Photo Credit: Tony Rotundo Excerpt from the FULL PRESS RELEASE via lopers.com: Tervel Dlagnev is one of the best stories in UNK Athletics history, going from a walk on to an Olympic medal winner. Born in Bulgaria and picking up wrestling in high school, Dlagnev not only was a two-time national champion but also one of…
This podcast was produced by our partner site, IAwrestle. Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college, and international wrestling. Potentially Dangerous Podcast this week is hosted by Ross Bartachek. Joining Ross is a special guest, Alex Thomsen. A former prep wrestler for Underwood high school, Alex won four state titles and was considered one…
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…
