Head coach
Matt Valenti
Matt Valenti was head coach of Pennsylvania at one NCAA championship, 2026. Valenti's wrestlers earned two All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2026 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15–12 | 2 |
As a wrestler
Matt Valenti wrestled for Pennsylvania at four NCAA championships, 2003–2007, and went 19–4. Valenti won two titles at 133 lb in 2006 and 2007 and placed fifth at 125 lb in 2004.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pennsylvania | 133 | 2 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2006 | Pennsylvania | 133 | 6 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2004 | Pennsylvania | 125 | 3 | 5th | 6–2 | 8 bouts |
| 2003 | Pennsylvania | 125 | No seed listed | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
Matt Valenti's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Two-Time National Champion Matt Valenti C’07 To Succeed Roger Reina C’84 As Penn Head Wrestling Coach in 2025-26, University of Pennsylvania Athletics (Article body, paragraph beginning "Valenti is the program's career leader in wins").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Matt Valenti was the established head coach of a team with entrants. They are not years of employment; there were no championships in 1943–45 or 2020.
- A year inside the span with no established coach is listed but not counted. A year with two head coaches counts in full for both.
- Team titles are official NCAA titles from the published standings (1928, 1931 and 1933 have none). Top four and top ten come from the same standings.
- Entries count each wrestler once per tournament; All-Americans are counted as each era awarded them; wins and losses include forfeit, default and disqualification results; falls exclude forfeits.
- The head coach for each year, with sources, is on that year's program page. Report a correction.
Cite this page: “Matt Valenti, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_4aadbb296b944275/matt-valenti/