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Rivera joins Columbia coaching staff

Columbia announced the addition of 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Sebastian Rivera as an assistant coach.

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Pitt-Johnstown mourns loss of legendary coach, AD Pat Pecora

Pat Pecora, a legendary wrestling coach and AD for Pitt-Johnstown, passed away.
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Penn adds Olympian Cruz to coaching staff

Penn announced the addition of Olympian Darian Cruz as an assistant coach on Thursday afternoon.
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Brandvold leaves Minnesota staff, college coaching profession

Minnesota wrestling assistant coach Trevor Brandvold is leaving the college coaching profession, Gophers head coach Brandon Eggum has announced. Brandvold is planning to pursue interests outside of the coaching realm, though he intends to still be involved with the Gopher Wrestling Club.

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Rivera joins Columbia coaching staff

Columbia announced the addition of 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Sebastian Rivera as an assistant coach.
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Pitt-Johnstown mourns loss of legendary coach, AD Pat Pecora

Pat Pecora, a legendary wrestling coach and AD for Pitt-Johnstown, passed away.
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Penn adds Olympian Cruz to coaching staff

Penn announced the addition of Olympian Darian Cruz as an assistant coach on Thursday afternoon.
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Brandvold leaves Minnesota staff, college coaching profession

Minnesota wrestling assistant coach Trevor Brandvold is leaving the college coaching profession, Gophers head coach Brandon Eggum has announced. Brandvold is planning to pursue interests outside of the coaching realm, though he intends to still be involved with the Gopher Wrestling Club.
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Glazier to finish college career at SDSU

Zach Glazier will finish his college wrestling career at South Dakota State after spending five seasons at Iowa.
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NCAA champion Ferrari commits to CSU Bakersfield

A.J. Ferrari is returning to college wrestling and has a new home. Ferrari, a 2021 NCAA champion for Oklahoma State, announced on Friday that he committed to CSU Bakersfield.
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Rutgers adds five-time All-American Labriola to staff

Rutgers wrestling head coach Scott Goodale announced the addition of former collegiate standout Mikey Labriola as an assistant coach ahead of the 2024-25 season.
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Stutzman returns to Bloomsburg as head wrestling coach

Bloomsburg director of athletics, Dr. Michael McFarland, has announced John Stutzman as the next head coach of the Bloomsburg wrestling program.
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MatBoss: Five takeaways from Team USA’s performance at the Paris Olympic Games

The 2024 Olympic Games concluded on Sunday in Paris, France. MatBoss shares five takeaways from Team USA's performance in wrestling at the Paris Olympics.
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Gentry appointed head wrestling coach at UChicago

University of Chicago Director of Athletics and Recreation Angie Torain announced the hiring of Matt Gentry as the Maroons new head wrestling coach.
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Fox named head wrestling coach of men's, women's teams at Lackawanna College

The Lackawanna College Athletics Department is happy to announce the hiring of the coach who started it all, as John Fox makes his triumphant return to the Lackawanna College wrestling program as head coach for both the men's and women's teams.
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Ithaca College to add women's wrestling in fall of 2025

Ithaca College Associate Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Susan Bassett announced that the college is adding the sport of women's wrestling to its list of intercollegiate athletic offerings.
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Iowa assistant coach Verbeek named to UWW Hall of Fame

University of Iowa assistant women's wrestling coach Tonya Verbeek was named to the 2024 United World Wrestling Hall of Fame class, announced Monday.
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Chander ends tenure as head wrestling coach at Penn College

Pankil Chander is stepping down as Penn College's head wrestling coach to accept another full-time coaching opportunity.
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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.