA championships and were No. 4 in the final Division II rankings.

In addition, Jay Sherer, the 141-pound national champion in 2010, became the seventh Augustana wrestler to win a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Ty Copsey earned All-America honors for the fourth time, one of only three Viking wrestlers to achieve such distinction in the program’s history.

Academically, Augustana posted the fifth-highest grade point average in the nation and seven Vikings were chosen to the 2010-11 NCAA Division II All-Academic team.

The Vikings came within two points of winning the Northern Sun Conference championship in 2009-10, went on to capture the Super Region Three crown and claimed runner-up honors at the NCAA Division II National competition, where six wrestlers were awarded All-America honors. Sherer won the 141-pound national championship to become the fourth Viking to win a national title during Reitmeier’s tenure. Six Vikings garnered all-conference recognition, while Reitmeier was voted the NSIC Coach of the Year as well as Super Region Three Coach of the Year. It was the second time he had earned regional coaching honors while previously being tabbed Coach of the Year by the North Central Conference.

Now in his ninth season as Augustana’s head coach, Reitmeier has guided the program to the top in NCAA Division II. His coaching and leadership abilities became apparent in 2004-05 when his Vikings won a school-record 14 dual matches and took runner-up honors at the prestigious National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen National Duals. During the campaign, Augustana advanced to No. 1 in the national rankings, a historic first for the program. The Vikings finished on top at the combined North Central Conference/North Regional Tournament, claiming the College’s first league championship since 1981.

A native of Bigelow, Minn., Reitmeier took 10 of his wrestlers to the 2004-05 nationals and seven earned All-America recognition. Three Vikings advanced to the championship round with Aaron Graumann and Tom Meester finishing first in their respective weight classes. The final team standings showed Augustana in second place with 101 points, matching the best national finish in school history. Reitmeier was named coach of the year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

Augustana’s 2005-06 team won 12 of 17 duals. Eight Vikings earned berths in the national tournament and six garnered All-America honors while the team finished seventh overall. That season, Reitmeier was voted coach of the year honors in the NCC, North Region and Division II.

In 2009-10, the Vikings were ranked third in the first NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association poll. Six Vikings were ranked nationally.

Viking followers were introduced to Reitmeier’s athleticism when he wore Augustana colors for two seasons. A transfer from the University of Nebraska, he posted a 36-4 record in 1995-96, including 20 pins. He was the NCC champion at 134 pounds and placed third at the national tournament.

He compiled an overall record of 30-3 with nine pins in 1996-97. He finished fifth in the NCC Championships but secured a berth in the national tournament as a wild card entry. Seeded seventh at 142 pounds, Reitmeier battled his way to a national championship - the first for Augustana in 12 years. In 2008, he was inducted into the Augustana Athletic Hall of Fame.

Reitmeier graduated from Augustana in 1997 and spent six seasons as a Viking assistant coach before earning the appointment as head coach. He and his wife, Stacy, who also graduated from Augustana in 1997, are the parents of two children – Wyatt, 10, and Josie, 5.