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Lanham Announces 2026-27 Duke Wrestling Schedule

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke wrestling head coach Glen Lanham announced the 2026-27 schedule Tuesday, a slate that features seven home dates, six ACC duals and a challenging mix of nationally competitive opponents.
The Blue Devils open action Sunday, Nov. 1, with their Black and Blue Duals in Card Gymnasium before officially opening the season Nov. 7 at the Journeymen Duals in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
At the Journeymen Duals, Duke will face Bloomsburg and Navy before returning to action Sunday, Nov. 8, at Wranglemania in Bethlehem.
Duke then travels to Princeton, New Jersey, for the Princeton Duals where the Blue Devils will face Princeton, Ohio and Chattanooga.  The Blue Devils close out November with a road match at Appalachian State Nov. 20 before returning home to host UNI Sunday, Nov. 22, in Card Gymnasium.
The month of December opens with a pair of matches in Fargo, North Dakota, against North Dakota State and Michigan State Dec. 4.  The Blue Devils then return home to host Gardner-Webb Dec. 18 in Cameron Indoor Stadium before closing out the calendar year at the Journeymen College Duals Dec. 20 in Binghamton, New York, against Buffalo, Northern Colorado and Penn State.
Once again, Duke opens the new year at the Southern Scuffle Jan. 2-3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  The Blue Devils then begin ACC competition Jan. 8 at NC State in Raleigh before closing non-conference play by hosting Brown Friday, Jan. 15 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.   
Duke continues its ACC slate with three matches to close out January, … more at … https://goduke.com/news/2026/9/22/lanham-announces-2026-27-duke-wrestling-schedule?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

September 23, 2026 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Tampering, impermissible recruiting violations occurred in Iowa State men’s wrestling program

Impermissible contact violations occurred in the Iowa State men’s wrestling program when local regional training center assistant coach Chris Perry had contact with two transfer student-athletes and one of those student-athletes was not yet in the Transfer Portal, according to an agreement released by a Division I Committee on Infractions panel. 
The school and enforcement staff agreed that the violations in this case occurred after the then-head men’s wrestling coach communicated with an exiting men’s wrestling head coach at another university and expressed interest in recruiting two of that coach’s student-athletes. After that exchange, Perry, who worked as an assistant coach at the Cyclone Regional Training Center (where the then-Iowa State head men’s coach also served as head coach of the training center team) contacted the prospective transfers. Perry called one prospect, who was not in the Transfer Portal, on two separate occasions and texted him 14 times, including requesting that individual’s transcripts, providing information about potential revenue-share payments and cost of attendance, and explaining that the prospect should request a “do not contact” tag when his name was entered into the Transfer Portal. Perry also provided a “commitment” graphic to the second prospect to share on social media when he committed to Iowa State. 
Both student-athletes ― who committed to Iowa State on the same day they entered the Transfer Portal ―indicated during interviews with enforcement that Perry was their first point of contact and primary recruiter to the school.
Although Perry was not employed by Iowa State, his work to recruit the student-athletes to Iowa State triggered “booster” status because he was working in an individual capacity to represent the school’s interests in recruiting conversations. As a result, his contact with those prospects constitutes impermissible contact violations,  … more at … https://www.ncaa.org/news/tampering-impermissible-recruiting-violations-occurred-in-iowa-state-mens-wrestling-program/

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