NCAA Champion. Four-time All-American. Four-time Big Ten Champion.
Known as NATO, Nathan Tomasello built one of the most decorated lightweight careers in American wrestling and now carries that standard into coaching, competition, clinics, speaking, and brand partnerships.
Nathan Tomasello is a Northeast Ohio native whose career runs from Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy to Ohio State, the senior freestyle circuit, Real American Freestyle, and college coaching. His reputation is not built on one moment. It is built on years of winning, discipline, toughness, academic achievement, and technical detail.
At CVCA, Tomasello became a four-time Ohio state champion and finished with a 178-5 high school record. At Ohio State, he helped the Buckeyes win the 2015 NCAA team championship, won the 125-pound NCAA title as a redshirt freshman, captured four Big Ten titles, and finished his Buckeye career 100-8 without placing lower than third at the NCAA Championships.
After college, NATO kept competing and coaching. He earned senior-level medals, placed third at the 2021 Olympic Team Trials, made the U.S. National Team, coached at Duke, worked with Oklahoma RTC, built NATO Wrestling Academy in Northeast Ohio, joined California Baptist as an assistant coach, and entered Real American Freestyle as one of the league's early bantamweight names.
Action Portfolio
NCAA champion, four-time Big Ten champion, four-time All-American, and Ohio State team-title contributor.
U.S. National Team member, Olympic Trials third-place finisher, World Team Trials runner-up, and RAF bantamweight competitor.
College coach, academy owner, clinician, speaker, and technical mentor for wrestlers trying to close the gap.
Accomplishments
NATO Film Room
For parents, brands, coaches, and event organizers, film matters. It shows the pace, pressure, and positioning behind the résumé.
Coach And Mentor
Nathan's coaching résumé includes Duke, Oklahoma RTC, NATO Wrestling Academy, CVCA, and California Baptist University. Public coaching bios credit him with helping college athletes reach NCAA-level milestones while continuing to work with high school qualifiers, state placers, and a state champion through his academy work in Northeast Ohio.
His clinic value is simple: a serious room gets access to a champion who can explain hand fighting, position, pressure, mindset, and match discipline without turning the session into noise.
Public Proof
Hire Nathan
For wrestling, performance, apparel, nutrition, local, and athlete-aligned brands that want to connect with a credible champion and coach.
Discuss sponsorshipBring Nathan into your club, school, or team room for a focused technical session built around position, pressure, and competitive habits.
Request a clinicBook Nathan for interviews, podcasts, team talks, school events, faith and family conversations, or performance-focused appearances.
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Nathan's digital resources give wrestlers and parents a way to keep learning between sessions, clinics, and seasons.
Writing And Perspective
A second arena for retired wrestlers: school, leadership, and the discipline to keep growing.
Confidence as earned evidence, built through action, discomfort, and better self-talk.
Turning sports experience into a visible, useful, professional lane.
Contact
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