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Wabash College Athletics

Coach Dan Del Gallo

Daniel Del Gallo

Del Gallo joined the Wabash program in 2018 as a volunteer assistant and was elevated to full-time assistant.in 2021. He was named associate head coach in July 2024.

Del Gallo helped Wabash finish second at the 2022 NCAA Division III National Wrestling Tournament, the highest finish in program history. Wabash finished one point behind tournament champion Wartburg College. The Little Giants sent seven national qualifiers to the tournament and earned five All-America awards, including three national runner-ups.

Wabash picked up three National Wrestling Coaches Association All-America honors in 2020 after the national tournament was canceled. The Little Giants were ranked number one in the nation before the start of the 2020-21 season. Wabash has also placed fourth at the NWCA National Duals twice during Del Gallo's time with the program and won the 2019 NCAA DIII Midwest Regional title.

Prior to his arrival at Wabash, Del Gallo spent one season as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, the University of Southern Maine. The Huskies sent two national qualifiers to the NCAA Tournament that year. Del Gallo was the Division III national champion at 149 pounds while competing at Southern Maine. He qualified for the national tournament in 2015, 2016, and 2017 and earned the New England Wrestling Coaches Association College Wrestler of the Year Award in 2017. He is a two-time Maine Amateur Wrestling Alliance College Wrestler of the Year (2016, 2017) and holds the Southern Maine record for all-time victories with a career mark of 137-19. 

Del Gallo was inducted into the University of Southern Maine Husky Hall of Fame in 2022 and the Main Amateur Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame in 2023.

Del Gallo earned Scholar All-America honors all four years while competing for the Huskies. He received the NCAA Elite 90 Award in 2015 and again in 2016 with the highest grade-point average among all competitors at the national tournament. Del Gallo is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America selection, earning First Team honors in 2017 after garnering Second Team honors in 2016. He received the New England Wrestling Association Student-Athlete of the Year Award and the University of Southern Maine Student-Athlete of the Year Award in 2016.

Del Gallo graduated summa cum laude from Southern Maine in 2017 with a double-major in philosophy and sociology.