Joshua J. Harris Head Assistant Coach Bryan Pearsall begins his third season with the Quakers in 2019-20. He joined the staff as an assistant coach in 2017, earning a promotion to Head Assistant before the completion of his first season with the Red and Blue.

Pearsall has been instrumental in Penn's Top-25 recruiting classes each of the last two years, including the No. 9 overall class in 2019 and No. 12 class in 2018.

While at Penn, Pearsall has helped coach six NCAA Championships qualifiers, nine All-Ivy wrestlers and one EIWA champion.

Pearsall was on staff at Army West Point from 2014-17, working primarily with the lower and middle weights. During his tenure with the Black Knights, Pearsall coached 13 NCAA Championships qualifiers and 18 EIWA Championships placewinners helping Army climb the EIWA rankings in both competitive results and recruiting success. Pearsall’s work in recruiting student-athletes to West Point helped the Black Knights land a 2017 recruiting class ranked No. 16 by WIN Magazine, No. 21 by InterMat and No. 23 by The Open Mat.

Before his stint at Army West Point, Pearsall spent the 2013-14 season at Rutgers where he also coached the Scarlet Knight Wrestling Club – a regional training center hosted by Rutgers. In their last season in the EIWA before transitioning to the Big Ten, the Scarlet Knights posted an 11-5 record in dual meets and finished third at a highly competitive EIWA Championships in The Palestra.

Competing for Penn State in college, Pearsall was a four-year starter for the Nittany Lions and a member of Penn State’s 2011, 2012, and 2013 NCAA championship teams under head coach Cael Sanderson. In 2013, Pearsall was fifth at the Big Ten Championships and a NCAA qualifier at 141 pounds. Pearsall graduated from Penn State in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation and human services. A product of Lititz, Pa., Pearsall was a high school standout at Warwick High School.

Pearsall competed in freestyle for PAWF, earning USAW Junior freestyle All-American honors. A USA Wrestling Bronze Certified coach, Pearsall previously served as Director of the West Point Wrestling Club, coaching athletes at UWW Junior Nationals and the U.S. Open in Las Vegas. In addition, he has continued his involvement with PAWF as a coach for the Cadet and Junior teams competing at Fargo.

Pearsall and his wife, Maura, reside in Philadelphia.

Mark Hall joined #TheMovement as a volunteer assistant coach in June of 2021. 

Following a stellar collegiate career at Penn State, and three age-group World freestyle titles, Hall joined the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center (PRTC) and this spring captured the US Open title in freestyle.

A 2020 graduate from Penn State, Hall was the 2016-17 NCAA champion at 174 pounds. A three-time NCAA finalist, Hall was the NCAA's top seed at 174 going into the 2020 NCAA Championships before they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also was a four-time All-America and three-time Big Ten champion while compiling a remarkable 116-6 collegiate record. The Nittany Lions won the NCAA team title every year in which Hall competed.

"Becoming a coach has been a dream of mine since my freshman year of college," Hall said. "Prior to that, I was going to school to become a teacher. It is in my blood to provide others with life and athletic advice, and I could not be prouder to join the Penn wrestling staff so I can do just that. I can't wait to get to work and help these young men achieve their goals on and off the mat. I also believe this will be a step forward in continuing to commit my energy to accomplishing my competitive goals nationally, and internationally, to become the best athlete I can be."

Hall was one of the most decorated high school wrestlers over the past decade. He won the 2016 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award and became the first person to win six Minnesota State High School Championships. Hall ended an incredible interscholastic career with a 277-4 record—including 171 consecutive wins—and 189 career pins. Hall was a driving force as Apple Valley High School captured six straight state championships. He is the only wrestler ever to earn 12 combined individual and team state titles.

At the national level, Hall is the 2X reigning US Open Freestyle Champion and 2X National Team member. 

Hall's freestyle accolades also include being a two-time USA Wrestling UWW Junior National Champion and winning the 2016 UWW Junior Freestyle Outstanding Wrestler award. He won the FILA Cadet World Championship in 2014, won two Junior World Gold medals (2016 & 2017), was the 2018 Pan American Gold Medalist, and silver medalist at the 2021 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event in Rome, Italy. 

Hailing from Amarillo, Texas, Brandon is 3X Texas State Wrestling Champion. After high school, Brandon went on to graduate from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a dual concentration in Entrepreneurial Management and Finance in 1998. He is a 2X NCAA All-American and a 2X NCAA Finalist. He earned All-Ivy League status all four years in college and was the 1993 Ivy League Rookie of The Year.

At the open level, Brandon made his mark by winning the 2000 US Open in freestyle where he was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Later that summer, Brandon rose to worldwide acclaim by winning the Gold Medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

As a coach, Brandon has experienced great success. From 2009-2016, Brandon was USAW Assistant National Coach and Head Wrestling Coach at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. From 2014-2016, he was the USAW National Development Coach responsible for winning 7 World Golds and 19 overall medals with the Cadets and Juniors.

Brandon is a distinguished member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, the University of Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, the EIWA Hall of Fame, and the Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame.

Representatives from the PRTC will be on site as clinicians at each of our camp locations, and will vary depending upon their training, competition and travel availabilities. These include:

• Brandon Slay – Head Coach and Executive Director PRTC. Olympic Champion and Olympic Coach, Penn Wrestling alumnus
• Jordan Burroughs - 5x World and Olympic Champion, NCAA Champion
• Joey McKenna – 2021 USA Olympic Team alternate, USA National Team Member
• Mark Hall – NCAA and US Open Champion
• Dave McFadden – U23 National Champion, 4X NCAA All American
  
• Richard Perry – 2X US Open Finalist, USA National Team Member
  

Counselors will include members of the University of Pennsylvania Wrestling Team

Kevin McGuigan joined #TheMovement as the Director of Operations in July 2021

McGuigan is a former NCAA Division 1 wrestler and coach. Having been involved with wrestling since he was five years old, McGuigan coached for 34 years before taking on an administrative role. He competed collegiately at Shippensburg University before starting his coaching career in 1987 at his high school alma mater Upper Darby High School in Southeastern Pennsylvania. At Upper Darby, for seven seasons, he coached several state qualifiers and medalists including a state finalist while helping the program win their first Central League Championship in 15 years. He created and coached a summer wrestling program that attracted elite wrestlers from around the region. 

In 1994, McGuigan was hired as the Head Assistant Wrestling Coach at George Mason University. In the three years he was with the program, the Patriots had 12 NCAA Division 1 National Qualifiers, an All-American, two rookie All-Americans, and several Academic All-Americans. The team won the CAA Championship every year that McGuigan was on staff while breaking the scoring record each time. He coached two athletes at the 1996 US Olympic Team Trials. One of those athletes, Johnny Curtis, qualified for the US National Team at 90kg.

McGuigan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from George Mason. He moved to Southern New Jersey, where he became an Assistant Coach at Washington Township High School. He coached a number of state medalists and a state champion while with the Minutemen.  McGuigan is among only a few coaches who have coached in the high school state finals of both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

While coaching in high school, McGuigan worked with Roger Reina as a coach for the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club. At the same time, he created a non-profit youth wrestling club in South Jersey. Patriot Wrestling Club has been in operation for 18 years and is now run by former Patriot wrestlers. McGuigan also coached with former Penn Head Coach Rob Eiter at the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club. 

McGuigan is also the Director of Operations for the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center and the Grants Coordinator for Beat the Streets Philadelphia. He is a board member for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Wrestlers in Business Network and the creator of the Philly Wrestling social media accounts.