Takedown Report

College Wrestling News # 104

1 } – Nash Hutmacher picked football, but he’s got a big fan in Husker wrestling coach Mark Manning
Nebraska defensive coordinator Erik Chinander returned from a recruiting visit to South Dakota last year with a clear impression of defensive line prospect Nash Hutmacher. He had been to Hutmacher’s Chamberlain High wrestling practice to watch the eventual four-time state champion heavyweight work. When he got back to Lincoln, he marveled at what he had seen to Husker wrestling coach Mark Manning. “He’s like, ‘Man, this dude is working out and it hurt me watching him putting moves on people,’” Manning recalled recently. “I said, ‘Yeah, I wouldn’t want to be underneath him.’”
Sipple: Polar Bear express not as fast as usual, but Hutmacher’s dominance still remarkable
It’s certainly correct to say Nash Hutmacher’s monster achievement Saturday night was incredibly predictable.  Hutmacher went unbeaten in four high school seasons and finished his career as the top-ranked high school heavyweight wrestler in the country in addition to being a heralded defensive lineman who picked Nebraska over Wisconsin and Oregon. … rest of story at _{https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/nash-hutmacher-picked-football-but-hes-got-a-big-fan-in-husker-wrestling-coach-mark/article_10aa7dfd-6942-5de2-93e1-39027cc523d6.html?mc_cid=f75b9fce50&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

2 } – Dana College athletics coaches find success after closure
In addition to his duties as a soccer coach at Dana College, Shad Beam was the Vikings’ sports information director. Whether the day’s games resulted in success or failure, the Dana alum had the details. “I just wish people would have had the foresight to figure out budgets,” Beam said earlier this month. With the 2010 closure of Blair’s college, professionals in the athletic department were without jobs. In no time, coaches lost their teams and were forced into finding student-athletes new schools. Many coaches, however, didn’t have long to wait for their own new opportunities. …
Beau Vest, wrestling
Beau Vest admits stages of his last 10 years have been rocky. He coached a dominant wrestling program at Dana College and considered quitting the profession when it closed. Midland, however, started a new program with him in charge after he attended a meeting Beam invited him to. He created the opportunity to keep his Vikings wrestling team together and went with it. As the years went on, though, Vest and Midland decision makers came to disagree. Again, he considered moving away from coaching until former Dana College women’s basketball coach Shane Larson gave him a call. Larson had earned an athletics director job at Cowley College in Kansas and called on Vest to start another new wrestling program. “Shane definitely put in a good word for me,” the coach said. Vest has enjoyed his time at Cowley and even has former Dana assistant coach Antonio Barber on his staff. Their former school’s closure, however, gets more and more disappointing as the years go on. “There was a lot of good things at Dana when the bomb hit,” he said. “The kids were die-hard. They loved it.” … rest of story at _{http://www.enterprisepub.com/public/dana-college-athletics-coaches-find-success-after-closure/article_c2c91a66-bae2-11ea-81f6-8fad69ab5c3d.html?mc_cid=7a484e7dde&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

3 } – Montoursville native Hoffman finding confidence with move to 197 for Ohio State U.
It wasn’t the losing which got to Gavin Hoffman in his first varsity season of wrestling at Ohio State. He’s lost matches before and he knows how to handle it. But the idea of not wrestling to his potential is what sent the Montoursville graduate to what he called “a dark place.” He was struggling to maintain his weight at 184 pounds for the Buckeyes and still have the energy to compete at the level which made him the No. 1 recruit in the country at 195 pounds coming out of Montoursville High School. It wasn’t that Hoffman’s weight was out of control. But it took a lot of work to make sure he was in a position to make weight come competition day. So instead of going into practice to get better each day, he was going in to maintain his weight. It led to a season in which he dealt with adversity like he’s never dealt with before. He was just 10-7 wrestling at 184 pounds, including a trio of losses to nationally-ranked wrestlers. … rest of story at _{https://www.sungazette.com/sports/local-sports/2020/06/montoursville-native-hoffman-finding-confidence-with-move-to-197-for-osu/?mc_cid=7a484e7dde&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

4 } – IOWA ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES FY21 BUDGET REDUCTIONS; TOM BRANDS AGREES TO 15% BASE SALARY CUT
IOWA CITY, Iowa – – As part of the University of Iowa Athletics Department plan to mitigate the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair Gary Barta announced department budget reductions of approximately $15 million for FY21. The athletics department budget for FY20 was $124.8 million. The 2020-21 budget was anticipated to be $127.5 million prior to the reductions. With the reductions in compensation and operations, the department’s FY21 budget proposal will be $112.5 million. The $15 million reduction includes nearly $13 million in reduced operating expenses, with the remaining in compensation adjustments. … rest of story at _{https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/June/30/Iowa-announces-budget-cuts-as-Brands-takes-pay-cut?mc_cid=7a484e7dde&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

5 } – Forks up! Frank Molinaro’s craft is bringing out the best in others at Arizona State
Arizona State assistant Frank Molinaro has a knack developing wrestlers under his tutelage. He dives into his current role with the Sun Devils, making an Olympic team, and learning from others. … interview and story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1593577080867&twSessionId=vkvkrragpp&videoId=783639135&mc_cid=7a484e7dde&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

6 } – TOM’s Quarant-Interview with Binghamton Head Coach Kyle Borshoff
In this addition of our Quarant-Interview series we talk with Binghamton head coach Kyle Borshoff. Earl starts things off by reminding Kyle of the time that he coached against him at NHSCA Senior Nationals in 2006. We get into a Bearcat program on the rise, that’s led by 184 lber Louie Deprez. Coach Borshoff lets us know more about Deprez and fellow NCAA qualifier Zack Trampe. Kyle also talk about getting his brother Jasen to join the Bearcat coaching staff and being able to coach at the school where his father … interview and story at _{https://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/toms-quarant-interview-with-binghamton-head-coach-kyle-borshoff/78403?mc_cid=e9f57db17d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

7 } – State champ Heers will pass up wrestling to play football at Buffalo State
Buffalo State football has managed to collect some talented high school athletes since the program began in 1981. Often they are gifted athletes from small schools who were overlooked by Division I and Division II colleges because of their size. Some come on the rebound, transfers from other colleges or even from other sports. Kyle Hoppy from Orchard Park comes to mind. After playing pro baseball, he ended up as a starting quarterback for the Bengals at 26. Zak Ciezki played three seasons of basketball before becoming the starting quarterback. So, it’s unusual for the Bengals to land a prospect like Jaden Heers, an athletic, 6-foot, 250-pound running back/linebacker from Newfane. The 2019 Offensive Player of the Year in Class B-4 of the Section VI Football Federation, Heers is also the 2020 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Division 2 wrestling champion at 285 pounds. He will play football at Buffalo State. The school does not have a wrestling program. … rest of story at _{https://buffalonews.com/sports/state-champ-heers-will-pass-up-wrestling-to-play-football-at-buffalo-state/article_f74c51fc-bbde-11ea-bacf-5f5c21943108.html?mc_cid=24498831e8&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

8 } – Jared Van Vleet climbs ladder on Air Force Academy wrestling squad, eyes big year
Jared Van Vleet became a solid Air Force Academy wrestler this past season. Now it’s time to take a run at greatness. “I’ve put in a lot of time and a lot of hard work,” the former Stillman Valley state champ said, reflecting on his sophomore season in college. “And it’s been paying off. But there’s more to come.” At last week’s virtual team banquet, Van Vleet was named the Falcons’ Most Improved Wrestler, and he received The Iron Bolt Award, which goes to the wrestler who shows the most dedication in the weight room. “Even in the recruiting process, I could tell he was something special,” Air Force Academy head coach Sam Barber said. “But this year, he just came in, won that spot, and never looked back. … His record doesn’t show it, but he really stepped up. He had the toughest schedule of any of our guys, by far. … rest of story at _{https://www.rrstar.com/sports/20200611/jared-van-vleet-climbs-ladder-on-air-force-academy-wrestling-squad-eyes-big-year?mc_cid=d457d68b82&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

9} – Talking college sports with The Drake Group’s Dr. David Ridpath
B. David Ridpath has been focusing on the world of Sports Management for quite a while. A former wrestling coach, athletics administrator, University administrator and professor, he’s got the experience like few in the field. On Episode 609 of Short Time, Dr. Ridpath will talk about some of the things that need to be blown up and fixed in college sports. There’s a discussion on why schools should be able to move to divisions that are in line with their vision so they can support broad-based models as well as how ODU’s decision to cut wrestling will ultimately cost them money rather than save it. … rest of story at _{http://www.mattalkonline.com/podcast/short-time/talking-college-sports-with-the-drake-groups-dr-david-ridpath/?mc_cid=da8d2e106f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

10 } – MAYBE COLLEGES SHOULD BE ADDING SPORTS, NOT DROPPING THEM
University of Idaho President Chuck Staben thought he’d found the perfect solution. In 2018 the state’s board of education had told its flagship university to cut its athletics expenses by $1 million. The result likely meant the elimination of three sports—women’s swimming, women’s soccer and men’s golf—and the addition of a low-cost sand volleyball program. But looking at the numbers, Staben came to a different conclusion. By accounting for the tuition paid by non-scholarship athletes on those teams—money that went onto the school’s balance sheet, not the athletic department’s—he concluded that those programs were actually net profitable for the school. Instead of cutting sports to save money, Staben argued that Idaho should add them.
Expanding athletics would require the board to loosen its cap on how much general education revenue was earmarked for sports, but Staben felt that spending more would ultimately lead to earning more. He put together a 22-slide presentation which argued that while cutting sports would satisfy the cap, it would also cost the school $1.6 million per year. Adding men’s swimming, women’s triathlon and rifle, on the other hand, would bring the school an additional $843,000. “And the board said, ‘No, we don’t want to see that,’” Staben said. “They wouldn’t let me present it.”
Staben was proposing an alternative way of thinking about the finances of college sports, one that’s been supported by economists for years but has yet to fully pervade the world of Division I presidents, provosts and athletic directors. If a university isn’t enrolled at max capacity, as most aren’t, some smaller sports like men’s track & field or women’s lacrosse actually make money for the school because of the number of athletes who pay their own way. … rest of story at _{https://www.sportico.com/2020/leagues/college-sports/maybe-colleges-should-be-adding-sports-not-dropping-them-1234608297/?mc_cid=da8d2e106f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

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