Hiram College

Dustin Porter is entering his third season as head coach of the Terriers wrestling program in 2026-27 and fifth season with Hiram College overall after beginning with the program in 2022.

This past season saw Porter lead Hiram to a fourth-place finish at the PAC Championships, which was highlighted by a PAC Title and PAC Newcomer of the Year award for freshman Taveon Moss, who also set the single-season record for pins. Freshman Dino Longo and senior Will Brodbeck also earned all-confence honors under the leadership of Porter throughout the season.

In 2024-25, he spearhead the program in its return to the Presidents' Athletic Conference. The Terriers finished the season with a fourth place season at the PAC championships. Lewis Deloach, Jimmy Thomas, and Jaden Bell all finished with all conference selections, with Bell coming one win away from a PAC championship. 

In his first two seasons with the program as an assistant coach, Porter helped the team to a third-place finish in the AMCC and three all-conference award winners in 2022-23, as well as major strides throughout the roster in its final year in the AMCC in 2023-24.

Porter previously served at Lake Erie College from 2017-22 as a volunteer assistant coach. He also was an assistant at Tiffin University (2011-17) and Gardner-Webb University (2010). Tiffin had 18 NCAA Division II National Qualifiers while Porter was on its men's wrestling staff.

Porter hails from Burton, Ohio, where he began his wrestling career as a two-time state qualifier at Berkshire High School. He went on to compete at Division I Gardner-Webb University (Boiling Springs, NC) beginning in 2006, where he was a four-time Division I National Qualifier and a four-time East Regional Champion with the Runnin' Bulldogs.

In 2010, Porter graduated from Gardner-Webb with a bachelor's degree in business. He is a member of the Gardner-Webb Athletic Hall of Fame.