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,…
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…
Photo: York College Athletics Chad Mattox has been announced as the next head wrestling coach for NAIA York College. Mattox will move on from York High School where he has coached the past nine seasons. He has been part of the Nebraska wrestling community for several additional years on top of that in assistant coaching…
Some huge matches should be in store this weekend at the US Open in Las Vegas, NV. Nebraska will be well represented in the event. Former Nebraska 4x State Champ Thomas Gilman will be the top seed at 57kg. The former Iowa Hawkeye 3x All-American has been the representative for the USA the last two…
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…
