Department of athletics, physical education and recreation
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Entering his ninth season as the head coach of the wrestling program, Tom Layte brings a wealth of experience and success at the national level to the Institute and has already taken wrestlers under his tutelage to the NCAA Division III National Championships. Prior to MIT, Layte coached at Augsburg College, his alma mater, for four years (1996-99), serving as a technique specialist.. While coaching at Augsburg, Layte was part of two national championship teams (1997, 1998) and two national runner-up finishes. In his four seasons as an assistant coach, Augsburg won four Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships, had 32 (out of a possible 40) MIAC individual titlists, 30 Division III All-Americas and six individual Division III national titlists. At Western New England College, where Layte wrestled from 1989-92, he was the 1991-92 New England Champion. He captained the 1991-92 squad and was the team MVP of both campaigns. Layte still holds the WNEC school records for most takedowns in a season (122), most career takedowns (189), and most takedowns in one match (15). In 1995, Layte completed one of the most incredible seasons in Augsburg history, after transferring from WNEC. The Portland, Maine, native finished 44-4 in his lone season at Augsburg, winning the national championship at 150 pounds and earning Outstanding Wrestler honors at the NCAA meet. |
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