Former Lehigh NCAA Champion Zach Rey enters his fourth season on the Lehigh coaching staff. A three-time All-American and the 2011 NCAA heavyweight champion, Rey returned to Lehigh as a volunteer assistant, while also working with the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club, but was elevated to full-time assistant coach in December 2019.
 
One of the most accomplished heavyweights in Lehigh wrestling history, Rey works with wrestlers across all weight classes, but specializes in the heavyweights. Rey trains regularly with Jordan Wood and in 2018-19 helped Wood win his second consecutive EIWA title, while also helping Wood earn his first All-America honor. In 2021, Wood became the first EIWA heavyweight to win four conference championships. He is also a two-time All-American.
 
Following his graduation from Lehigh in 2012, Rey trained with and competed for the LVWC. A three-time Pan American champion (2013, 2014, 2015) and two-time Cerro Pelado International champion, Rey is a two-time U.S. World Team Trials runner-up and also finished second at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
 
In 2015, Rey represented the United States at the World Championships in Las Vegas, competing at 125 kg/275 lbs.
 
Rey was a four-year starter and a three-time All-American at heavyweight for the Mountain Hawks. He finished third as a sophomore in 2010 and capped his career with a runner-up finish in 2012. As a junior in 2011, Rey won Lehigh’s 27th individual national championship in wrestling, defeating rival Ryan Flores of American in the finals at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
 
Rey posted a 116-14 record for Lehigh and currently ranks fourth on the school’s career wins list. He was a four-time EIWA finalist, winning a title in 2010, and won the prestigious Midlands Championships in December 2010. Rey also posted an eighth place finish in freestyle at the World University Championships prior to his junior season.
 
A native of Hopatcong, N.J., Rey was a two-time state champion and three-time place winner. Rey graduated from Lehigh in 2012 with a degree in earth and environmental science.
 
Rey and his wife Diane have three daughters, Emma, Zoey and Aria.