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STILLWATER  – Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Chad Weiberg announced Monday wrestling great David Taylor as the eighth head coach in Oklahoma State his...

ISTANBUL, TURKIYE – Canadian wrestlers are set for the final World Olympic Qualifier this week, May 9-12, in Istanbul, Turkiye. This will be the final opportunity for wrestlers to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. After qualifying five athletes at the Pan-American Olympic Qualifiers, Feb. 28 – March 1, in Mexico, Canada will look to […]

Minnesota wrestling head coach Brandon Eggum announced the signing of transfer Cooper Flynn Wednesday.

Persistence, determination, tenacity, grit, resolve, perseverance…maybe even stubborn. Those would be just a few of the words that come to mind when speaking of Edmond North’s Hudson Hackbarth and his high school wrestling career. Laboring behind a star-studded line-up for three years, Hackbarth finally broke through with a stellar senior season that ended with a

MANHEIM, PA.— Former Central College wrestler Rick Stahl was one of seven individuals chosen by the National Wrestling Coaches Association for the Division III Hall

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The final draws have been released by United World Wrestling for the 2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier set for May 9-12 in Istanbul, Turkey. Team USA will be represented in five weight classes, three Greco-Roman (60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg...

A path that includes Olympic gold, world championships and a shocking destination

With all of the attention given to the Oklahoma State coaching position, it’s almost easy to forget that tomorrow represents the start of a huge four days in the Olympic qualification process. The 2023 World Championships served as the first event where wrestlers could lock up a quota for their c...

Less than a year ago, Haavard Joergensen (67 kg, NOR) was on the cusp of potentially putting the finishing touches on what was, by all accounts, a breakout season. It had begun in early 2023 when Joergensen placed third at the annual Nikola Petrov Memorial in Bulgaria — and continued when he stared down a […]

AMES, Iowa – The Cyclone Regional Training Center and its Director Kevin Dresser have announced the addition of former Iowa State wrestler Marcus Coleman as a resident athlete. Coleman, an Ames, Iowa native and a two-time NCAA All-American, returns to his hometown after spending the last year as an assistant coach at Davidson.

The 2024 college coaching carousel is in full swing and was sort of turned on its head last night as the Oklahoma State job was filled by David Taylor. There are already plenty of rumors regarding Taylor’s potential coaching staff. Should those come to fruition, they could create even more moveme...

The National Wrestling Hall Of Fame

Seth Duckworth joins to talk the Cowboys' new coach.

Recruiting is the lifeblood of a collegiate wrestling team. To make a significant impact at the NCAA Tournament you need to have the horses. As college wrestling has evolved, we find out who the real thoroughbreds are earlier and earlier. Looking at the 2024 NCAA finals, 14 of the 20 finalists we...

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The West Liberty University athletics department and the women's wrestling program will check off another milestone in their program's short history since its addition

It seemed like just a normal Monday night. The boys were talking NIL, coaching changes, Carter Starocci returning, when news started to trickle out about the biggest coaching hire of the year (or several years); as Oklahoma State hired David Taylor. For the full video:

Jazmene Molina '26 came to Utica to be a Pioneer – in more ways than one. With three teammates – Ashley Mendez ’27, Gillian Mills ’27, and Sara Sylvester ’27 – the sophomore transfer student from La Mirada, California is ushering in the University’s newest intercollegiate sport, women’s wrestling. When Molina learned last year that her college coach, Connor Lapresi, had accepted an offer to come to Utica and build a new program from the ground up, she was intrigued by the challenge, so much that she decided to follow him north to Ferrum College in Virginia.

Girls wrestling will be sanctioned by the IHSAA next school year, allowing the opportunity for Evansville-area athletes to compete for state titles.

Ferraro explained, "Looking back on the moment the program was in, the assessment was right. We needed stability. That was a time when the program needed someone they could count on, and I appreciated the opportunity.”

Taylor's first head coaching job to come at one of the country's most historic and prestigious wrestling programs.

Oklahoma State has hired Penn State legend David Taylor as its new wrestling coach to replace John Smith

Oklahoma State is hiring another Olympic champion as its next head coach of Cowboy wrestling in former Penn State NCAA Champion David Taylor.

Bajrang Punia claims NADA used expired testing kits, shares old video as evidence with his Paris OLympic participation hanging in balance

Chicago wrestler Joe Rau retired from wrestling after a heartbreaking loss in 2021. Now he’s going to the Paris Olympics.

Kristi Mann, the Arkansas state chair of USA Wrestling, will travel to Azerbaijan as one of Wrestle Like a Girl’s exchange participants, the