Pat Pecora started his wrestling career at Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport, PA.  As a senior he placed third in the Pennsylvania State Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament.  In the fall of 1971 he enrolled at West Liberty State College and was a member of their wrestling team where he became a four-year starter and a three-time All-Conference selection.  Pat wrestled his final two seasons at WLSC for Hall of Fame Coach Vince Monseau.  He won the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as a senior and twice participated in the NAIA National Wrestling Tournament.    After spending one year as the head wrestling coach at East Allegheny H.S. in Pennsylvania, Pat accepted the head wrestling coach position at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in the fall of 1976.  He is currently serving in his twenty seventh year at the school.  His Mountain Cats squads have finished in the top twenty in the nation a total of nineteen times.  They have posted a dual meet record of 346-99-3. Pat has tutored 90 Wrestling All-Americans and 51 Academic All-Americans.  Seven of his wrestlers have won a total of thirteen National Championships between them, including heavyweight Carleton Haselrig who won three NCAA II and three NCAA I National Championships.  In 1996 and 1999, Pecora's teams won the NCAA II National Championship.  They have captured fifteen NCAA East Regional Championships.    Pat has served the NCAA II and the sport of wrestling in many leadership capacities.  He has served two terms as the NCAA II Wrestling Coaches Association president and he spent ten years as the representative of the NCAA II to the National Wrestling Coaches Association.  He was a featured clinician at the YES Clinic for the 2002 NCAA II National Wrestling Tournament.  In 1995 and 1999, Pecora was named the NCAA II National Wrestling "Coach of the Year."  In 1999, he was awarded the National Wrestling Coaches Association Coaching Excellence Award given to the best coach in all divisions.  Ten times he has been selected as the NCAA East Regional "Coach of the Year."  Pat has previously been inducted in four other Hall of Fames including the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame - East Boro Chapter in 1999, the Cambria County Hall of Fame in 1998, the West Liberty State College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2001.     Pat and his wife Tracy live in Johnstown, PA.  They have four children Cristina, Marco, Marina and Nico.