King College, an NAIA institution located in Bristol, Tenn., announced that it has hired Doug Reese of Morris, Minn. as its head wrestling coach.    "When Doug spent time on our campus, it was obvious that he was the best fit for our institution and to lead our wrestling program," said athletic director Brad Horstmann. "He has both a wealth and breadth of experiences that will be invaluable as we implement intercollegiate wrestling as a part of our comprehensive athletic program.  I have no doubt that Doug will build a program with the kind of student-athletes that we want at King College and in time we will field a very competitive wrestling team.  We are very much looking forward to Doug's arrival on our campus in November."     King College has added a varsity wrestling program which will start competition during the 2005-06 season.    Reese most recently served as assistant to the Athletic Director and Head Wrestling Coach at the Univ. of Minnesota-Morris. He coached both the men's and women's wrestling teams there, and worked for UM-Morris from 1991-2004. UM-Morris dropped the sport of wrestling at the conclusion of the 2004 season.    Reese has a long history of wrestling coaching experience, on the international, college and high school levels. He is a Gold Certified coach in USA Wrestling's National Coaches Education Program, the highest level of achievement in coaching certification.    "This is very exciting," said Reese. "It is refreshing to see a college want to expand its athletic opportunities and start a wrestling program. I see a commitment at King College. Everything is in place to develop an exciting program."    "I'd much rather be in this situation, to build something from scratch," said Reese. "I look forward to bringing in a class of students and seeing the program get competitive over a few years. I also look forward to coaching in the NAIA again."    While at UM-Morris, Reese was a trailblazer, developing the first varsity women's college wrestling team in history. Between his men's and women's program, Reese developed 27 national champions and 138 All-Americans from his teams. His women's wrestling team won the USA Wrestling Senior Nationals team title in 1998, and won University Nationals team titles four times.    While at UM-Morris, Reese also served as a head coach for the women's cross-country team and as an assistant football coach.    Among his other wrestling coaching jobs was the head wrestling coach at Geneva Community High School in Illinois from 1981-82. He also served as an assistant football coach at Michigan Technological University, Wheaton College and Wheaton North High School (Ill.)    Since 2000, Reese has served as Executive Director of To the Next Level Sports Network, a worldwide internet sports ministry.    Reese was Vice-President of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches Association from 1999-2000. He also chaired the NAIA Cultural Exchange Committee for two years.    He served many major coaching assignments within USA Wrestling. Reese was head coach of the 1998 and 1999 Women's Junior World Teams, as well as the 1998 Pan American Championships Team. He was an assistant coach on the 1997 and 1998 U.S. Women's Senior World Teams, as well as the 1995 Cadet World Freestyle Team. He served seven years as a member of USA Wrestling's Board of Directors as well as on five different USA Wrestling standing committees. He chaired the Women's Wrestling Committee from 1996-1999.    "We are tremendously excited about the expansion of our athletic program.  We want to offer a comprehensive program and the addition of wrestling will help us do that," said Horstmann.    King College has 812 students, and recently opened a new student center. Wrestling is one of seven new sports added to King College in the past two years.  King is in the Appalachian Athletic Conference, and this will be the first wrestling program in this league.    "We hope that when we have success other institutions in the Appalachian Athletic Conference will follow our lead and add this outstanding competitive sport," said Horstmann. "We are not interested in just having a wrestling program, but rather we want to try and compete at the highest possible level in the NAIA."    For more information on King College, visit their athletic website at  www.king.edu/athletics