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Coaching Changes / Updates

Nebraska’s Doane College to add wrestling for 2013-14 season

Mark Palmer ,College Wrestling Examiner  October 31, 2012 Wrestling is joining the intercollegiate sports roster at Doane College for the 2013-14 school year, the Nebraska-based liberal arts school announced Monday.In addition to the men’s mat program, a bowling team for men and women…  Read more Tim Ferreira returns to Bridgewater State as head wrestling coachIt’s a homecoming for Tim Ferreira.The former Bridgewater State University wrestler and assistant coach is returning to his alma mater to take the head coaching job, the Massachusetts-based school …Read more ► Chadron State names former Eagles mat champ Brett Hunter interim head coachBrett Hunter, a two-time NCAA champion wrestler and graduate assistant coach at Chadron State College, has been named interim head coach, the western Nebraska school announced Tuesday.Hunter replaces … Read more ►Sacred Heart University names Andy Lausier new head wrestling coachSacred Heart University has hired Andy Lausier as its new head wrestling coach, the Fairfield, Conn.-based school announced Tuesday.Lausier replaces Dr. David Cameron, a long-time professor and team … Read more ►Former Norwich wrestler Alex Whitney named head coach at his alma materAlex Whitney, assistant coach and former wrestler at Norwich University, has been promoted to head wrestling coach, according to an announcement at the school’s website Tuesday.Whitney joined the … Read more ► 2x Nebraska All-American, World medalist Justin Ruiz joins staff at Utah Valley Justin Ruiz is reuniting with a familiar face, in a familiar place.The former University of Nebraska All-American wrestler and World bronze medalist is returning to his native Utah — and a former … Read more ►James Hicks takes helm of Darton State wrestling after Tom Erikson resignsDarton State College has its second new head wrestling coach in two weeks.The Albany, Ga.-based school announced Saturday that James Hicks, former Campbellsville University assistant coach, will take … Read more ►Ferrum College hires Nate Yetzer as coach of its new wrestling programNate Yetzer, a 2004 NCAA All-American at Edinboro University, has been hired as head coach for a new wrestling program at Virginia’s Ferrum College, d3wrestle.com reported Saturday.According to … Read more ►25 Years Later Wrestling Comes back to Ferrum CollegeFerrum College is bringing back the sport of wrestling after a nearly 25 year absence, making Ferrum one of only two NCAA Division III institutions in Virginia to offer varsity wrestling. A press conference to introduce the new head wrestling coach will be held on July 6.     Click here to read the releas e South Dakota State wrestling welcomes Silva, Sorenson to coaching staffChris Bono, who took the head coaching position at South Dakota State two months ago, has hired Israel Silva and Andrew Sorenson as assistant coaches, the school in Brookings, S.D. announced Tuesday … Read more ►2000 Olympic silver medalist Sammie Henson returns to Mizzou as assistant coach Sammie Henson, Olympic silver medal-winning wrestler, NCAA mat champ and coach, will be returning to the University of Missouri as an assistant coach, Tiger head wrestling coach Brian Smith announced … Read more ► Chadron State wrestling coach Scott Ritzen retires after 25 years After a quarter-century as head wrestling coach at Chadron State College, Scott Ritzen is retiring from coaching, the Nebraska-based school announced Tuesday.Ritzen took the helm of the mat program at … Read more ► Mount Union promotes Bill Schindel to head wrestling coach Bill Schindel, assistant wrestling coach and former wrestler at University of Mount Union, has been promoted to the head coaching position of the Purple Raiders, d3wrestle.com reported Wednesday.The … Read more ► Mount Union’s Mark Hawald new head wrestling coach at Case Western ReserveMark Hawald, head coach of the University of Mount Union wrestling program, will be taking the helm at Case Western Reserve University, the amateur wrestling website d3wrestle.com reported Wednesday …  Read more ►Ex-Purdue assistant Tom Erikson new head mat coach at Georgia’s Darton StateTom Erikson, long-time head assistant wrestling coach at Purdue University, will be the new head coach at Darton State College, the school based in Albany, Ga. announced Tuesday. Erikson replaces … Read more ►Iowa’s Simpson College hires Nate Hansen as new head wrestling coachNate Hansen, a former NCAA Division III champ and Div. I assistant coach, is the new head wrestling coach at Simpson College, the Indianola, Iowa-based school announced Tuesday.For the past five … Read more ► Binghamton big man Nick Gwiazdowski follows coach Pat Popolizio to N.C. StateNick Gwiazdowski, 2012 NCAA All-American heavyweight at Binghamton University, will be heading south with his former Bearcat coach Pat Popolizio to North Carolina State, the wrestler revealed in an … Read more ► Alderson-Broaddus College hires Mitch Smith as its first wrestling coachAlderson-Broaddus College has announced the hiring of Mitch Smith has the first head coach of its new wrestling program slated to begin in the 2013-14 season, the West Virginia school announced … Read more ►
Dernlan leaves Clarion for Binghamton, Letters promoted to interim head coach Clarion University, which is losing its head wrestling coach Matt Dernlan to Binghamton University, has promoted assistant coach Troy Letters to interim head coach, as first reported by … Read more ►

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Olympics 2012 Headlines

Olympics  2012 Headlines  from Mark Palmer, College Wrestling Examiner
2004 NCAA champ Matt Gentry places 5th at 74 kg/163 lbs. for Canada at Olympics
Matt Gentry, 2004 NCAA wrestling champ for Stanford University, placed fifth in 55 kg/163 pound men’s freestyle competition at the 2012 Olympics at ExCel Centre in London Friday.Jordan Burroughs, … Read more ►
Jordan Burroughs brings home gold in 74 kg/163 lb. men’s freestyle at Olympics
Jordan Burroughs can now add “Olympic gold medalist” to his already impressive wrestling resume.The two-time NCAA champ for the University of Nebraska (2009, 2011) and 2011 World champion … Read more ►
USA’s Clarissa Chun wins bronze medal in women’s 48 kg freestyle at Olympics
Clarissa Chun won the bronze medal at 48 kg/105.5 pounds in women’s freestyle at the 2012 Olympics in London Wednesday. Chun defeated 2004 Olympic gold medalist Irini Merleni of Ukraine, 1-0, 3-0 … Read more ►
No U.S. Olympic Greco medals as Justin Lester loses repechage
For the first time since 1980, U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers did not win a single Olympic medal, as the last team member, Justin Lester, failed to make the medal round at 66 kg/145.5 pounds at the 2012.. … Read more ►
USA’s Coleman, Betts, Byers all knocked out before Greco medal round at Olympics
Day Two of Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2012 Olympics proved no better for Team USA, as Ellis Coleman, Chas Betts and Dremiel Byers did not make it to the medal round Monday at the ExCel Centre in … Read more ►
Big man Dremiel Byers hopes to wrap up Greco career in gold at 2012 Olympics
Dremiel Byers, a familiar force in Greco-Roman wrestling for more than a dozen years, seeks to win a gold medal at 120 kg/264.5 pounds at the 2012 Olympics in London on Monday, Aug. 6.Byers, who is… … Read more ►
‘Flying Squirrel’ Ellis Coleman hopes to fly out of Olympics with Greco gold
Ellis Coleman, famous for his “Flying Squirrel” move that has been seen by millions on YouTube and ESPN, will be wrestling at 60 kg/132 pounds for the U.S. Greco-Roman squad at the 2012 … Read more ►
U.S. wrestlers score big with media in pre-Olympics press conferences
Before stepping onto the mat at the 2012 Olympics, U.S. wrestlers scored bonus points with the media at press conferences in London over the weekend.  Arguably one of the main stars for Team USA was … Read more ►
Opening Ceremonies complete, Olympic wrestlers must wait a week to take to mats
The Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics took place Friday, but wrestling fans will have to wait more than a week — Sunday, Aug. 5, to be exact — until athletes take to the mats at the Summer … Read more ►
U.S. wrestler Elena Pirozhkova gives First Lady a lift before start of Olympics
U.S. wrestlers won’t take to the mat until Aug. 5, but one member of the women’s freestyle team made headlines by hoisting First Lady Michelle Obama before the Opening Ceremonies at the 2012 … Read more ►

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