Head Coach Rich Fleming
To contact Head Coach Rich Fleming, please call him in his office at 440-826-3258 or via e-mail at rfleming@bw.edu.
Rich Fleming enters his 24th season of coaching the wrestlers at Baldwin-Wallace College in 2011-2012.
Coach Fleming is committed to having championship wrestling at the College and keeping the Yellow Jackets a power in the Ohio Athletic Conference and at the NCAA Division III level. During his B-W coaching career, Coach Fleming has tutored 34 wrestlers to the Division III National Tournament, including 1989 NCAA Division III 177-pound national champion Kevin Higgins and two national runners-up, including current assistant coach Bryan Kmetz '07.
During the past 10 years, B-W has placed second at the OAC Championship Tournament three times, been nationally ranked during five seasons and produced six Division III All-Americans. In 2006-2007, Fleming's team peaked at the right time as it placed second at the 21st Annual John Summa Memorial Tournament, second at the OAC Tournament with three individual champions and was the top Ohio college team at the Division III National Tournament
Coach Fleming is the second winningest wrestling coach in school history and trails only B-W, Greater Cleveland and Ohio wrestling coaching legend John Summa. Coach Fleming has been a winner his entire life.
As a wrestler, Coach Fleming learned that it takes hard work to become a champion. His 123-pound Mid-American Conference title while at Miami of Ohio is evidence of that work ethic. That same work ethic governs B-W wrestling.
Coach Fleming is a 1963 graduate of Miami of Ohio and earned his master's degree from Cleveland State University in 1985. Prior to coming to B-W, he spent 18 years building a powerful program at nearby Parma Senior High School. Coach Fleming is retired as a teacher and has dedicated his time to building the Yellow Jacket program into one of the best in Division III.
Coach Fleming and his wife Linda reside in Sagamore Hills and have two grown daughters.