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Wrestling head coach Frank Romano retires

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Admittedly this is posted out of order with the announcement of the new coach shared earlier. Yet Coach Romano deserves to be recognized and there is a good photo of him at the linked web page. We wish him well in his retirement and offer congratulations to him for his success in wrestling.
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SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – Director of Athletics Scott Swain announced on Tuesday that National Wrestling Hall of Fame member Frank Romano is retiring as the head coach of the Notre Dame College wrestling program. Notre Dame has seen tremendous success in Romano’s time at the helm of the program, leading the Falcons for 13 seasons. After taking over as the first head coach of the new program in 2006, Romano has coached the team to nine national team titles, including four while a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), four in NCAA Division II and one National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) Club National Championship. In 2019, Notre Dame took fourth place at the National Tournament. Jose Rodriguez was crowned the National Champion at 141 lbs. and five wrestlers were named All-American.

“You always want to go out on top, and I feel like we had a really good season,” Romano said. “A great season is when you win a National Title, but this year, we were the runner-up at the National Dual meet and then won every other dual meet. We won the Regional Tournament and we finished fourth in the nation, with five All-Americans. You want to go on top and you want to go out on your own terms, that’s really important.” The Falcons have won nine Regional Tournaments in NAIA and NCAA, while taking home the biggest trophy in six of the seven regional tournaments following the move to NCAA-II. Rest of the story and picture at https://notredamefalcons.com/news/2019/4/9/wrestling-head-coach-frank-romano-retires.aspx?mc_cid=73cf51713b&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

April 14, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized