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Ohio Wrestling’s Greenlee To Be Inducted Into Ohio Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio wrestling head coach Joel Greenlee will be one of eight individuals inducted into the Ohio Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame this weekend. The 2019 Ohio Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on Sunday (Oct. 6) at the Embassy Suites in Dublin, Ohio.
Greenlee arrived at Ohio University in 1997-98, being hired as an assistant/interim head coach. He was then named the full-time head coach before the 1998-99 season. Greenlee’s accomplishments during his first season at Ohio earned him the NWCA National Assistant-Coach-of-the-Year award in 1998. His 1997-98 team finished ninth at the NCAA Tournament – the Bobcats’ best finish since 1973 – and won the regular-season MAC title with a 5-0 record in the conference. He coached Dwight Gardner (158) to the school’s first individual national title since 1978 and guided Shawn Enright (134) to a second-place national finish. Greenlee enters his 23rd year as head coach at Ohio in 2019-20. During his time leading the Bobcats, the program has logged 12 All-America honors has won two team conference titles and has accounted for 20 individual conference titles. Greenlee owns a career record of 222-163-5.
Greenlee wrestled at the University of Northern Iowa from 1984-89, posting a collegiate record of 127-16-4 and went undefeated in dual meets.  Rest of his biography and story at https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20191003wpc1ot?mc_cid=7570eee4d9&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

October 9, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized