Frank Beasley enters his third season as head coach of the George Mason wrestling team for the 2019-20 season. In 2018-19, Beasley guided the Patriots to their best season in many years.
2018-2019 Season Highlights
- Most wins at the NCAA Championships in 18 years
- First winning dual meet record in eleven years
- Highest ever EWL tournament finish
- Most ever EWL dual meet wins and highest dual meet finish
- Most ever EWL finalist
- First EWL Champion
- Most ever EWL medalist
- Most NWCA Academic All-Americans in 26 years
- Most ever student-athletes ranked in the RPI and Coaches Ranking
- Highest regular season wins by pin in the country
- Most NCAA Qualifiers in eighteen years (tied with last season)
- Prior to George Mason, Beasley spent five seasons as a member of the North Carolina State coaching staff, including two as the associate head coach.
- Four straight top twenty NCAA team finishes (longest stretch of top twenty finishes in school history)
- Two individual NCAA Championships
- Seven individual NCAA All-American honors
- Seven individual ACC Champions
- ACC Team Championship
- Thirty-one NCAA Qualifiers
- The NC State Team was ranked 2nd in the country in dual meets to end the 2016 season
Before coaching at NC State, Beasley was the head assistant at both Buffalo and Binghamton. He started his career coaching at his alma matter, Bloomsburg.
- Binghamton had its best season in history with a 14th place finish at the NCAA Champions, 5 NCAA Qualifiers all finished in the top sixteen, two All-Americans
- Buffalo had its best three year run in program history with 14 wrestlers qualifying for the NCAA Championships and five MAC Champions
- Bloomsburg produced their first All-American in more than a decade and produced nine NCAA Qualifiers
Beasley has extensive international experience. He has guided countless wrestlers to freestyle and Greco-Roman All-American and National Championship honors. In 2017, he was part of the Team USA Freestyle Coaching Staff that won the UWW World Championships in Paris. He was the personal coach of world bronze medalist, Nick Gwiazdowski. In addition, he was the head coach of the Wolfpack Regional Training Center that finished 2nd in the RTC Cup standings at the U.S. Open in 2017. He was also the head coach of the NWCA All-American Team in 2009 (South Korea) and 2010 (Russia).
Camden Eppert enters his second season as the head assistant coach of George Mason wrestling for the 2019-20 season.
2018-2019 Season Highlights
- Most wins at the NCAA Championships in 18 years
- First winning dual meet record in eleven years
- Highest ever EWL tournament finish
- Most ever EWL dual meet wins and highest dual meet finish
- Most ever EWL finalist
- First EWL Champion
- Most ever EWL medalist
- Most NWCA Academic All-Americans in 26 years
- Most ever student-athletes ranked in the RPI and Coaches Ranking
- Highest regular season wins by pin in the country
- Most NCAA Qualifiers in eighteen years (tied with last season)
Prior to Mason, Eppert spent four coaching at the University of Wisconsin.
- The team finished 23rd, 17th, and 13th at the NCAA Championships in his three years on staff
- He mentored two NCAA Finalist and four overall All-Americans
- He assisted the Wisconsin team to three straight top eight finishes at the Big Ten Tournament
- Twenty NCAA Qualifiers
Before coaching at Wisconsin, Eppert was an assistant at Wabash College
- 3rd place NCAA D3 National Championships
- Coached two NCAA Champions
- Coached four overall NCAA D3 All-Americans
Beau Donahue begins his second season as an assistant coach of George Mason Wrestling for the 2019-20 season.
2018-2019 Season Highlights
- Most wins at the NCAA Championships in 18 years
- First winning dual meet record in eleven years
- Highest ever EWL tournament finish
- Most ever EWL dual meet wins and highest dual meet finish
- Most ever EWL finalist
- First EWL Champion
- Most ever EWL medalist
- Most NWCA Academic All-Americans in 26 years
- Most ever student-athletes ranked in the RPI and Coaches Ranking
- Highest regular season wins by pin in the country
- Most NCAA Qualifiers in eighteen years (tied with last season)
As an athlete at NC State, Donahue was recruited and coached by Frank Beasley. He was ranked in the top 20 each of his final three seasons and was a NCAA Qualifier while wrestling for the Wolfpack. He placed at the ACC Championships twice. In addition, Donahue was recognized as a Caterpillar Scholar Athlete all four years in pursuit of earning his Bachelor’s degree in business administration.
