Aug 29, 2014
With five screws, one plate, two World titles and an Olympic Gold, if Jordan Burroughs keeps this up, he’s going to have his own lyrics to the 12 Days of Wrestling Christmas. The best pound-for-pound freestyle wrestler in the world is off to Italy for acclimation and then off to Uzbekistan for the 2014...
Aug 25, 2014
After spending the last seven years on the sidelines as an assistant coach at Chattanooga and Old Dominion, Jon Sioredas is now a Division I head wrestling coach. On August 22, Grand Canyon University announced Sioredas would become the second head wrestling coach in school history and he’ll be leading the Lopes into...
Aug 22, 2014
Sam Shames recently wrapped up his career at MIT as a four-time All-American at the NCWA level. Despite MIT dropping wrestling to club status prior to his arrival on campus, Shames wrestled four years for coach Tom Layte. He’s now using his degree in Material Science and Engineering to launch a start-up company with a...
Aug 18, 2014
Sacramento City College coach Dave Pacheco has spent almost 30 years as the head coach at the California community college. As college wrestling season looms for the 20 junior college programs in California, it’s time for a refresher on one of the most unique wrestling divisions in the country. A product of the...
Aug 15, 2014
A native of Tennessee and graduate of Oklahoma State University, Kevin Ward helped take Division II Ouachita Baptist from new program to national power. In 2014, he coached Ouachita Baptist to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships and was named the Division II coach of the year in just the...