Tom Tomeo of Grove City, Pa. has joined the national women's coaching staff through the U.S. Olympic Committee Resident Coaches Scholarship Program.    Tomeo will be working with USA Wrestling National Women's Coach Terry Steiner, and will coach elite women wrestlers at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., as well as assist in all aspects of the national women's wrestling program.    Tomeo has a strong background as a men's college wrestling coach, as well as a club coach within women's wrestling.     "Tom brings a lot of knowledge, plus a great rapport with the women wrestlers," said National Women's Coach Terry Steiner. "He has been around women's wrestling for awhile. He brings more eyes and ears into our practice room. Tom provides a different perspective, which is also very good."    Tomeo most recently served two years as an assistant wrestling coach for the men's team at the Univ. of Buffalo, a successful Div. I wrestling program.     He also spent a half-season as a coach of the men's team at Cumberland College, an NAIA program in Kentucky. While Tomeo was at Cumberland, the team had a national champion and six All-Americans.    The previous year, Tomeo was an assistant coach for the men's team at Div. I Slippery Rock Univ. in Pennsylvania. While part of the program, Slippery Rock had its first All-American in a decade and a winning dual meet record.    He has been coaching women's wrestling on the Senior level since 2000. Tomeo is a member of the women's coaching staff for the Sunkist Kids, one of the most successful wrestling clubs in the world. Among the athletes he has coached is his younger sister Erin Tomeo, a three-time U.S. Nationals runner-up and member of the 2001 U.S. World Team.    He also has extensive background as a coach and clinician at various summer wrestling academies, working with developing young athletes.    Tomeo was a NCAA All-American for Clarion Univ., where he also won an EWL title. He received a bachelor's degree in biology. He was a two-time state champion for Grove City High School in Pennsylvania, winning the Class AA title as a junior and the Class AAA title as a senior.    "I am very excited about this opportunity, not only for myself by for the women wrestlers," said Tomeo. "Anytime you are involved with an organization that is on the fast track, it is an exciting time. It will be challenging; I will be able to work with different personalities and styles. I couldn't hope to work with a more professional, focused and dedicated person than Terry Steiner, which makes any transition easier."    The purpose of the USOC Resident Coaches' Scholarship Program is to provide a development or mentor situation for scholarship coaches to improve their skills. The basic objective is to facilitate the development of new coaches and enhance the ranks of future national and Olympic coaches. There is an educational component of the scholarship program, and the coaches are expected to attend all practices and integrate themselves totally into their sports program. The funding for the program comes from the U.S. Olympic Committee's Coaching and Sports Science Division.