| Title: | Head Wrestling Coach/HPSS Department Chair |
| Phone: | 419-772-2453 |
| Email: | r-beaschler@onu.edu |
Ron Beaschler is in his 24th season as head wrestling coach at ONU after taking over the reins during the 1988-89 campaign. Beaschler served as an assistant from 1986-88.
Beaschler is the chairperson of the Human Performance and Sport Sciences department. He also is an assistant professor in the department and coordinates the sport management program at Ohio Northern.
In his 23 seasons at the helm of the ONU wrestling program, Beaschler’s teams have posted a 234-177-4 record. Beaschler enters the 2011-12 season as the all-time winningest coach in ONU history. He also has the longest tenure as head wrestling coach at ONU.
He was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Hall of Fame in 2008.
During his time at ONU, Beaschler has coached three National Champions, two National Runners-up, 18 All-Americans, 31 Scholar All-Americans and nine Scholar All-American Teams.
He was named OAC Coach of the Year in 1993.
Beaschler currently serves as the Weight Management Program liaison to the NCAA Wrestling Committee.
He also served as chair of Division III NCAA Wrestling committee for two years, was the president of the National Wrestling Coaches Association, which represents all collegiate and scholastic wrestling in the United States and was the Division III representative on the NWCA executive board of directors.
Beaschler graduated from Ohio Northern in 1986 with bachelors degrees in management and sports management. He received his masters degree in education from Bowling Green State in 1988.
Ron resides in Ada with his wife Christy, an ONU alumni (1987) and 2001 inductee of the Northern Athletic Hall of Fame, and their sons John (a current member of the ONU Swimming team), Christopher and Zachary.
Wrestling under Beaschler
| Year | Record | Pct. | OAC | Pct. | OAC Tournament |
| 2011 | 13-3 | .813 | 5-1 / 2nd | .833 | 3rd |
| 2010 | 16-10 | .615 | 6-0 / Champs | 1.000 | 3rd |
| 2009 | 11-10 | .524 | 5-1 / 2nd | .833 | 4th |
| 2008 | 11-8 | .579 | 5-1 / 2nd | .833 | 3rd |
| 2007 | 10-12 | .455 | 6-0 / Champs | 1.000 | 4th |
| 2006 | 10-8 | .556 | 5-1 / 2nd | .833 | 3rd |
| 2005 | 12-4 | .750 | 6-0 / Champs | 1.000 | 2nd |
| 2004 | 6-8 | .429 | 5-1 / Co-Champs | .833 | 7th |
| 2003 | 6-12 | .333 | 4-2 / 3rd | .667 | 5th |
| 2002 | 11-7 | .611 | 4-2 / 3rd | .667 | 2nd |
| 2001 | 17-4 | .810 | 7-0 / Champs | 1.000 | Champions |
| 2000 | 9-5 | .643 | 6-0 / Champs | 1.000 | 3rd |
| 1999 | 4-13 | .235 | |||
| 1998 | 3-13 | .188 | |||
| 1997 | 7-12 | .368 | |||
| 1996 | 13-10 | .565 | |||
| 1995 | 12-9 | .571 | |||
| 1994 | 10-7-1 | .583 | |||
| 1993 | 13-3 | .813 | |||
| 1992 | 9-6 | .600 | |||
| 1991 | 10-4-2 | .688 | |||
| 1990 | 12-6 | .667 | |||
| 1989 | 9-3-1 | .731 | |||
| 24-Year Totals | 234-177-4 | .569 | 61-12 | .836 |
| Title: | Assistant Wrestling Coach |
| Phone: | 419-772-3509 |
| Email: | r-yahrmarkt@onu.edu |
Rob Yahrmarkt is in his first season as an assistant coach at Ohio Northern.
Yahrmarkt comes to ONU after a one-year stint as assistant coach at Mount Union.
He was a four-year varsity lettermen and amassed more than 90 career victories in his outstanding career at Olivet (Mich.)
Yahrmarkt graduated from Olivet in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management.
He resides in Ada.
| Title: | Assistant Wrestling Coach |
Jay Salge is in his third season as an assistant coach at Ohio Northern.
Salge was a three-year letterman for the Polar Bears and wrestled at 165 pounds for Ohio Northern from 2004-07.
During his career, he competed in the 157, 165 and 174-pound weight classes.
In his senior season, Salge posted a career-high 15 victories and placed fifth at the Ashland Simonson Invitational.
He is a 2007 graduate of Ohio Northern with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Salge and his wife, Jama, reside in Lima, Ohio.
