Spenser Mango named 2025 USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Coach of the Year

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – Spenser Mango (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP) has been named the 2025 USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Coach of the Year. This is the fifth time Mango has won this prestigious honor. He also received the award in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Mango is a coach for the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, based in Fort Carson, Colorado. Half of the 2025 Senior World Team came out of Army WCAP—Ellis Coleman (63 kg), Alston Nutter (65 kg), Alejandro Sancho (72 kg), Kamal Bey (77 kg) and Michial Foy (97 kg). Army WCAP placed 10 athletes on the 2024-25 U.S. Senior Greco-Roman National Team by finishing in the top three in their weight classes, accounting for one-third of the National Team roster in this style.

Army WCAP placed first in the team standings at the 2025 CLAW U.S. Open Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, with five individual champions and 13 total All-Americans.

Mango has been one of the more active coaches for U.S. teams at the international level. He has helped coach numerous past U.S. Senior World Teams and was part of the coaching effort at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.

Mango was one of the top Greco-Roman athletes to compete for the U.S. Army WCAP program before retiring after the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials to become a coach. Mango competed in two Olympic Games — 2008 in Beijing, China, and 2012 in London, England. He also wrestled on six straight U.S. Senior World Teams (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015), giving him eight straight years as the No. 1 athlete in the USA at his weight class.

His top placement at a World Championships was fifth in 2013 and 2014. Domestically, Mango claimed seven U.S. Open titles. On the age-group levels, Mango won a 2007 University World title and a 2006 Junior World bronze medal.

Mango is a graduate of the University of Northern Michigan, where he competed on its U.S. Olympic Education Program Greco-Roman team. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Mango won two state titles for Christian Brothers College High School and was successful in Greco-Roman in USA Wrestling age-group program. SFC Spenser Mango continues to serve in the U.S. Army, having begun his service to the nation in August 2010.

Mango was presented the 2025 USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Coach of the Year award at the 2026 U.S. Open Championships.