Frank Yattoni enters his fifth season as a member of the Lindenwood women's wrestling staff in 2025-26. He was named the head coach in January of 2024.
In 2024-25, the Lions finished with a record of 8-6 and climbed as high as No. 7 in the NCWWC polls. The Lions went on to finish second at the NCWWC Region VI Tournament hosted inside Hyland Arena and had nine national qualifiers. Of those nine, Caitlyn Jackson, Cayden Condit, and Sara Lake finished top eight in their respective eight classes, securing All-American Status.
During the 2023-24 season, Yattoni guided the Lions to a 10-6 record, which included winning the Lindenwood duals. The Lions earned a third place finish in Region IV while Sara Lake, Makayla Rivera, Laney Duggan, and Kate Cooper all represented the black and gold at regionals. Lake went on to earn All-American status after a sixth place finish at 191 pounds.
Yattoni came to Lindenwood after spending two seasons on the staff of the Minot State wrestling program where he was a graduate assistant. At Minot State, Yattoni helped mentor the athletes in the classroom, elevating the team GPA to a 3.0 in the fall semester of 2020. Yattoni helped coach an NCAA Division II National Qualifier during the 2019-20 season. While in North Dakota, Yattoni coached at risk youth wrestlers at the MHA Nation Trial Youth Wrestling Club. Yattoni achieved a drastic increase in practice participation by developing positive relationships with the athletes.
Before his stop in North Dakota, Yattoni volunteered on the staff at Wisconsin-Parkside. Yattoni helped the Rangers land two national qualifiers. During his time as a wrestler at Wisconsin-Parkside, Yattoni placed first at regionals, and third at the NCAA Division II National Championships. Yattoni earned All-American status at 149 pounds, and scored the most individual match points at 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship with 67 points.
Yattoni earned his bachelor's in environmental studies with minors in geography and geographic information systems from Wisconsin-Parkside in 2019. Yattoni earned a master's in sports management in 2021 from Minot State.
