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Years of Hire for Every Current DI Head Coach (2024 Version)

We’re almost through August and we currently have no head coaching openings at the DI level after Bloomsburg’s job was filled last week. Barring an unforeseen situation leading to a vacancy, there will be no further head coaching changes during the 2024 offseason. With the leaders of each program set, it seemed to be a good time to look back to see when every current DI head coach was hired. 
Note: We published a similar article in July of 2023 and then had the musical chairs of the North Carolina/Stanford/Princeton opening’s so anything is possible!

2024
Bloomsburg – John Stutzman
Buffalo – Donnie Vinson
Central Michigan – Ben Bennett
Columbia – Donny Pritzlaff
Hofstra – Jamie Franco
Oklahoma State – David Taylor
Utah Valley – Adam Hall

2023
North Carolina – Rob Koll
North Dakota State – Obe Blanc
Oklahoma – Roger Kish 
Princeton – Joe Dubuque
Stanford – Chris Ayres

2022 … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/college/years-of-hire-for-every-current-di-head-coach-2024-version-r99486/

August 26, 2024 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Burroughs to Enter 2024 World Team Trials

Omaha just got even better! This morning, seven-time World/Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs made an Instagram post that read “Can’t let you guys have all the fun without me. See you in Omaha.” The post was made in conjunction with a handful of pictures of him training. 
Burroughs will presumably attempt to make his 12th World/Olympic team and his first since winning his seventh World/Olympic title in 2022. 
The World Team Trials slated for September 14th and 15th in Omaha, Nebraska, are for the non-Olympic weights for the upcoming World Championships. Wrestlers who did not participate in the Games are eligible at those non-Olympic weights. For men’s freestyle, they are: 61kg, 70kg, 79kg, and 92 kg.  Burroughs would enter the 79kg bracket which is where he won his world titles in 2021 and 2022.  Burroughs last wrestled at 79kgs in Final X 2023 – losing to Chance Marsteller in an epic three-match series. 
Recently, Burroughs was on the microphone doing commentary for the 2024 Olympic Games. While he sounded like a polished vet, Burroughs also didn’t come off like someone who was ready to retire and even dropped a couple of subtle (or not-so-subtle) hints that he wasn’t done competing. The 2024 Olympic Games marked the 12-year anniversary of Burroughs’ Olympic gold medal-winning performance in London. 
Another layer of this story is that the Trials are back in Omaha, not far from his long-time home in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska. The location probably didn’t factor into Burroughs’ decision, but likely is an added bonus. 
We last saw Burroughs in action at the 2024 Olympic Trials on the campus of Penn State University. At the Trials, Burroughs defeated Penn State star Mitchell Mesenbrink in a heated affair, before losing to former Nittany Lion great Jason Nolf. After each bout, Burroughs was met with boos … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/international/burroughs-to-enter-2024-world-team-trials-r99484/

August 26, 2024 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Spencer Lee Earns Olympic Silver

PARIS – Former University of Iowa All-American and three-time National Champion Spencer Lee won a silver medal Friday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the 11th Hawkeye wrestler in school history to medal at the Olympic Games.
Lee fell to top-seeded Rei Higuchi of Japan in the gold medal match, 4-2. Lee earned two push out points in the first period to lead 2-0 at the break. A scramble led to a Higuchi takedown to tie it at 2-2 and give the Japanese wrestler the lead on criteria. Higuchi countered a last second attack from Lee with a takedown to make the final 4-2.
The Murrysville, Pennsylvania, native earned a spot in the gold medal round winning a tight decision over China’s Zou Wanhao in the round of 16. Lee earned a passivity point and a takedown before Wanhao scored two pushout points at the end of the match. Lee rolled to a 12-2 victory in the quarterfinals over Bekzat Almaz Uulu of Kyrgyzstan. After Lee gave up an early takedown, he locked up the technical superiority with 12 unanswered points.
Lee defeated Uzbekistan’s Gulomjan Abdullaev in the semifinal with his second straight first period technical superiority winning 14-4.  Lee used three takedowns and … more at … https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2024/08/09/spencer-lee-earns-olympic-silver/

August 26, 2024 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment