HUNTER RICHARD

Blue Bulls Wrestling Club Assistant Coach Hunter Richard joined the Buffalo Wrestling staff in his first season as an assistant coach in 2024. .

 

Coach Richard came to Buffalo after a very successful season as an assistant coach at Appalachian State, where he helped lead the Mountaineers to a Southern Conference Championship. App State had an impressive five individual conference champions in 2023.

 

Coach Richard enjoyed a successful career where he was a team captain for one of the nation’s top programs. He wrestled for Head Coach Donnie Vinson at Cornell, where he was a two-time NCAA national championship qualifier, with a top-16 finish as a fifth-year senior at 157 pounds to cap the 2021-22 season. He won three matches at the NCAA Championships that year, after also qualifying at 149 pounds in 2020.

 

Richard posted a 67-33 record in four seasons for the Big Red. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and has also worked in the financial sector since graduating from Cornell.

 

He was named to the Academic All-Ivy and EIWA All-Academic teams during his career and also captured an EIWA Academic Achievement Award. His three victories at the 2022 NCAA Championships included back-to-back wins against top-20 opponents.

 

A native of Barneveld, NY, Richard attended Holland Patent High School and was a Fargo, NHSCA and Flo Nationals All-American who posted a 265-26 prep record.