Staff Directory
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- Assistant Women's Wrestling Coach
Lauren Louive arrived to Kent State in October of 2026 as the school's first-ever Women's Wrestling Assistant Coach. 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; where she assisted in the successful build of the program on the inaugural staff. 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.
