DAVID ICENHOWER

Lehigh University '71
Year of Service: 25th
Birthdate: July 12, 1948
Hometown:Drexel Hill, PA Education: B.S., Marketing M.A., Personnel and Counseling

David Icenhower, a two-time NCAA Division III Coach-of-the-Year honoree, is in his 25th season at the helm of the division's most successful program. Icenhower has produced five NCAA Division III team championships winners at TCNJ beginning with the 1979 team which achieved the first NCAA crown in The College's history. "Ice" has also piloted the Lions to national titles in 1981, 1983, 1984, and 1987. Under Icenhower, the Lions have finished in the top five nationally during seventeen of his 24 three seasons, including a third place finish in 1999 as TCNJ served as the host site for the NCAA Division III Championship.

A 1971 graduate of Lehigh University and a product of the Division I school's outstanding wrestling program, Icenhower is a former member of the NCAA Wrestling Sports Committee and chaired its Division III subcommittee. In 1986, he served as tournament director for the NCAA Division III Championships, which was hosted by TCNJ. His coaching record in dual meets to date at The College of New Jersey is 341-57-4 (an .853 winning percentage).

The Lions have achieved six undefeated seasons under Icenhower. The 1978-79 team went 15-0 en route to TSC's first Division III title in any sport. The 1980-81 and 1983-84 teams, which posted 17-0 and 14-0 records respectively, also won NCAA crowns. The 1993-94 squad went 16-0, but finished third at the NCAA's after earlier in the year capturing the prestigious Division III Dual Championship. During one three-year stretch between 1979-81, his teams produced a 46-1 record. The 1989-90 TCNJ wrestling team established a school mark for most victories in a regular-season. The Lions were 18-1 that year and captured the Division III Dual Meet Challenge Invitational at SUNY-Binghamton. The 1994-95 Lions surpassed that record as they went 19-0 in dual meets, while also successfully defending their 1994 Division III Dual Challenge Championship. The Lions won three straight Division III Dual Championships spanning from 1994 to 1996. Four years ago, the Lions' dual meet win streak came to end, but not before they had reeled off 54 straight wins, which dated back to February of 1993, as well their home dual meet win streak that stood at 27 matches, dating back to December of 1990. The Lions only loss on the 1995-96 season was a heartbreaking 21-19 decision at the hands of the Red Dragons of Cortland State.