Takedown Report

College Coaching Changes

In looking at changes in head coaches at colleges and Universities.

Joel Sharratt (2006-2014 at USAFA) leaves the Air Force Academy to return to the U.S. Naval Academy.  Brian Antonelli was an interim coach at the U.S.N.A. and will step down after one season.  No new coach has been named at the Air Force Academy yet.  Zeke Jones will suceed Shawn Charles (2009-2014) at Arizona State University.  Scott Hinkel (2007-2014) has stepped down from Purdue University.  No new coach has been named yet.  Also stepping down, with no new coach being named, will be Craig Turnbull at West Virginia University (1978-2014).  Chris Skretkowicz at Virginia MIlitary Institute has had his interim status removed and will continue as the head coach.  These have been the changes in Division I schools so far.  Boston University has announced that they will be discontinuing wrestling which has been under the leadership of Hall of Fame coach Carl Adams (1981-2014).  We hope that this decision will change.
In Division II Long Island University will resume their wrestling program with Joe Patrovich as the new coach.  The school last had a team in 1988.  In Division III Huntington College in Alabama will start a program with Tom Storey as the coach. Daniel Webster College in New Hampshire will add wrestling for the first time but a coach has not been named.
The NAIA continues it’s growth and expansion in wrestling with 5 new programs announced for the 2014-2015 season.  Davenport University in Michigan will start a new team with Jamie Boyd as the coach.  Lyon College in Arkansas with Kevin Carter, Ottawa University of Kansas with Kevin Andres, Warner Pacific in Oregon with Frank Johnson and Williams Baptist College in Arkansas with Kerry Regner will be taking the mats for the first time next season.  Lyon College, Ottawa University and Warner Pacific will also start Women’s wrestling teams with the same coaches.  That should bring the total number of Women’s teams to over 20 in the U.S.A.  Life University in Georgia will also add a Women’s wrestling team next year.

April 13, 2014 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized