Photo Credit Huskers.com — Earlier today, Nebraska head coach Mark Manning announced the hiring of two former wrestlers to the coaching staff. Robert Kokesh has been hired as an assistant coach while Tyler Berger will be a volunteer assistant. Kokesh, a Wagner, South Dakota native, wrestled for the Huskers from 2011-2015. He was the Big…
Matt Atwood was promoted this season to head coach of the Midland woman’s wrestling program. He spent last season as the assistant coach before being promoted. He also has prior stints at Colby Community College in Kansas and Concordia University in Seward. Atwood’s college career saw him start out at Fort Hays State in Hays,…
Nebraska will be sending a loaded roster of talent to Fargo for Junior and 16U nationals on July 12th through July 19th. Today, Themat.com released the tentative Nebraska roster heading to Fargo. Junior Freestyle 106 Caleb Coyle 113 Nate Rubino, Nate Hartman 120 Jackson Nielsen, Jakason Burks, Dyson Kunz, Shaemon Erb 126 Ethan Batterton, Camden…
A little over a month ago, on May 17th, Midland University announced Larry Nugent as the new coach to lead the Midland wrestling program. Nugent will step in after former coach Dana Vote took the same position at Doane College in March. Nugent comes in to Midland with tons of wrestling and coaching experience. He…
When it comes to the class of 2020, you will be hard pressed to find a bigger name in wrestling than AJ Ferrari, He is being recruited by every program in the county Including: Penn State, Ohio State, Rutgers, Oklahoma State, and Nebraska among them. He has already taken a visit to Rutgers, and this…
Tyler Berger wrestles Steve Bleise from Minnesota.Nebraska senior Tyler Berger finished the 2019 NCAA Tournament as a national runner-up. He finished his tremendous career with a 116-32 record which puts him in ninth all-time in the Nebraska record books.Berger was a four-time national qualifier and a three time All-American. He finished fifth as a sophomore…
Nebraska will be heading to Pittsburgh this week to compete in the NCAA Championships, and will be looking to improve on last year’s ninth place finish. Last year, they had three All-Americans in Chad Red, Tyler Berger, and Taylor Venz. This year, the Huskers will be taking eight wrestlers to nationals. Red, Berger, and Venz…
