Category Save Wrestling

As Delaware State axes wrestling, NWCA takes action

In the past few weeks, the college wrestling world has been abuzz about head coaching changes at major programs such Iowa State, Penn State, Arizona State and University of Illinois… to the point where many wrestlers, coaches and fans may…

NCAA Asks Schools Not to Blame Title IX

As a number of athletic departments prepare to cut some men’s teams to trim budgets, NCAA president Myles Brand has put out a call for schools to leave Title IX out of it. He has pre-emptively asked schools with shrinking…

PSU-DuBois Adding Wrestling 2009-10 School Year

Head Wrestling Coach- Penn State DuBois Penn State DuBois seeks an energetic and experienced Wrestling Coach to direct the reintroduction of wrestling on the PSU DuBois Campus. The Head Coach will direct and coordinate the planning, organizing, and coaching of…

Gable Museum Works Toward January Reopening

By PAT KINNEY, Courier News Editor WATERLOO — A $400,000 repair and renovation of the flood-damaged Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum began today. Museum officials have received word the Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated the bulk of…

How YOU Can Save the Dan Gable Wrestling Museum

SAVE THE MUSEUM! “Wrestling teaches you how to get off your back. Old Man River put us on our back, but we’re on our feet and fighting to survive.” – Mike Chapman The massive water damage in the Midwest has…

Reversal! Arizona State Reinstates Wrestling!

Arizona State University Sports Information TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State University Vice President for Athletics Lisa Love announced Friday that the athletic department is fully reinstating the sport of varsity wrestling, effective immediately, due to financial support from local civic…

Athletic Business: Pinned Hopes at U of Oregon

By: Paul Steinbach It’s a homecoming that many are celebrating. On July 13, first-year athletic director Pat Kilkenny announced that Ducks baseball will return to the University of Oregon after a 26-year hiatus. But the news ruffled more than a…