Nick Becker

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Head Coach / RWC Advisor & Coach 

In his first season as head coach, Becker led the Rangers to a 5-4 dual record in the regular season, winning five straight from Jan. 21-Feb. 11. Becker saw the team take 3rd place at NCAA II Regionals, with four Parkside wrestlers moving on to Nationals. At Nationals, the team placed in 14th place. They were led by Shane Gantz, who finished as National Runner-up, and Reece Worachek, who finished eighth.

Becker, a 2018 Parkside graduate, had the most impressive career of any wrestler in Parkside's rich history. He was a 3-time NCAA Division II National Champion (2016, 2017, 2018), finished his career with a perfect 89-0 record and is a 2-time NCAA D2 Wrestler of the Year.

Becker led Parkside to a third place finish in the NCAA Division II Championships, the highest team finish in school history. He is the younger brother of Parkside wrestling greats Brad Becker '06, Kyle Becker '08 and Craig Becker '11, all of whom were All-Americans for the Rangers.

Most recently, Becker has served as the head coach of Wisconsin's Junior National Team, where he works with the best wrestlers in the state preparing for USA Wrestling's regional and national events. While working with the University of Wisconsin wrestling program from 2019-2020 at the Wisconsin Regional Training Center in Madison, Becker was training to become a member of the 2020 Olympic Wrestling. Following graduation, he worked for one year at Parkside as the Graduate Assistant Wrestling Coach in 2018-19. He has also worked with the Ben Askren Wrestling Academy for three years.

A native of Hartford, Wis., he graduated from Parkside in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.