Dan Arbeznik '00 serves as head rugby coach and is a Latin teacher in the Languages Department.
He founded the rugby program in 2005 and has served as the head coach for the past 19 years. The "A-side" has gone to the State Final Four in 18 of the previous 20 seasons, winning State Championships in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. An avid traveler, Arbeznik has used rugby to connect his players with the rest of the world. The team toured Ireland in 2015, Texas in 2016, France in 2017, South Africa in 2018, and Ireland again in 2019.
The team traveled once again in 2022 as they traveled to France to play in Paris and Normandy and would visit Japan for the first time in 2023.
The Cats will visit Argentina in the Spring of 2024.
Arbeznik led the Wildcats to its first National Tournament in the 2021 season where the Rugby team finished second as National Champion Runner-ups.
In 2022, Arbeznik led the Wildcats to their first ever National Championship with a 23-14 win over Gonzaga (DC) at Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkhart, Indiana.
Arbeznik is a member of the class of 2000 from Saint Ignatius High School. He went on to major in Classical Languages and French at Xavier University where he graduated in 2004. Arbeznik received his Masters in Education from John Carroll University in 2009.
Arbeznik has been married to his wife, Ellen, for the past 13 years and they have three children: Cassie, Michael, and Benjamin.
Dan Arbeznik '00
Varsity:
Joe Zawodny – Head Backs Coach
Nick DiPietro '06 – Head Forwards Coach
Brian White '92 – Varsity B Head Coach
Connor Fitzpatrick '94 – Assistant Coach
Tadaaki Hatta – Assistant Coach
Tim Brofman '07 - Varsity C Head Coach
Owen Hundt - Assistant Coach
Matt Pickston - Assistant Coach
JV:
Bill Craighead '92 - Head Coach
Greg Barbiaux '94 - Assistant Coach
Martin Chalmers - Assistant Coach
Freshman:
Tony Vegh '73 – Head Coach
Connor McCoy '13 - Assistant Coach
Alex Goff - Assistant Coach
Patrick Barrett - Assistant Coach
Robert Voth '88 - Assistant Coach
Dave Cicetti - Chaplain
Title: Head Coach
High School: Saint Ignatius '00
College: Xavier '04
Coaching Experience: 20 years
State Championships: 8 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
National Championships: 2022
As of February 2024