Lauren Louive Announced as Kent State Women's Wrestling Assistant Coach
10/12/2026 6:00:00 PM | Women's Wrestling
KENT, Ohio — Kent State Women's Wrestling Head Coach, Clay Wenger announced today the hiring of Lauren Louive as Assistant Women's Wrestling Coach for the Golden Flashes; the first assistant coach hire in program history.
"We are excited to add Lauren to the coaching staff," said Coach Wenger. "She has coached and competed at the highest level, but most importantly she exemplifies outstanding character! It's going to be a fun journey!"
Louive joins Kent State as an elite coach and athlete in the women's wrestling landscape with over 20 years of experience. Her expertise in freestyle wrestling propelled her as a former Team USA member and finalist for the United States Wrestling squad for the 2024 Paris Olympic games at team trials. She also competed in Olympic trials in 2016 and 2020.
Her most recent collegiate coaching experience came at Division III Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She brings experience from Cornell College in the successful build of a program in its early development. Before that, Louive served as an assistant coach at The Askren Wrestling Academy in Wisconsin, where she led the women's program and assisted the men's program as well.
In Louive's wrestling career, she was a four-time WCWA All-American at the University of the Cumberlands. After that, she became the first female to wrestle for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club from 2015-2019. Internationally, she was the 2020 U.S. Open/Senior National Champion and Klippan Lady Open Champion (Sweden). Also in 2020, she was a bronze medalist at the Pan American Championships, and a silver medalist in 2012. In 2017, Louive became an international champion at the Dave Schultz memorial International Open.
Louive, a Massillon, Ohio native, graduated from the University of the Cumberlands with a triple major in Biology, Exercise Science & Sport Science, and Public Health in 2013. In 2015, she graduated from the Cumberlands with a Masters of Arts in Teaching.
Lauren Louive started her new position with the Flashes on Monday, Oct. 12.
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