Tag wrestling-coach

Leave everything on the mat

Tom Stockdale

Longtime wrestling coach and retired teacher nominated for Barrie Sports Hall of Fame By GENE PEREIRA Asked to pick one special memory or moment that stands out more than any other from his more than 30 years of coaching wrestling,…

Gable set for next stage

Dan Gable Wrestling Coach

By MATT LEVINS IOWA CITY “Dan Gable has been the face of amateur wrestling for the better part of the last half-century. During that span, Gable has done just about everything there is to do for the sport of wrestling,…

J Robinson Goes To Iraq To Train, Thank Troops

COB BASRA, Iraq – Who is Coach J Robinson? Robinson has had an illustrious career as an Army Ranger during the Vietnam War, an Olympic wrestler and one of the greatest coaches in University of Minnesota history. Robinson demonstrated his…

Zeke Jones Leaves Penn, Takes US Freestyle Head Coach Position

Jones accepts position as U.S. freestyle head coach University of Pennsylania Sports Information PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s head wrestling coach Zeke Jones has announced his resignation to accept a position as the head coach of the United States…

College wrestling: Mat coaches not getting rich

BY DAN McCOOL In college athletic department offices across America, the coach behind the door belongs to a group that averages nearly $70,000 in base salary each year. Down many of those hallways, though, other coaches cash bigger paychecks than…