Scotti Sentes enters his fourth season on the Campbell coaching staff in 2019-20.

Sentes was elevated to associate head coach following the 2018-19 season that saw the Camels capture their second SoCon tournament title in three years.

In addition to the program’s second SoCon tournament title in three years, the Camels also earned their first ever regular season conference championship in 2019. CU earned a share of the SoCon dual title with a 5-1 league mark to go along with a 7-1 overall dual record, both program bests.

Campbell sent a school record six to the NCAA Championships in 2019. Eight total Camels earned spots on the podium at the SoCon Championships, with all 10 wrestling for medals.

During the season, CU earned its first ever top-25 national ranking. The Camels also fashioned a 10th place finish at the prestigious Midlands Championships, an all-time best for the program.

Additionally, Campbell took National Wresting Coaches Association Division I Academic Team honors for the third-straight year. The Camels finished 13th nationally in the standings with an outstanding 3.28 team GPA, posting a top-25 academic finish for the fifth time in program history. Campbell took ninth in 2017-18 after finishing No. 21 in 2016-17.

In his three seasons in Buies Creek, 13 Camels have qualified for the NCAA Championships, with seven SoCon champions and 19 total medalists in SoCon tournament action.

Sentes came to Campbell after spending three years as the head assistant coach at Cal Poly under Coach Brendan Buckley. He helped push the team to raise its GPA from a 2.39 in 2012 to a 2.77 cumulative average in 2015-16 as well as sending three grapplers to the NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships.

Sentes initiated Cal Poly’s first outdoor wrestling match in 2013 which started a nationwide trend for programs to hold their own outdoor wrestling matches. He bolstered the Mustangs social media footprint increasing the programs likes by 330% on Facebook, doubling the followers on Twitter and gained nearly 1,750 followers on Instagram after only a year after the pages establishment.

Sentes was a four-time NCAA Championship qualifier earning All-American status twice for the Chippewas. He placed fourth in the NCAA finals at 133 pounds as a junior in 2011 and seventh at 125 as a freshman in 2009.

He won the Mid-American conference title in 2009 and 2011 while claiming third in 2010 and 2013. Sentes amassed a 108-33 career record at Central Michigan, going 55-12 in duals and 17-1 against MAC competition.

While wrestling at Central Michigan, Sentes was active in helping as a clinician for wrestling clinics and camps. He founded and was the head coach of Team Anaconda Blood and was a coach for National Team Florida, which prepared wrestlers for national competition during the high school offseason. He was also an instructor for the Riverdale Wrestling Club while still wrestling in high school.

Sentes was a four-time Florida state high school champion while attending Riverdale High School, compiling a 213-3 career prep record and winning his last 140 matches. He also finished runner-up in the state finals at 103 pounds while competing with the varsity as an eight-grader in 2004. He was 51-0 with 36 falls as a senior. Sentes also won a senior nationals title in 2008.

Sentes joined the Cal Poly coaching ranks after graduating from Central Michigan in 2013 after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in English.