Bucknell Bison Style Wrestling Camps: Camp Staff
Camp Staff
Dan Wirnsberger Camp Director
Dan Wirnsberger officially became the 15th
coach of the Bucknell wrestling program on May
10, 2005. A three-time wrestling All-American
at Michigan State University, Wirnsberger previously
served as the head coach of Bloomsburg
Universitys Division I program since 2002.
As head coach of Bloomsburg for three seasons, Wirnsberger
qualified 10 student-athletes for the NCAA Tournament, including
six in 2005, and he coached the programs first-ever Olympic Trials
qualifier. He helped four Huskies win Eastern Wrestling League
titles and six win PSAC crowns. Named the 2005 PSAC Coach of
the Year after leading Bloomsburg to the team title for the first time
since 1990, Wirnsbergers recruiting classes were ranked 14th and
19th, respectively, in 2003 and 2004 and his first recruiting class at
Bucknell received a No. 14 ranking. In 2004-05, the Huskies posted
a 10-6 dual-meet record (4-2 EWL) and crowned three EWL champions
while finishing fifth at the league tournament.
A 1995 graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in
criminal justice, Wirnsberger posted a 35-8 record and was the Big
Ten Champion and NCAA runner-up at 158 pounds in 1995. That was
his third of three straight All-America plaques, and he earned team
Most Valuable Wrestler honors. Overall in his career, Wirnsberger
compiled a record of 120-44, third most wins in school history. In
NCAA competition, he logged 11 wins for the Spartans in three trips
to nationals. During his career at Michigan State, the team went from
a struggling program to a 12th-place national ranking his sophomore
year, 25th his junior year and third in the nation his senior season.
Larry Sprecher - Camp Director
Larry Sprecher enters his second year as assistant
wrestling coach for Bison. Sprecher came to
Bucknell after serving as a graduate assistant for
the wrestling program at Bloomsburg University.
At Bloomsburg, Sprecher helped Wirnsberger
lead the squad to the 2005 PSAC title and had six
wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Div I Tournament. He also served as
tournament director for the AAU Ironman tournament and designed
marketing strategies for summer wrestling camps during his stint with
the Huskies.
Prior to his time at Bloomsburg, Sprecher served as head coach
for E.A. Laney High School in Wilmington, N.C. Before coaching at
Laney, Sprecher served as an intern strength and conditioning coach
with the Pittsburgh Steelers where he helped implement strength,
conditioning, and rehabilitation programs for all players and lived on
site with the team during the 1998 training camp.
A 1998 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Sprecher earned a
bachelor of science in education and is working to complete his masters
degree in exercise physiology from Bloomsburg. While at Pitt,
Sprecher was a varsity wrestler and earned the Bell Atlantic Division
I Scholar Athlete Award his senior year.
Dave Hoffman - Camp Director
This past summer, Dave Hoffman was brought
on board as an assistant on the Bucknell wrestling
staff. Hoffman, a Spring City, Pa., native, is responsible
for coaching the varsity lightweights
and assisting Dan Wirnsberger and Larry Sprecher
with the overall administration of the program.
Hoffman graduated from Virginia Tech in 2006 where he was a
four-time NCAA Championship qualifier and an All-American his
senior year. During his career with the Hokies, Hoffman compiled
a record of 116-32, including 19 major decisions, five technical falls
and 38 falls.
Hoffman also earned Freshman All-America honors from Amateur
Wrestling News in 2002.
At The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., Hoffman was a five-time
prep All-American and two-time prep national champion, one of only
two wrestlers in school history to achieve All-America status five
times. He posted a record of 195-17 in his prep school career.
Ed Arndt Camp Director
Ed Arndt has been coaching the sport of wrestling
for over 4 decades. During his tenure as a
coach Ed has coached multiply PIAA state qualifiers and state medalists. Ed specializes in teaching
and motivating Jr. High aged competitors and
giving them the fundamentals that carry them on
to success high school and collegiant careers. He is by far one the most
motivational leaders and he has a knack for getting the most out of
anyone that comes in contact with him. In addition to his extensive
knowledge of wrestling Ed currently owns and operates A Trained
fitness where he personally trains some of the premier athletes in the
central Pennsylvania region. Ed will bring this knowledge of weight
training and nutrition to your athlete through several weight training
sessions and nutritional seminars.
Matt Dunn Camp Director
Matt wrestled at UNCP and UNCG and served
as captain while at both NCAA Div I institutions.
His tremendous work ethic garnered him Academic
All American status. In Matts senior season
of high school he went undefeated and won a
North Carolina state championship. In addition to
his folkstyle abilities Matt also won several Freestyle
and Greco State Championships. In addition to wrestling Matt
also holds a certification as a Professional Strength and Conditioning
trainer, and in 1999 was named the NASA Most Outstanding Power
lifter 1999. Following graduation from college Matt served as an assistant
wrestling coach at UNCP where he graduated Magna Cum Laud
Graduate with a Bachelors degree in Exercise and Sports Science and
Social Sciences.
Dan Reyes Camp Director
As a high school wrestler in the state of New
Hampshire Dan earned All-America status during
his senior season. Following up his stellar senior
season Dan earned a spot on the 1999 Puerto
Rico National Team in freestyle. A great technition
and motivator Dan has proven himself to be one
of the best coaches in the north east. To date Dan
has coached and personally trained over 60 state champions, multiple
high school All Americans and 4 national Champions. Currently Dan
serves as the Head Coach at the University of New Hampshire and is
the Co-Founder, Director and Coach of the New England Academy of
Wrestling.