King's College Athletics

If ever there was a coach who truly symbolized his sport, King's College wrestling coach Ned McGinley would most certainly be that individual.

McGinley and King's Wrestling go "hand-in-hand" as the colorful veteran mentor enters his 41st year as the Monarch head coach in 2009-10. McGinley also serves as the College's Athletic Recruiting Coordinator, a position he has held since the 1999-2000 academic year following his early retirement from teaching in the Wyoming Valley West School District.

McGinley has posted a 399-331-1 mark at King's, but many of those losses were when King's wrestled at the Division II level before the program dropped down to Division III in 1980. Since then, McGinley has coached 41 College Division/Division III national tournament qualifiers; 16 NCAA Division III All-Americans; 19 Middle Atlantic Conference individual champions; five National Catholic Invitational Tournament winners; and 30 NCAA Division III Scholar All-Americans, while 12 of his wrestlers concluded undefeated dual-meet seasons.

In 2006-07, King's wrestling began a new era as the Monarchs began competing as members of the Metropolitan Wrestling Conference. In its first year in the conference, the Monarchs crowned two individual champions - David Morgan and Jason Reilly. Reilly would go on to earn all-American honors by placing fourth in the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Morgan, meanwhile, made history when he became McGinley's first-ever NCAA Division III national champion.

In 2007-08, McGinley had two more Metropolitan Conference titlists as Morgan and freshmen Mike Reilly earned trips to nationals. Morgan concluded his career by winning his second straight Division III national crown under McGinley's tutelage.

McGinley's teams have finished the season ranked among the NCAA Top-25 on 12 occasions and have won numerous tournament championships. Consistency has been a constant theme of McGinley's teams as the Monarchs have suffered only three sub-.500 season since 1983 and just four losing seasons since joining Division III in 1980.

In 2001-02, McGinley led the Monarchs to a school-record 24-2 mark and King's concluded the dual meet season ranked fourth nationally, its highest national ranking ever. The Monarchs also placed fourth in the first NWCA Division III National Duals

McGinley has produced a number of top teams during his storied coaching career. His 1996-97 squad was 19-3 while the 2000-01 team finished with a 19-2-1 record. In 2002-03, King's finished 11th in the Division III National Tournament and produced a pair of individual national runner-ups.

McGinley also spearheaded the effort which brought the 2002 NCAA Division III National Wrestling Tournament to Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre where King's served as co-host of the NCAA tourney with the University of Scranton.

McGinley is a 1961 graduate of Kingston High School (now Wyoming Valley West) where he was a three-year starter and a two-time District 2 champion and Northeast Regional Tournament runner-up at 98-pounds. McGinley, who served as a team captain as a senior, sported a 31-1-1 career dual meet record at Kingston.

He continued his wrestling career at Wilkes where he went 21-3-1 in dual meets over his three-year varsity career. he was runner-up of the 1962 Wilkes Open, regarded as "The Rose Bowl of Wrestling" and was an NAIA All-American third-place finisher in 1963. He was then MAC Runner-up in 1964-65 and was a two-time NCAA College Division national qualifier.

In May of 2008 McGinely received a great honor when he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Ned and his wife Mary Ellen reside in Wilkes-Barre. They have three children Seana, Edward Jr., and Bridget, along with five grandchildren.