Northwestern Head Wrestling Coach, Drew Pariano, has announced the addition of Bill Scherr as the Director of Olympic Development for the Wildcat Wrestling Club. 

Scherr, a former World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist, was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1998.  Bill was instrumental in Northwestern’s resurgence as he has coached Jake Herbert to multiple NCAA Championships as well as a World Silver Medal in 2009.  Scherr also mentored Dustin Fox to the 2008 NCAA and Big Ten Title as well as Mike Tamillow and Matt Delguyd to Big Ten Championships.

Scherr will be directly involved with the 2012 Olympic Development of the Wildcat Wrestling Club in conjunction with the greater Chicago area.  Scherr will work with current Olympic hopeful Brandon Precin (55kg) as well as Junior World Team member Lee Munster (84kg).  In addition, Scherr will be training Olympic hopefuls who will be moving into the Chicago area in preparation for the Olympic Trials which are scheduled to take place in Iowa City, April 21st and 22nd, 2012.

Scherr comes to the Wildcat Wrestling Club from the financial sector where he is a vice president at Goldman Sachs & Co.  He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1984 where he was a three-time All-American and 1984 NCAA National Champion. He received his MBA in 1989 from the Indiana University Kelley Graduate School of Business. While at Indiana, he served as assistant wrestling coach from 1985-89. In 1989 he helped coach the Hoosiers to an undefeated 14-0 record and a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships.

Bill Scherr’s Wrestling Resumé
* 1985 World Champion; five-time World Medalist 
* 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist 
* Distinguished Member of National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Class of 1998 
* South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2003. 
* 1984 NCAA National Champion; three-time All-American 
* 1980 National Junior USA Wrestling (USAW) Champion 
* Six-time USA Senior Freestyle National Champion (1982, ’87, ’88, ’89, ’90, ’92). 
* National Senior Greco-Roman Champion 
* 1988 Pan American Games Champion 
* 1990 Goodwill Games Gold Medalist 

International Experience

Bill won five consecutive world-level medals during his wrestling career, including a World Championship in 1985 and an Olympic bronze in 1988.

He has been an active member of the U.S. and world wrestling communities for more than 20 years, serving as a distinguished coach at the collegiate and national level. In addition to competing in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Bill has a personal connection to the Olympic movement and was a chairperson for the 2016 Chicago Olympic Bid.

Professionally, Bill has more than 15 years of business and investment-banking experience. He is currently a vice president in Goldman Sachs’ Private Wealth Management group and has been with the company since 1990.