University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Athletics

        A four-time National Qualifier, a three-time NCAA All-American, and the 1992 National Runner-up at 118 lbs., Larry Hohman proved to be one of the key components that helped turn Head Coach Pat Pecora’s Mountain Cat wrestling squad into one of the nation’s truly elite programs.
        Mr. Hohman came to Pitt-Johnstown following a standout career at Penn Trafford High School and promptly placed eighth at the NCAA Championships in 1990.  After earning a spot in the National Tournament the following year, Mr. Hohman advanced all the way to the National Championship match in 1992, before placing as the National Runner-up and leading the Mountain Cats to a seventh-place finish.
        The Penn Township, Pa. native kept it going in 1993.  Mr. Hohman took home his third All-America honor by placing third at the National Tournament and guiding Pitt-Johnstown to its second consecutive seventh-place national finish.
        Mr. Hohman, also a four-time NCAA Regional finalist and a two-time Eastern Region Champion, finished his collegiate wrestling career and joined Coach Pecora’s coaching staff for the 1996-97 season where Pitt-Johnstown placed fifth after winning the program’s first NCAA Division II National Championship the previous year.
        Mr. Hohman earned his Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education and began his teaching and coaching career.
        After spending six years teaching Alternative Education in Greensburg, Pa., Mr. Hohman has been teaching fifth grade at Harrison Park Elementary in the Penn Trafford School District and is a two-time recipient of the PRIDE Award for teacher excellence.  He was also among three teachers that successfully piloted a MCL (Mass Customized Learning) program at Harrison Park Elementary School.
        Along with teaching, Mr. Hohman has also owned and operated Warrior Concrete with his business partner, Marty Casper, for the last eight years.
        The sport of wrestling has always remained an important part of his life.  After his wrestling career ended, Mr. Hohman began coaching at the elementary, junior high, and the high school levels, first as an assistant at Burrell High School in 1999.  From 2000-2004, he was an assistant coach at Norwin High School, before becoming the head wrestling coach at Penn Trafford High School from 2006-2010.  Mr. Hohman guided his team to the WPIAL Playoffs each year, including a pair of WPIAL Semifinal appearances and a spot in the 2007 WPIAL Finals to qualify his team for the PIAA Team Tournament.  Mr. Hohman, who compiled an 84-15 overall record, coached eight PIAA state qualifiers, three PIAA state place winners, and two PIAA state champions at Penn Trafford High School. He then served as Penn Trafford Elementary School’s head coach for the next five years and has been the assistant junior high coach for the past two seasons.
        In addition, Mr. Hohman is a wrestling coach for the Young Guns Wrestling Club, run by former Pitt-Johnstown National Champions and Hall of Famers Jody and John Strittmatter.
        Mr. Hohman, his wife Toni, and children Troy and Maci Jo currently reside in Irwin, Pa.
        “Joining my UPJ brothers in the Pitt-Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame is the biggest honor I have ever received in my lifetime,” Mr. Hohman said. “I am truly humbled and extremely proud to be included in the “Best of the Best” of Pitt-Johnstown athletics.”