After two years as an assistant coach, Andy Seras takes over the head coaching duties of the wrestling program in 2002. He brings a wealth of international experience to the position and may be just the ticket to take the Sacred Heart team to the next level.

Seras, 39, has an impressive wrestling background including an NCAA Championship and a berth on the United States Olympic Team for the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, Korea. He was undefeated in dual meets during his collegiate career at the University of Albany, compiling an impressive 64-0-2 record. He was a four-time NCAA All-American, and won the 158-pound national championship in as a senior in 1985.

His first attempt to make the U.S. Greco-Roman Team came in 1984 while a junior at Albany, and was named an alternate after the Olympic Team Trials. He made the team in 1988 and finished ninth in Korea. He again qualified as an alternate for the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain and the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

In addition to his Olympic and collegiate feats, Seras was a two-time Pan American Games champion, and has four championships in the National Open. He also participated in the World Championships five times, finishing as high as sixth in 1991. Seras is currently the head coach for the United States team in the Greco-Roman World Championships. USA Wrestling named him the national Greco-Roman Coach of the Year in 2002.

Prior to joining the Sacred Heart University coaching staff in 1999, Seras was an assistant coach for ten seasons at his alma mater. He is also the coach for the Connecticut Junior National Team, and head coach for the Atlas Wrestling Club.

Seras, originally from Niskayuna, NY, now lives in Sandy Hook, CT with his wife, Karen, and daughter Jacqueline.