On November 30, 2023, Joe Lamplot was hired as the first member of the West Liberty University women's wrestling coaching staff as he was named an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the program entering their inaugural season in 2024-25.
Lamplot was most recently the head women's wrestling and assistant men's wrestling coach at Manchester High School in North Manchester, Indiana. Starting in August of 2021 he coached the largest women's wrestling team in the state, which consisted of a group of nine athletes who had never competed in the sport before. Two of his athletes qualified for the state tournament during his time there and one went on to earn a fourth place finish and collect academic all-state honors. A pair of his female athletes also placed at the freshman/sophomore state tournament.
During his time in North Manchester, he also served as the club president and director of coaching for the Squires of the Roundtable. His successful run with the club included a pair of qualifiers for the National High School Showcase and a pair of Fargo National Team members (one in Greco and one in freestyle). At the Ohio Tournament of Champions, the team was fifth nationally in the small club division as three wrestlers placed. He coached the first female in county history to junior division USAW Folkstyle Nationals All-American recognition. All three of the club's seniors over the past two years have gone on to wrestle collegiately or are enrolled to wrestle this upcoming season.
Lamplot and Danny Irwin, current West Liberty Director of Wrestling / Head Men's Wrestling Coach, were both on the coaching staff at Wabash College from 2008-10, as Irwin was an assistant coach and Lamplot was a volunteer assistant and recruiter for the Little Giants. The duo coached a pair of NCAA Division III national qualifiers as Lamplot successfully recruited the top recruit from the state of Indiana, who had finished third in the state tournament. In the same recruiting class during his first full season, he also was able to bring in a multi-time scholar All-American at heavyweight. Prior to his time at Wabash, Lamplot was the assistant wrestling coach at Bluffton High School in Bluffton, Indiana from 2006-08.
