NJ Girls Wrestling Coach Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A decorated girls wrestling coach from Morris County who runs a training facility in Essex County is being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct, authorities say.

A spokesperson with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed Tuesday that an investigation has been launched into allegations involving Dave Cordoba.

Cordoba, 44, owns the Cordoba Trained Wrestling facility on Route 46 in Fairfield. According to the company’s website, he is a former New Jersey state champion wrestler with more than 20 years of coaching experience, and has worked with state and national champs from the elementary school level to high school.

Cordoba – one of the most influential private coaches in the state – opened the Fairfield training facility in 2019, according to NJ Advance Media, which posted about the allegations on Tuesday.

No charges have been filed against Cordoba as of Monday.

Cordoba is currently listed as being on “temporary suspension” with a “no contact directive” on the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Centralized Disciplinary Database. He is listed as a resident of Pine Brook.

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