Blake Rosenbaum

Blake Rosenbaum was named assistant wrestling coach at Roanoke College in the summer of 2021 in advance of the inaugural season for the Maroons that is schedule to begin in the fall.

Rosenbaum spent the 2020-21 season as a volunteer assistant on head coach Nate Yetzer’s staff and comes to Roanoke after a stellar wrestling career at Ferrum College. Blake wrestled for Coach Yetzer and served as a three-time team captain with the Panthers. On the mat, Rosenbaum wrestled at 174 lbs. and graduated as Ferrum’s all time leader in pins and wins. After the 2017 season, Blake was named 2nd team All State and was a four-time Southeast Conference Champion, while placing in the top four in the East Region three times (1st, 4th, 4th). In 2019 Rosenbaum was the NCAA East Region Champion and a National Qualifier for the Panthers. After that 2019 season, Blake was named an Academic All-American.

After his wrestling career, Rosenbaum served as a volunteer assistant for Ferrum (2019-20) and followed his head coach and mentor to Salem. Beginning in 2019, Blake has served as the Head Coach for the Blue Ridge Wrestling Club, a position that he still holds in addition to his coaching duties at Roanoke College.