Joe Dubuque

Biography

Joe Dubuque, a two-time NCAA champion at Indiana, is considered one of the finest wrestlers to ever come from New Jersey. He is quickly proving to be one of its finest coaches as well. Dubuque, who was promoted to head coach prior to the 2023-24 season, enters his 11th season as a coach and 1st season as head coach in 2023-24 with a Princeton wrestling program that has made a dramatic leap during his tenure. Before being promoted to head coach, Dubuque had assisted head coach Chris Ayres in revitalizing Princeton wrestling in ways few could have imagined a decade earlier. Since 2016 alone, Princeton has: • won the Ivy League title in 2020 for the first time since 1986 and ended Cornell's 92-match, 18-year Ivy League winning streak • in 2022, had the program's first NCAA finalist since 2002 and had two in the same year (Patrick Glory, Quincy Monday) for the first time ever • in 2023, had the program's first NCAA champion since 1951 and second ever (Patrick Glory) • Princeton placed 15th at the 2019 NCAA Championships and had a program-record three All-Americans (Patrick Brucki, 4th, Patrick Glory, 6th, Matthew Kolodzik, 5th), and placed 13th at the 2023 NCAAs, the program's best finish since 1951 • Kolodzik became the program's first four-time All-American and Glory became the program's second • sent Brett Harner to the 2016 All-America podium, ending a 13-year drought without one • sent a program-record seven to the NCAA Championships (2017) • placed in the Top 5 at EIWAs ann