North Central College Cardinals

Grant Zamin M'23 was named the head coach of the North Central men’s wrestling team in the summer of 2024, after serving three seasons as an assistant coach. He joined the men’s and women’s wrestling staffs as a graduate assistant before the 2021-2022 season. He also currently serves as an assistant coach with the women’s team.

Since his time at North Central, both teams have had their best seasons in school history, with the women winning the 2023 National Championship while the men were ranked No. 1 in the nation before earning a third-place finish at the NCAA DIII National Championships in 2022 and a fourth-place finish in 2023. North Central has tallied eight National Champions and 60 All-American honors on the women's side, with three National Champions and ten All-American awards on the men's side since Zamin’s arrival.

Zamin came to North Central after an impressive career on the mat at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, where he was a two-time All-American. After finishing eighth at the NCAA Division III Championships in 2019, Zamin was the No. 1 seed at 157 pounds at the 2020 NCAA Division III Championships, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was ranked No. 2 by the NWCA at 165 pounds in 2021, when the Championships were canceled again, taking away his opportunity to become a three-time All-American. Zamin was a three-time WIAC tournament Champion and four-time finalist at UWL, helping lead his team to the conference championship all four years.

Zamin also has an impressive freestyle resume, having earned All-American honors at the 2020 USA Wrestling U23 National Championships.

Zamin graduated from UWL in the spring of 2021 with a degree in marketing before earning his master’s degree in sports leadership from North Central in 2023.