Red Raider Wrestling
Coaching Staff

Luke Evjen
Student Assistant

Matt Schmidt
Strength and Conditioning Coach

Matt Schmidt is the Head Athletic Trainer for the Northwestern Athletic Department and serves as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the wrestling team. Coach Schmidt is a 2000 graduate of Northwestern and received a Physical Education degree with an emphasis on Athletic Training. In 2005, he received his Master's Degree in Exercise Science from the University of South Dakota.

In 2003, Coach Schmidt returned to Orange City to work as an athletic trainer for Northwestern. Schmidt generates the year-round week by week lifting programs for the wrestling team as well as five other athletic programs at Northwestern College. In his free time he serves as a trainer for USA Wrestling events such as the World Team Trials held in Council Bluffs in recent years and the USA Wrestling Cadet/Junior Nationals held in Fargo, N.D. each July.

Coach Schmidt and his wife, Gena (Fiihr, 2000) reside in Orange City and have a daughter and two sons; Gabby (7), Gage (5), and Grady (2).