Andy Seras of Newtown, Conn., has been named 2001 Greco-Roman Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling. This is the first time that Seras has received this prestigious award.    Seras was a key member of the coaching staff for the 2001 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team, which had the greatest performance ever by a U.S. team at the World Championships. The United States placed third in the standings and captured one of the World Championships team trophies for the first time. Included in the outstanding performance were three medalists, World champion Rulon Gardner and World silver medalists Brandon Paulson and Matt Lindland.    Seras was selected as the assistant coach for the U.S. World Team, and worked with the team in this capacity during its training period. However, when head coach Joe DeMeo was injured and could not attend the World Championships, Seras assumed additional responsibility on the coaching staff, serving as the head coach.    Seras was also the head coach of the 2001 U.S. Greco-Roman World Cup team, which competed in France in November and placed third in the standings. The U.S. had four individual medalists, including champion Dremiel Byers. Seras served as assistant coach of the 2001 U.S. team at Ptlyasinski Tournament in Poland, as well as assistant Coach of U.S. tour team that competed in Russia and Sweden.    He has coached a number of U.S. teams on international tours. He is a club coach with the Atlas Wrestling Club and the Sunkist Kids. He has also served on the coaching staff of the Connecticut Junior National Team in 1999 and 2000.    Seras works as an assistant wrestling coach at Div. I Sacred Heart Univ., and was previously an assistant coach at SUNY-Albany.     Seras was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team. He was the 1991 Pan American Games champion, and placed second in the 1995 Pan American Games. Seras claimed a gold medal at the 1994 World Cup. He competed on five U.S. World teams, placing sixth in the 1991 World Championships and ninth in the 1989 World Championships. Seras won five U.S. National titles and made the finals of the U.S. Greco-Roman National Championships for 12 straight years. Seras competed during his international Greco-Roman career for the Adirondack TWA, Jets USA and the New York AC.    He competed for SUNY-Albany, where he was a 1985 NCAA Div. III national champion. He is originally from Niskayuna, N.Y., where he was fourth in the New York state high school meet. Seras was a two-time placewinner at the Junior World Championships.     USA Wrestling will be announcing major award winners each day this week on TheMat.com, the official web page of the Amateur Wrestling Alliance.    PAST GRECO-ROMAN COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS  2001 - Andy Seras, Sandy Hook, Conn., Sunkist Kids  2000 - Dan Chandler, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota Storm  1999 - Dan Chandler, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota Storm  1998 - Jay Antonelli, Quantico, Va., U.S. Marines  1997 - Dan Chandler, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota Storm  1996 - Rob Hermann, Pensacola, Fla., U.S. Navy  1995 - Dan Chandler, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota Storm  1994 - Dan Chandler, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota USA Wrestling  1993 - Tony Thomas, Fort Benning, Ga., U.S. Army  1992 - Rob Hermann, Pensacola, Fla., U.S. Navy