Corey Luce, who will work primarily with the team’s lower weight classes, enters his first season as an assistant
coach with the New York University wrestling team.
Luce joins the NYU staff after serving the past four seasons as an assistant wrestling coach and recruiting
coordinator at Hunter College. During his tenure there, Luce helped produce four national qualifiers and two
All-Americans, as well as the Hawks’ first-ever New York State Champion.
Prior to coaching at Hunter, Luce served as an assistant coach for one season at SUNY-Maritime.
A 2000 graduate of Wilkes University with degrees in elementary education and psychology, Luce wrestled for the
Colonels for two seasons following his transfer from Lock Haven University. A scholarship wrestler for the NCAA
Division I Bald Eagles, Luce was a placewinner at several tournaments (Penn State Open, West Virginia Open, Wilkes
Open) during his career. Wrestling in the 118 and 125-pound weight classes, he was a member of Lock Haven’s squad
that finished fourth in the nation at the NCAA Division I Championships during his sophomore season.
Luce went on to earn a master’s degree in physical education from Queens College in 2006.
“Coach Luce has a real passion for the sport,” NYU head coach Bruce Haberli explains. “He really enjoys teaching
technique, running workouts, wrestling with the guys, recruiting, etc. Anything at all that has to do with the
sport he loves to be involved in.”
Luce also has experience as a head wrestling coach, having served at both Dickey Elementary School (1996-97) in
Lock Haven and at Dalton High School (2000-01) in Manhattan.
A native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Luce currently resides in Manhattan.
