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Looking at Eight Former OSU Wrestlers Who Are Currently Head Coaches

Oklahoma State’s imprint can be seen throughout all of college wrestling.

By Seth Duckworth
I’ve dug into it a bit on here before, but the legacy of wrestling coaches that matriculated at Oklahoma State University is remarkable. In fact, 10 percent of Division I head wrestling coaches wrestled at Oklahoma State and even more make up the assistant coaching ranks around the country. I thought I’d take a look at all the former OSU wrestlers currently heading D-I programs and break down some of their coaching legacies.
This list is in no particular order.
1. Neil Erisman (University of Arkansas-Little Rock)
Erisman has taken on a pretty big task in heading a brand new D1 program at UALR. The Trojans will be entering their first year of official competition for the 2019-20 season, so a lot remains to be seen regarding his career, but there’s little doubt that Neil was a great hire and will do a big-time job at Little Rock.
2. Teague Moore (American University)
A national champion at Oklahoma State in 1998, Moore is now the head coach at American University after starting his career at Clarion. Moore has coached three All-Americans and 24 NCAA qualifiers in his tenure, most notably the Terao brothers who have produced some of the most exciting matches at the NCAA tournament.
3. Coleman Scott (North Carolina)
Coleman was named head coach at UNC in August of 2015 and in the short period from then to now has taken it from an “also-ran” program to one of the best in the ACC and one that consistently produces All-Americans and top 25 finishes. Scott has definitely shown he’s a big-time coach and now that he’s starting to get a team of his recruits around him, I would expect his trajectory to continue upwards.
4. Glen Lanham (Duke)
Lanham, who started his coaching career as a grad assistant at OSU, has been the head coach at Duke since 2012. Rest of the list and story at https://pistolsfiringblog.com/looking-at-eight-former-osu-wrestlers-who-are-currently-head-coaches/?mc_cid=ea51792bc0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

October 28, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized