On September 11, 2017, Hunter College Director of Athletics, Recreation and Intramurals, Terry Wansart announced the addition of MarcAntoni Macias as the head coach for the Hunter wrestling program.
In his first year at the head of the wrestling program, Macias increased the win total from a year prior to three with victories coming against Penn College, Kings College and Keystone College. To cap the season, he coached nine wrestlers who qualified for the NCAA Regionals and one, Nick Brutus, made it to the second day of competition but was ousted in the fifth round. Under Macias, both Brutus and Sean Miller earned National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American honors while the team earned the NWCA All-Academic Team award.
Macias was promoted after spending the 2016-17 season as an assistant coach for the Hawks. Additionally, he will move to the position of athletic program assistant, where he will be involved in academic, alumni and welfare efforts for the student-athletes.
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A prominent person in the New York City wrestling community, Macias spent three years as a head wrestling coach for the Beat The Streets initiative in NYC. While with the program from 2013 to 2016, he organized and managed operations, while providing wrestling technique to athletes of various abilities.
Macias has ten years of experience in the collegiate coaching world, beginning his career at Colorado State University – Pueblo. He spent one year as an assistant wrestling coach there where he helped lead three wrestlers to the NCAA Division II West Regionals.
Macias moved on to be an administrative assistant at the University of Maryland, assisting with the Maryland wrestling camp and performing daily administrative duties such as recruiting paperwork, video production and fundraising support.
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In 2010 he took a job at Bloomsburg University where he spent time as an academic advisor primarily for the wrestling team, while also working in game operations. As an assistant wrestling coach with the Huskies for two seasons, Macias helped guide the team to a 30-13 record, while coaching three wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Championships.
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Macias is also an accomplished wrestler, spending four years at Campbellsville University where he was a two-time NAIA National Qualifier. He graduated in 2008 with a B.S. in physical education from Campbellsville before receiving his Masters in counseling and college student affairs in 2013 from Bloomsburg.
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Macias is a USA Wrestling Bronze Certified coach.
