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Olympian Kennedy Blades signs with Iowa

2024 Olympian Kennedy Blades has signed a national letter of intent to join the University of Iowa women's wrestling program starting in 2024. Iowa head coach Clarissa Chun made the announcement on Tuesday.

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Altman named head wrestling coach at Pitt-Bradford

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has named Zach Altman as the university's head wrestling coach, the third head coach in the program's history.
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Dryden tabbed new Friends women's head coach

Friends University announced the hiring of Boo Dryden as the school's new women's wrestling head coach.
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All-American Turley returning to Rutgers for 2024-25 season

Jackson Turley (174) will return to Rutgers wrestling to use his final season of eligibility in 2024-25. A three-time NCAA qualifier and 2021 All-American, Turley is regarded as one of the top wrestlers in his weight class heading into the 2024-25 campaign.

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Olympian Kennedy Blades signs with Iowa

2024 Olympian Kennedy Blades has signed a national letter of intent to join the University of Iowa women's wrestling program starting in 2024. Iowa head coach Clarissa Chun made the announcement on Tuesday.
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Altman named head wrestling coach at Pitt-Bradford

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has named Zach Altman as the university's head wrestling coach, the third head coach in the program's history.
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Dryden tabbed new Friends women's head coach

Friends University announced the hiring of Boo Dryden as the school's new women's wrestling head coach.
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All-American Turley returning to Rutgers for 2024-25 season

Jackson Turley (174) will return to Rutgers wrestling to use his final season of eligibility in 2024-25. A three-time NCAA qualifier and 2021 All-American, Turley is regarded as one of the top wrestlers in his weight class heading into the 2024-25 campaign.
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Utah Valley adds Lavalle to coaching staff

Utah Valley head coach Adam Hall has announced the hiring of Joey Lavallee. The 2017 All-American will bring a lot of experience as a four-time NCAA qualifier.
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Hochstrasser added to Utah Valley coaching staff

Utah Valley wrestling head coach Adam Hall announced on Monday the hiring of Andrew Hochstrasser as an assistant coach. He joins the UVU staff after a successful run with the Sons of Atlas Wrestling Club.
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Iowa leads Division I men's wrestling in home attendance

After selling out another home schedule at the famed Carver-Hawkeye Arena, it's no surprise that for the 17th consecutive college wrestling season, the University of Iowa led the nation in Division I men's wrestling attendance as the National Wrestling Media Association released its annual figures on Monday.
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Carr named recipient of Big 12's 2024 Bob Bowlsby Award

David Carr has been named the recipient of the Big 12's 2024 Bob Bowlsby Award, league Commissioner Brett Yormark announced Tuesday during his State of the Conference address to kick off football media days in Las Vegas.
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Maryland announces staff updates

Nick Brascetta has been promoted to associate head coach at Maryland, while Elijah Oliver and Ethan Laird have both been promoted to full-time assistant coaches for the Terps.
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Central Michigan fills coaching staff with familiar faces

Central Michigan kept it in the family when it named Ben Bennett its wrestling coach. Bennett is following suit in his choice of assistants, retaining Colin Heffernan and promoting Matt Stencel to those posts.

Maylor hired as assistant coach for App State

Max Maylor has been hired as an App State Wrestling assistant coach, head coach JohnMark Bentley announced Monday.
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Welch promoted to associate head coach at The Citadel

Following an unprecedented 14-win season this past year, The Citadel wrestling head coach Ryan LeBlanc has opted to elevate Luke Welch to the position of associate head coach

Ragland returns to Averett as assistant coach

Averett University men's wrestling head coach Blake Roulo announced the addition of former Cougar Trent Ragland to his staff as an assistant coach.

Life announces Laden as new associate head coach

Life University is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jake Laden as the new Associate Head Coach for the Men's Wrestling program. Coach Laden brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success to the Running Eagles, marking an exciting new chapter for the team.

Kluever named assistant coach at Gardner-Webb

Keaton Kluever was named the new Assistant Coach of the Gardner-Webb University wrestling program.

Midkiff joins coaching staff at Northern Illinois

Ryan Ludwig, the head coach of the Northern Illinois University Wrestling program, has announced the hiring of McGwire Midkiff to the coaching staff for the upcoming 2024-25 season.
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Red promoted to assistant coach at Indiana

Indiana Wrestling head coach Angel Escobedo has announced that C.J. Red has been promoted to a full-time assistant coach.
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SUNY Brockport tabs Seymour as head wrestling coach

SUNY Brockport Director of Athletics Dr. Erick Hart announced the hiring of Troy Seymour as the Golden Eagles full-time head wrestling coach Tuesday. Seymour will be primarily responsible for managing all functions and oversight of Brockport's nationally recognized wrestling program.
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Hofstra welcomes back Franco as head wrestling coach

On Monday, Jamie Franco was announced as the new head wrestling coach at Hofstra.
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Levendusky named interim SOU women's wrestling head coach

The Southern Oregon University women's wrestling team has its new leader in Joye Levendusky, a decorated alum and familiar face on the Raider coaching staff. She was named SOU's interim head coach on Friday.
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Zamin promoted to head men's wrestling coach at North Central

North Central College AD Jim Miller announced the promotion of Grant Zamin as the 24th head coach of the Cardinals' men's wrestling program while staying on as the assistant coach for the women's wrestling team.
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Eustice named assistant wrestling coach at Navy

Navy head wrestling coach Cary Kolat announced today that Ty Eustice has joined his staff as an assistant coach. Eustice comes to Navy from Davidson where he had served as the head assistant coach since 2021.
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LaMont joins Army West Point coaching staff

Army West Point wrestling coach Kevin Ward has announced Taylor LaMont as the newest assistant coach.