C.D. Mock Position: Head Coach Experience: Seventh Season Education: North Carolina, 1982

• ACC Coach of the Year (2005, 2006)
• ACC Champions (2005, 2006)
• NCAA Champion (1982)

C.D. Mock, a 1982 Carolina graduate, is in his seventh season as head coach of the University of North Carolina wrestling program. The 2005 and 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, Mock was named head coach on Sept. 30, 2002, and assumed the duties of head coach with the retirement of 30-year veteran Bill Lam following the 2002-03 season.

In six short years, Mock has led a revitalization of the Tar Heel program and captured back-to-back ACC titles in 2005 and 2006. Last season, the Tar Heels went 13-9 overall and 4-1 in the much-improved ACC. Carolina also sent seven qualifiers to the NCAA Championships for its highest total under Mock and most since 2003.

In 2005, Mock guided two-time All-America Evan Sola to a sixth-place finish at 133 pounds, which was good for a 24th-place team finish at the NCAA Championships and the Tar Heels' best national showing since 1997.

In addition, Mock has mentored 12 conference champions in his five years as head coach.

Mock, who owns an 59-50-1 dual match record, has scheduled some of the nation's top teams over the last six seasons and, along with his staff, has recruited some of the country's top high school talent to Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels 2008-09 crop of newcomers was rated No. 17 nationally by InterMat. Additionally, Carolina was one of five programs honored for making a "notable move" in their recruiting efforts entering last season.

Prior to the 2003-04 season, Mock worked as an assistant coach for Lam for three years and was involved in all aspects of Carolina wrestling. He was an integral part of the 2003 Atlantic Coast Conference championship squad.

In 1982, Mock became Carolina's first NCAA champion and was one of the leaders of the Tar Heel team that finished fifth at the NCAA Championships. He finished that season a perfect 35-0 en route to the national title at 134 pounds and also received the prestigious Patterson Medal, which is presented to the UNC senior student-athlete that best demonstrates athletic excellence.

Mock won three ACC titles while at Carolina and was a two-time All-America. He posted a career record of 108-9, good for a .923 winning percentage, which ranks third all-time in Carolina history. He also had a career record of 64-4 in ACC competition.

Mock returned to his alma mater from Newtown, Pa., where he was the president of Equity Consultants Company and the wrestling coach at Council Rock High. In his first season back in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels placed third in the ACC before posting a 14-5 mark and finishing second in the league in the 2001-02 season.

Mock wrestled for four seasons at Council Rock High School, in Newtown, Pa., where he won a state title in his senior season and graduated from Council Rock in 1978.

Mock lives in Chapel Hill with his wife, Mickie, son, Corey, and daughter, Chelsea. Mickie is a UNC graduate and was a member of the gymnastics team. She currently works for Duke Urgent Care as a physician's assistant. Chelsea attends Carolina. Corey won four North Carolina state wrestling championships at Chapel Hill High School and is currently training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., as a freestyle wrestling resident athlete.