Paul Reid begins his eighth season as head coach of the wrestling team at Ohio Wesleyan University.
In their seventh season since their return to varsity status, the Bishops sent a wrestler to the NCAA Division III championship meet for the first time since 1979.
In 2023-24, Ohio Wesleyan finished 14th of 19 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Regional tournament, with 2 wrestlers placing.
The 2022-23 Bishops placed 10th of 20 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Regional tournament, with 3 wrestlers placing.
During the 2021-22 season, the Bishops placed 15th of 20 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Regional tournament, with 2 wrestlers placing.
The 2019-20 Bishops placed 16th of 18 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Regional tournament, with one wrestler placing. Along the way, Ohio Wesleyan hosted its first intercollegiate wrestling meet in 35 years.
Reid oversaw Ohio Wesleyan's reinstatement of wrestling to varsity status in 2018-19, with the Bishops finishing 17th of 19 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Regional tournament, with one wrestler placing at the regional tournament.
He came to Ohio Wesleyan from Alfred (N.Y.) State College, where he was head coach for 3 seasons. At Alfred State, Reid rebuilt the wrestling program as it made the transition to NCAA Division III status. In 2016-17, the Pioneers finished second at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association regional meet, 13th at the NCWA national championship, and sixth in the nation at the national duals. His 2015-16 team was 14th at the NCWA national championship meet and the 2014-15 Pioneers placed 27th nationally. While at Alfred State, Reid coached 3 All-Americans, including a national finalist.
Prior to Alfred State, Reid helped build the wrestling program at Iowa Western Community College as the head assistant coach beginning with the Reivers' inaugural season in 2011-12. At Iowa Western, Reid helped the team to an eighth-place national finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association championship, and he helped coach 5 All-Americans.
Reid was an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 2 seasons, helping the Warhawks to a pair of runner-up finishes in the rugged Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and a 29th-place finish at the NCAA Division III championship meet in 2010. While at Whitewater, Reid helped coach 3 All-Americans and 8 national qualifiers.
He began his collegiate coaching career as assistant wrestling coach at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke in 2008-09.
Reid is a 2008 graduate of Coe (Iowa) College, where he wrestled for 4 years with the Kohawks. He continued his education with a master's degree in physical education from North Carolina-Pembroke.
He is a native of Fort Madison, Iowa.
