Kutztown University has named Ziad Haddad as head wrestling coach, the school announced Friday. Haddad, a two-time NCAA Division II national champion and Kutztown Athletics Hall of Famer, becomes the eighth head coach in program history and succeeds Robert Fisher, who is retiring after 25 seasons leading the program.

Haddad wrestled for Fisher, winning back-to-back heavyweight national titles in 2014 and 2015, and has served two stints as an assistant under Fisher, including the past four seasons. Since returning to the staff in 2022-23, Haddad has helped the Golden Bears compile a 29-12 dual record, finish as runner-up at the NCAA Division II Super Region 1 Championships in both 2025 and 2026 and post the program's best-ever finish of eighth at the 2025 NCAA Division II Championships. Across his two stints as an assistant, Haddad has coached 12 All-Americans and five Super Regional champions.

As a competitor at Kutztown, Haddad built one of the most decorated careers in program history. An Orefield, Pa., native, he joined the Golden Bears in 2012-13 after two years at North Carolina and made an immediate impact, going 27-5 and earning the first of three All-America honors. In 2013-14, he went a perfect 25-0, won his first national title and was named Division II National Wrestler of the Year. He followed that with a 30-0 season in 2014-15 and became the first Kutztown wrestler to win back-to-back national championships, joining Joe Kemmerer as the program's only multi-time national champions. He was named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the PSAC Championships and Most Dominant Wrestler at the NCAA Division II Championships that year.

Haddad finished his Kutztown career with an 82-5 record and a 40-1 mark in duals with 22 pins. He is one of three Golden Bears to record an undefeated season and the only one to do it twice, and ranks sixth in career wins and tied for fifth in career pins in program history. He was named KU Male Athlete of the Year in 2014 and 2015 and KU Male Senior Athlete of the Year in 2015. Haddad was inducted into the Kutztown Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021 and will be enshrined in the NWCA Jim Koch Division II Men's Wrestling Hall of Fame next month.

Haddad graduated from Kutztown in 2018 with a degree in social studies. He and his wife Shelly have five sons. He steps into his new role July 27.