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Patrick Brucki enters his first season as an assistant coach for the Stanford wrestling team in 2023-24.

Brucki joins the Cardinal after a successful collegiate career at Princeton (2017-20), under Ayres, and a graduate year at Michigan (2021-22).

Brucki was a two-time All-American, placing fourth for Princeton at 197 pounds in 2019 before earning NWCA First Team honors for the Tigers in 2020. A three-time All-Ivy second team performer, he won the 2019 EIWA title and became just the second Midlands champion in Princeton history.

At Michigan, Brucki served as a team captain for the 2021-22 team which won the Big Ten title and finished as the runner-up at the NCAA Championships in Detroit. He was an NWCA Scholar All-American, Academic All-Big Ten selection and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

A native of Orland Park, Illinois, Brucki earned his bachelor's degree in Science and Engineering (BSE) in Civil Environmental Engineering from Princeton University (Structural Engineering) in 2021, and a master's in Science and Engineering (MSE) in Construction Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2022.