Bio

In Brian Vutianitis' first season, Coker finished fifth in the NCAA Super Region II Tournament. Zachary Van Alst, who finished the season as the No. 12 wrestler on the Open Mat Latest Division II National Rankings, made his second appearance in the NCAA Division II Wrestling National Championship. Academically, Coker was tabbed fifth on the NWCA Top 20 Scolar All-America Teams List, with seven Cobras earning Scholar All-America Honors. 

During the last two seasons, Vutianitis was the Head Coach at the State University of New York at Ulster CC. Vutianitis coached the team to two runner-up finishes in the Region XV Invitational. Vutianitis went on to coach eight of his wrestlers to Top 4 finishes at the District tournament, sending two of those wrestlers to the District finals and qualifying seven of them for the NJCAA national tournament. Vutianitis also became the first wrestling coach in SUNY Ulster history to have a wrestler win multiple matches at the NJCAA tournament. During his two seasons with the Senators, the team consisted of seven Academic All-Conference athletes with two of those athletes earning Academic All-Region Honors.

In 2018-19, Vutianitis entered his first year as the Head Wrestling Coach for the Senators. Coach Vutianitis spent the two seasons prior as a varsity Assistant Coach at Warwick Valley High School where he assisted in coaching 13 sectional place winners and one NYS Champion. Vutianitis took over Ulster Wrestling as they entered their third season back on the mat after a 37 year hiatus when the program was cut in 1979. 

In addition to his coaching duties, Vutianitis is also the club President and founder of Vision Wrestling Club. Vision is a wrestling club that is home to many top level wrestlers throughout the Section IX area of New York. Vision Wrestling Club’s mission is to expand upon the wrestling community of the Hudson Valley area by working with both small school and large school athletes as a whole. In his four-year stint with Vision Wrestling club, he coached three NYS Finalists and two NYS Champions, 14 Wrestlers to All- State honors and 18 Section IX Champions. The Vision Wrestling Barn is currently the local training facility for wrestlers who attend multiple collegiate wrestling programs including The Ohio State University and University of Michigan (NCAA DI), Queens University of Charlotte (NCAA DII), Coker University, Ithaca College and Johnson & Wales University (NCAA DIII) and more.

Coach Vutianitis started his wrestling career in New York at Warwick Valley High School, where he was a team and individual Section IX champion and state qualifier in 2011. After high school, Brian continued his wrestling career at NCAA DIII SUNY Cortland. During his time at SUNY Cortland, Brian was a part of a team that won the Empire Conference title in 2012 before winning two Northeast Regional titles in 2013 and 2014. During the 2014 Season Brian was All-Conference in the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference Championships along with being part of a team that finished fourth at the NWCA National Duals. During his final season at SUNY Cortland, Brian was named Team Captain and helped the Red Dragons to a sixth-place finish at the NWCA National Duals. 

Brian is a 2016 graduate of SUNY Cortland with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology.