Capturing the nation's attention In the big money world of Division I college athletics, only five championship sports actually make the NCAA money. Of course, the biggest is the Final Four, the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Now 68 teams play their way to a championships. The venues a...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 29 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Joe Rau of the United States. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565989249930&twSessio...

SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS We've got electricians, we've got plumbing and we've got mouse ears! That's right, the Short Time Wrestling Podca...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 30 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Kyle Snyder of the United States. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565899121699&twSe...

Episode 34 of The MatBoss Podcast is with four-time All-American and three-time NCAA Division I finalist Gerry Abas of Fresno State. Abas talks about his start in wrestling in the Bay Area and how his speed, quickness and flash on the wrestling mat had its foundations in breakdancing in the 1980s. A...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 31 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Germany's Frank Staebler. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565809310585&twSessionId=...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 32 days out, Trackwrestling.com features India's Pooja Dhanda. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565713548598&twSessionId=cdjy...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 33 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Spain's Taimuraz Friev. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565666524431&twSessionId=ua...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 34 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Serbia's Stevan Micic. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565637906465&twSessionId=tiv...

A Legend Comes to Town In the lore of college sports, there's always the aura of having done something no one else had ever done. In 1994, a wrestler from Oklahoma State University named Pat Smith became the first wrestler in NCAA Division I wrestling history to win four straight national championsh...

Gabe Tagg will represent the United States at 61 kilograms during the upcoming Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. The Junior World Championships will be live on Trackwrestling. Tagg spent the past year training under Kevin Jackson in the Elite Accelerator Program. He signed to wrestle f...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 35 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnik. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565546316388&twSession...

On The Mat visits with Olympic champion Randy Lewis and Northwestern coach Matt Storniolo Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton return after a week off with On The Mat where a big point of discussion is Andy's trip to the NWCA Convention and talking about the topics discussed there. Olympic champion Randy...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 36 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Colombia's Nestor Tafur. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565546297189&twSessionId=z...

Episode 525 is a little different as we take to Twitter and Facebook to ask fans about the stigma of “pro wrestling” and why “our” side of the sport seems to be less annoyed with the pro wrestling/sports entertainment side of it. So there's the question of the week! Next week...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 37 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Cuba's Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565368063509&twSessi...

Episode 33 of The MatBoss Podcast is with second-year Edinboro head coach Matt Hill. Host Chad Dennis visits with Hill to talk about the first year at the helm, the pride of the Edinboro program and what he's looking forward to as he heads into year two and the first year in the expanded Mid-America...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 38 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Slovenia's David Habat. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565233638983&twSessionId=em...

David Carr will represent the United States at 74 kilograms during the upcoming Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. The Junior World Championships will be live on Trackwrestling. Carr won five Ohio state wrestling championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Cadet World Championships. He...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 39 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Seung-Hak Kim of Korea. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565205624287&twSessionId=ac...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 40 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Canada's Erica Weibe. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565020390253&twSessionId=raxh...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 41 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Japan's Yuki Takahashi. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565014285559&twSessionId=ra...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 42 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Lebanon's Domenic Abounader. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565012549202&twSession...

Cliff Fretwell breaks down some of his thoughts while on the road heading to Fargo for the first time in 11 years.

Virginia Tech associate head wrestling coach Jared Frayer was a two-time All-American for the University of Oklahoma, an NCAA championship finalist in 2002, and a 2012 Olympian in freestyle wrestling. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1565206196816&twSessionId=ynot...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 43 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Italy's Frank Chamizo. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1565012545149&twSessionId=rax...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 44 days out, Trackwrestling.com features San Marino's Myles Amine. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564687293226&twSessionId=...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 45 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Uzbekistan's Bekzod Abdurakhmonov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564611023841&twS...

Finally checking back in with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio to get some summer updates on what's going on with the Wolfpack program. Join host Brian Reinhardt, the 2018-19 NWMA Division I Wrestling SID of the Year, for episode 51 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. Show Segments 0:5...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 46 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Norway's Grace Bullen. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564515007162&twSessionId=ivt...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 47 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Turkey's Kerem Kamal. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564415966649&twSessionId=gdpr...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 48 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Serbia's Viktor Nemes. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564415945186&twSessionId=gdp...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 49 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Canada's Diana Weicker. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564259098188&twSessionId=md...

On The Mat previews the Cadet World Championships with Gary Mayabb, Kevin Jackson and Jessica Medina The preparation is over and the tournament begins soon as this episode of On The Mat talks with the developmental coaches in all three styles – Jessica Medina, Kevin Jackson and Gary Mayabb hea...

On The Mat previews the Cadet World Championships with Gary Mayabb, Kevin Jackson and Jessica Medina The preparation is over and the tournament begins soon as this episode of On The Mat talks with the developmental coaches in all three styles – Jessica Medina, Kevin Jackson and Gary Mayabb hea...

Oklahoma City University head wrestling coach Sam Hazewinkel was a four-time All-American for the University of Oklahoma, a 2012 Olympian in freestyle wrestling and a 2018 Greco-Roman World team member at the age of 34. You can listen to the entire interview above or read the transcript below. Full ...

After 38 years, a new man will be leading Ursinus College into battle next season. Longtime coach Bill Racich passed away at the beginning of last season and Josh Mangle stepped in as the interim coach to close out the season. The 2019-20 season will begin with King's College alum and longtime Princ...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 50 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Bahrain's Adam Batirov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564154491873&twSessionId=oy...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 51 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Stepan Maryanyan. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564080806619&twSessionId...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 52 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Belarus' Zalina Sidakova. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564070255155&twSessionId=...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 53 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Puerto Rico's Franklin Gomez. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564068983112&twSessio...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 54 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Zaur Uguev. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564068598046&twSessionId=nleqs...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 55 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Cuba's Ismael Borrero Molina. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1564068592033&twSessio...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 56 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Hungary's Balint Korpasi. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1563909816304&twSessionId=...

USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender Goes On The Mat USA Wrestling set an entry record at the 2019 Junior & U16 National Championships this week. Coming on the show to talk about Fargo and all things associated with the upcoming World Championships is Rich Bender, the longtime executive...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 57 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Azerbaijan's Haji Aliyev. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1563907435408&twSessionId=...

Kyle Klingman of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with 2018 Cadet World Champion, 2018 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist and 2019 Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award winner Emily Shilson of Minnesota. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1563573736550&tw...

Kyle Klingman of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with 2018 Cadet World Champion, 2018 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist and 2019 Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award winner Emily Shilson of Minnesota. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1563573736550&tw...

Minnesota USA Wrestling head Greco-Roman coach Dan Chandler talks about the performances of the 16U team in Greco-Roman and some of the challenges that the style presents when coaching at all levels. All three 16U champions, Caleb Thoennes, Jore Volk and Gavin Nelson, all join the show. They also ve...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 58 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1563906289273&twSessi...

Team Nebraska coach Zac Dominguez on the growth of USA Wrestling programs in Nebraska, dealing with “farm boy” strength and balancing the difference between farm kids and city kids to create one team. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newslette...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 59 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Germany's Aline Focken. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1563906150305&twSessionId=iy...

Live from Fargo and Herd and Horns with Earl Smith of The Open Mat, Willie Saylor of Flowrestling and Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online.. Don't look for a format, because we're all over the place. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historica...

Minnesota USA Wrestling head freestyle coach Jayson Ness talks about the performances of the team in freestyle. We'll also talk with Junior freestyle national champion Patrick Kennedy. SUBSCRIBE TO THE GUILLOTINE GRAPEVINE Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Spotify | Google P...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 60 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Estonia's Heiki Nabi. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1563823627435&twSessionId=pouu...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 61 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Georgia's Geno Petriashvili. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1563822061280&twSession...

Join Willie Saylor of Flowrestling, Earl Smith of The Open Mat, Julia Salata and Jason Bryant on an roundtable live from Herd and Horns in Fargo as we go 90+ minutes talking wrestling in Fargo. Coach Foca from NJ also jumps in, so does J.D. Rader from USA Wrestling. Don't look for a format, because ...

California's Mike Duran is an avid Angels baseball fan. He's also an avid developer of talent in the nation's most talent-rich women's wrestling state. On the latest #Fargo2019 episode, Duran talks about what makes California so successful, some of his favorite memories of the event and how he got i...

Longtime coach and current Iowa USA Wrestling State Chairman Mark Reiland's seen a lot in his time. Now officially out of coaching, the 1991 NCAA champion from the University of Iowa is spending more time here in #Fargo2019 on his leadership role. Reiland explains what his role is now and some of hi...

Gary Brownell is known more by his nickname “Gimp” in wrestling circles. He's attending his 42nd USA Wrestling Junior & 16U National Championships. He's held a variety of roles in wrestling, but technology has been something he's been an innovator. We talk with Gimp about his fond m...

The shows from #Fargo2019 begin as the theme this year is to talk about your favorite “Fargo” memory, whether or not that actually occurred here. First up is Illinois coach Pete Kowalczuk, who talks about coaching and his favorite memory. Patrick Kelly of Kansas, host of the Air Time Pod...

World Team member Daton Fix goes On The Mat U.S. World Team member and 2019 NCAA Division I runner-up Daton Fix of Oklahoma State is this week's guest ON THE MAT by Trackwrestling. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings in and aroun...

A national event has a distinctly Upper Midwest presence as the 2019 USA Wrestling Junior & 16U Nationals will come to the Fargodome just across the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota from July 13-19. On this episode of The Guillotine Grapevine, we visit with Steve Saxlund, a Pipestone, Minnesota...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 65 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Iran's Hassan Yazdani Charati. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562860757162&twSessi...

Episode 26 of the Five Point Move Podcast visits with Princeton's Lenny Merkin and the most recent addition to the USOPTC Greco-Roman resident athlete Nolan Baker. Join host Tim Hands as he talks with both about their respective journeys through Greco and college. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FIVE POINT MOVE PO...

Episode 64 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast visits with one of the newest members of the wrestling coaching staff, 2017 NCAA Division I All-American Kevin Beazley. The former 197-pounder returns to the area after competing at the University of Michigan for his final year of eligibility and worki...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 66 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Azerbaijan's Eldaniz Azizli. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562783898380&twSession...

The #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast goes into the world of Mixed Martial Arts with alum and multiple-time NCAA qualifier Max Rohskopf. Host Brian Reinhardt visits with the up-and-coming MMA star about his life in and around wrestling and the transition to fighting as well as things the future might h...

If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that cool Compound gear, you can support this program by making a small monthly contribution to the network by following this link.. The Short Time Time Wrest...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 67 days out, Trackwrestling.com features France's Koumba Larroque. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562690894139&twSessionId=...

Mat Talk Online's Jason Bryant made another appearance on the official podcast of USA Wrestling Kansas, Air Time hosted by Patrick Kelly. The full podcast can be found here and on platforms where podcasts are found.

On The Mat with U.S. men's freestyle World Teamer Tyler Graff Tyler Graff joins the show to talk about his first World Team berth at age 30, while Andy Hamilton is on location at training camp in Colorado Springs. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to [...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 68 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Moldova's Victor Ciobanu. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562605836666&twSessionId=...

Seven Minutes is a series of interviews with top wrestling coaches and athletes. Most of the question-and-answer sessions last roughly seven minutes. Hence the name. Tony Ramos is a 2014 NCAA champion for Iowa, a two-time World team member and an assistant coach for North Carolina. You can listen to...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 69 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Turkey's Fatih Erdin. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562605301505&twSessionId=vndd...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 70 days out, Trackwrestling.com features India's Bajrang Punia. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562604127897&twSessionId=vnd...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 71 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Bulgaria's Taybe Yusein. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562604102709&twSessionId=v...

Tim Hands returns with Dennis Hall in a one-on-one as the two talk about the recent state of Greco-Roman wrestling and all things in between. Hall never pulls any punches. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FIVE POINT MOVE PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Podcasts | RSS

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 72 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562340332313&t...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 73 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Cuba's Alejandro Valdes Tobier. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562200241469&twSess...

Another Storm roundtable edition, this time coming from Insight Brewing in Minneapolis. Join host Jason Bryant along with World Teamer Pat Smith, past World Teamer Jordan Holm, Canada's Joe Dashou and Norway's Hans Martin Male as they talk about the recent happenings in wrestling and how it relates ...

PAP53: As summer heats up in the Keystone State, PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsnyder @KnopsKnotes, are back to talk about all the recent International success of Pennsylvania wrestlers. They also talk with 4-time Pennsylvania State Champion Gavin Teasdale on his last ...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 74 days out, Trackwrestling.com features China's RONG Ningning. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562164223028&twSessionId=xkt...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 75 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Japan's Takuto Otoguro. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1562033795622&twSessionId=uw...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 76 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Ukraine's Zhan Beleniuk. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561952884842&twSessionId=k...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 77 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Finland's Petra Olli. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561864154808&twSessionId=golq...

On The Mat with U.S. Women's National Team Coach Terry Steiner Terry Steiner, longtime U.S. Women's National Team Coach, joins On The Mat. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings in and around wrestling. Show Segments 0:39 – An...

This entire series has been telling you one story to set up another. On Episode 3, we look back at the impact of the first college wrestling program in Arkansas in nearly 50 years, Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Ouachita Baptist started wrestling in 2010. The nearest opponent ...

This is the 76th installment of Seven Minutes. It's a series of interviews with top wrestling coaches and athletes. Most of the question-and-answer sessions last roughly seven minutes. Hence the name. Hunter Stieber was a two-time All-American for Ohio State and is currently the volunteer assistant ...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 78 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Turkey's Taha Akgul. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561776523977&twSessionId=qpwxo...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 79 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Uzbekistan's Elmurat Tasmuradov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561683132670&twSes...

Comedian Adam Hunter rejoins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast while he was in town to do a run of shows at Rick Bronson's House of Comedy at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. A New York native, Hunter wrestled through high school and for a short time in college before setting out to pur...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 80 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Japan's Risako Kawai. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561603449310&twSessionId=kzdr...

Episode 32 of The MatBoss Podcast features Chad Dennis and his high school assistant coach Chris Baird. The main topic of discussion on this episode is the weight class debate in high school wrestling. Should we remove weights, should we shift weights. Two coaches with different viewpoints discuss i...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 81 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561510219957&twSes...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 82 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Turkey's Metehan Basar. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561430619229&twSessionId=iw...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 83 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Ukraine's Alla Cherkasova. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561399761149&twSessionId...

On The Mat from the Junior Duals Several interviews are collected from a trip to the USA Wrestling Junior National Duals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings in and around wrestling. Show Segments 1:00 – ...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 84 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Hungary's Tamas Lorincz. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1561255923922&twSessionId...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 85 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Ukraine's Oksana Livach. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561172287435&twSessionId=q...

The Short Time Wrestling Podcast is back in the lovely confines of New Brighton, Minnesota where you always know the weather. Episode 514 talks with the Hawkeye Wrestling Club's Forrest Molinari, a two-time women's world team member about her start in wrestling and her recent performance at Final X....

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 86 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Zaurbek Sidakov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561084969206&twSessionId=...

Tim Hands has a full show today with Greco-Roman world teamers Joe Rau, Pat Smith and Max Nowry. Rau and Smith are making their second appearances on the U.S. Senior World Team while Nowry, a past University-level world champion, is making his first appearance. The show focuses on the Final X proces...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 87 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Uzbekistan's Ilkhom Bakhromov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1561058324560&twSessi...

Miron Kharchilava, founder of Team Miron, joins Chad Dennis on Episode 31 of The MatBoss Podcast. Much of this episode's discussion centers around how Miron got to the United States, his upbringing and depictions of life in the Soviet Union before and after the breakup. He also talks about his son, ...

New episode of the PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is with Brian Reinhardt and associate head coach Adam Hall. This entire episode talks about recruiting as the summertime is busy for the staff in trying to lure new athletes to Raleigh. Show Segments 1:00 – Going down the hall to get Adam Hall 2...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 88 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Sergey Semenov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560914393641&twSessionId=v...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 89 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Georgia's Vladimer Khinchegashvili. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560831100269&tw...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 90 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Canada's Justina di Stasio. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionI...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 90 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Canada's Justina di Stasio. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionI...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 91 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Japan's Yui Susaki. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionId=vwwfbu...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 92 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Iran's Reza Yazdani. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionId=vwwfb...

Session 2 Final X Athlete Press Conference from Lincoln, Nebraska. Athletes included are Cohlton Schultz, Mallory Velte, Sarah Hildebrandt, Kyle Snyder, Jordan Burroughs, Isaiah Martinez, Kyven Gadson, Katherine Shai, Kayla Miracle, Adam Coon, Joe Colon, Ryan Deakin, Adeline Gray, Daton Fix, Thomas ...

Session 1 Final X Athlete Press Conference from Lincoln, Nebraska. Athletes involved were Raymond Bunker, Ryan Mango, G'Angelo Hancock, Lucas Sheridan, Xavier Johnson, Alex Mossing, Leslie “Mike” Fuenffinger, Jacarra Winchester, Alli Ragan, Lauren Louive, Dominique Parrish and Ildar Hafi...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 93 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Artem Surkov. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionId=vww...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 100 days out, we feature Russia's Abdulrashid Sadulaev. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560451503773&twSessionId=puzbppsuyh&...

UWW's Tim Foley goes On The Mat Tim Foley, an All-American at the University of Virginia, a columnist for InterMat and the current Senior Manager of Media Operations for United World Wrestling joins the show to talk about international wrestling. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to ...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 94 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Puerto Rico's Ethan Ramos. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionId...

Episode 30 of The MatBoss Podcast with Chad Dennis is with New Jersey Regional Training Center coach and past U.S. World Teamer Reece Humphrey. The Ohio State alum will talk about the dynamic of an RTC that's based around two Division I schools – Princeton and Rutgers – as well as the re...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 95 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Russia's Dauren Kurugliev. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionId...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 96 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Iran's Alireza Karimi Machiani. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSess...

World Team members Richie Figueroa and Aaron Brooks go On The Mat A pair of World Team members in freestyle will go ON THE MAT this week as they prepare for the UWW Cadet and Junior World Championships later this summer. Cadet Richie Figueroa and Junior Aaron Brooks are on the show. Join Andy Hamilt...

This is the 74th installment of Seven Minutes. It's a series of interviews with top wrestling coaches and athletes. Most of the question-and-answer sessions last roughly seven minutes. Hence the name. Andy Barth wrestled at Columbia University and received the Outstanding American Award from the Nat...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 97 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Turkey's Emrah Kus. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560786153637&twSessionId=vwwfbu...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 98 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Japan's Mayu Mukaida. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560457047218&twSessionId=puzb...

Profiling 100 of the world's top wrestlers as we countdown the days until the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 99 days out, Trackwrestling.com features Georgia's Avtandil Kentchadze. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1560451867364&twSessi...

Episode 85 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling visits with new assistant coach and 2019 U.S. Open champion Cody Brewer. The four-time All-American from Oklahoma and 2015 NCAA Division I champion talks about growing up in Kansas City, his choice to go to Oklahoma and what competition was like in colleg...

New episode of the PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is with Brian Reinhardt and the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack, Pat Popolizio and a first-time guest, Junior World Team member Trent Hidlay. Show Segments 1:00 – Welcome Pat, Brian comes with notes 1:30 – Summer plans with The Skip 3:...

PAP52: If you haven't heard the news about Pennsylvania High School Wrestling – PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsnyder @KnopsKnotes get you up to speed with the PIAA's proposal on decreasing the number of weight-classes from 14 to 12. The pair also talk about the V...

Friday at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Honors Weekend is one of the most important days of the year in wrestling. That Friday, the plaques are unveiled and the award winners are introduced to the public. An informal gathering, Friday is one of those days every wrestling fan should experience....

Kyle Klingman of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with 1996 Olympic silver medalist and 2019 National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee Brandon Paulson. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1559577775595&twSessionId=iswbfxtygc&videoId=1492394132 Subscribe to S...

Kyle Klingman of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with 1996 Olympic silver medalist and 2019 National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee Brandon Paulson. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1559577775595&twSessionId=iswbfxtygc&videoId=1492394132 Subscribe to S...

Indiana native and 2019 U.S. Junior world teamer Brayton Lee joins The MatBoss Podcast with Chad Dennis this week. Lee talks about his redshirt season at Minnesota and his expected weight class next season, but most of the show focuses on Lee earning the spot to represent Team USA in Estonia later t...

NCAA champion and two-time U.S. world teamer Tony Ramos goes On The Mat Three-time NCAA All-American, two-time U.S. world team member and current North Carolina assistant coach Tony Ramos joins the show this week. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to t...

Brandon Paulson is set to be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame this weekend in Stillwater, Oklahoma. But even though Paulson has that important moment forthcoming, he's had a number of moments with the PINnacle School of Wrestling this summer. Paulson comes by the studio to give his ...

Trackwrestling's Kyle Klingman goes Seven Minutes with past Indiana All-American, author and motivational speaker Dr. Coyte Cooper. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1558972815503&twSessionId=uhvxjhpaot&videoId=1450613132  

Two-time Olympian, World silver medalist and former Maryland head coach Kerry McCoy goes On The Mat Kerry McCoy, a dominant three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at Penn State, joins On The Mat this week. McCoy recently stepped down as the head coach at the University of Maryland. A New...

With four months to go until a new school year starts, Little Rock head coach Neil Erisman will return to the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Episode 510 talks with Erisman about the construction of the Hatcher Wrestling Facility as well as the recent news the Trojans wrestling program will be wrestli...

Two-time world team member and current North Carolina assistant coach Tony Ramos joins The MatBoss Podcast for Episode 28 with host Chad Dennis. Ramos will talk about the decision to leave his shoes on the mat in Raleigh at the recent U.S. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament as well as a number o...

Trackwrestling's Kyle Klingman goes Seven Minutes with NCAA champion and Final X competitor Kyven Gadson Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1558580668100&twSessionId=tjtigpelvi&videoId=1448986132

Behind every good man is usually a good woman. In the case of Northern Iowa head coach Doug Schwab, the saying is an understatement. On Episode 509 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll meet Allyson Schwab, wife of the Panther head coach and mother to four children. We'll go into how Allyson an...

NCAA champion and NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee Chair Matt Valenti goes On The Mat Matt Valenti, a two-time NCAA champion and the current Associate AD of Student Development at Penn joins On The Mat this week. In addition to his duties in athletic administration, Valenti is also the chair of the NC...

Senior Editor of Five Point Move Tim Hands breaks down the upcoming U.S. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Greco-Roman at the upcoming event in Raleigh. Check out all the U.S. Greco-Roman news at FivePointMove.com, 2017-18 National Wrestling Media Association Website of the Year. SUBSCRIBE T...

The NAIA has grown considerably over the past decade. The college wrestling opportunities in Kansas have also grown during that span. This is why the announcement that came from Kansas Wesleyan University on May 14 was a stunner to many – the school was dropping wrestling after only four seaso...

New episode of the PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is with Brian Reinhardt and the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack, Pat Popolizio. There's a lot to get to on this episode with the U.S. World Team Trials set for Raleigh this coming weekend. Show Segments 1:16 – Welcome back to the podcast, Pa...

American University head coach Teague Moore grew up wrestling in rugged and talent-rich Western Pennsylvania. An NCAA champion and three-time All-American, Moore joins Chad Dennis for Episode 27 of The MatBoss Podcast. Among the topics discussed on this episode are Moore's background, why Pennsylvan...

U.S. Open champion and four-time All-American goes On The Mat New Virginia Tech assistant coach, four-time NCAA wrestling All-American, 2015 NCAA champion, and recent U.S. Open champion Cody Brewer is next up On The Mat. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics relat...

Trackwrestling's Kyle Klingman goes Seven Minutes with two-time senior women's world team member and two-time Junior world champion Victoria Anthony. Full story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1557519985714&twSessionId=lhztlqnlzz&videoId=1439179132

What came first, the chicken or the egg? On the second episode of Rocked Up, we'll meet Little Rock radio personality and former Arkansas football player David Bazzel. He'll introduce us to how Greg Hatcher, an insurance man in Little Rock, talked him into pitching a press conference to try to intro...

Wrestling official Laura Conway sits down with fellow officials Zach Errett and Casey Goessl during the U.S. Open in Las Vegas to discuss a couple of variables within wrestling officiating and how they're called. Among the topics discussed include what negative wrestling is in Greco-Roman, the chall...

Chad Dennis sits down to chat with past Northern Colorado All-American and current UFC lightweight contender Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje on Episode 26 of The MatBoss Podcast. Gaethje talks about how playing multiple sports growing up helped him as a fighter, his thoughts on Ben Askren...

Two-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis goes On The Mat Fresh off a second NCAA Division I Championship and a U.S. Open championship, Cornell sophomore Yianni Diakomihalis joins On The Mat. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings ...

Two-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis goes On The Mat Fresh off a second NCAA Division I Championship and a U.S. Open championship, Cornell sophomore Yianni Diakomihalis joins On The Mat. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings ...

When Andy Cook talks about his wrestling career, he doesn't hide the fact he didn't do the right things in college. After washing out his collegiate career and spending time away from the sport, Cook found his way back, eventually starting a club in the Pacific Northwest. A few years later, he was t...

Jared Frayer lost a bet, so he had to wrestle at the U.S. Open. Not only did the 2012 Olympian compete pretty well at the event, he actually qualified for the U.S. World Team Trials. While it'll take another bet to likely get him to wrestle anymore, a seventh place finish at 40 is impressive. [&#823...

David Mirikitani and new host Marcus Hoehn discuss the results of the U.S. Open and look ahead to the World Team Trials and Beat the Streets. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

Episode 63 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast is live with Associate head coach Daryl Thomas. Coach Thomas gives Monarch Nation a recap of the postseason lineup after an All-American finish by Larry Early and a Round of 12 finish by Michael McGee. Sa'Derian Perry also qualified for the NCAA champi...

Jason was kind enough to come on the show so soon to talk about his recent trip to China and how a speech by Dick Vitale spurred a career path that has led him to the presidency of the National Wrestling Media Association and the king of 25 all wrestling-related podcasts. We'll talk about the [&#823...

Cornell assistant coach Mike Grey joins Chad Dennis on Episode 25 of The MatBoss Podcast to talk about life at Cornell, coaching with Rob Koll and of course, what it's like coaching two-time NCAA Champion and U.S. Open Champion Yianni Diakomihalis. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatB...

I finally get to catch up with athlete, father, coach and all around awesome human being Mark Munoz. We discuss his relationship with coaching his son Trey to an elite level, his time at the historic Oklahoma State wrestling program as well as his years fighting in the WEC and UFC.

A different episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast as this gives a full audio rundown of Day 1 at the Asian Championships from my perspective as the television commentator. All the coughs and hacks and conversation that is surrounding is included. There's also narrative points after the first s...

Chad Dennis returns with Episode 24 of The MatBoss Podcast with Jason Laflin to preview the upcoming U.S. Open. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss for iPad® integrates wrestling stats directly into the video you record for each match, completely replacing the need for labor-inten...

Episode 46 of the Pack Mentality Pop-Ins Podcast features Obe Blanc, coach of the Wolfpack Wrestling Club. Host Brian Reinhardt will finally get a chance to sit down with Blanc to talk about the dynamic of the club and its relationship with the NC State collegiate wrestling program as well as what t...

Michigan alum Domenic Abounader is one of several “international” wrestlers working out of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club in Ann Arbor. A Lebanese dual citizen since birth, Abounader has started his international wrestling career representing the nation where his family grew up. Host Jaso...

Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with Dan Gable. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1555924422681&twSessionId=arnyzaoonq&videoId=1428724132 SUBSCRIBE TO SEVEN MINUTES Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | RSS

Duke head coach Glen Lanham goes On The Mat With no scholarships, Duke head coach Glen Lanham has one of the must unique positions in college coaching. Recently, Blue Devil wrestling has seen All-Americans Conner Hartmann, Jacob Kasper and Mitch Finesilver come through the program. Get some backstor...

Tony Hager wasn't exactly looking to carve out a career in wrestling media. Rather, it was his time away from the sport combined with an idea to do something to help people like him understand what was going on around his favorite teams that launched him into the sport's coverage wing. On Episode 50...

Episode 83 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling returns with head coach Tony Robie. The Hokies head man will talk about the tragedy campus experienced 12 years ago and how it's shaped him and the program. Robie will then introduce the newest member of the Virginia Tech coaching staff before answering a...

Guest host Eric Guerrero joins David Mirikitani to discuss the US Pan Am team, the importance of constant development and a preview of the US Open weight classes 57 kg-79kg. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music...

Wrestling is the world's oldest sport. In Arkansas, it's the newest. This is Rocked Up, the story of the foundations and formations of a new college sports team at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. What makes this story unique isn't just the fact it's a new sport, but the sport itself is ne...

Chad Dennis returns with Episode 23 of The MatBoss Podcast with Army West Point head coach Kevin Ward. Coach Ward's a Tennessee native who worked through his college career at Oklahoma State before getting into college coaching at Division II Ouachita Baptist in Arkansas. He's now currently the head...

Making his second appearance on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Clackamas Community College head coach Josh Rhoden talks about his school's third NJCAA national championship and the first since 2011. Rhoden's teams have won multiple National Duals titles, but after several years of second-place fi...

Two-time NCAA champion and Iowa State assistant coach Brent Metcalf Current Iowa State assistant coach Brent Metcalf join On The Mat. Metcalf, a Michigan native, was a three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at Iowa. He made four of U.S. World teams in freestyle and just finished his seco...

Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with American University head coach Teague Moore. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1555123519935&twSessionId=hjmqagzxpe&videoId=1425967132

Tyler Brooks, the Director of Officiating and Sports Management for the Ohio High School Athletic Association and associate A.D. at Anderson High School, joins Chad Dennis and the MatBoss Podcast to talk about the changes forthcoming with the state wrestling tournament in Ohio. Brooks is the adminis...

Episode 45 of the Pack Mentality Pop-Ins Podcast features two-time All-American Hayden Hidlay. The redshirt sophomore just completed his second season in the NC State wrestling lineup and finished fourth at the NCAA Division I Championships in his home state of Pennsylvania. This episode will talk a...

Episode 502 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is with Lock Haven two-time All-American Chance Marsteller. We talk about the start of college competition, which in Marsteller's case, began by entering the Penn State Open as an eighth grader, how he got introduced to wrestling, when he decided to st...

PAPC52: Has it sunk in that the 2019 NCAA Wrestling season is over? Yeah, same here. The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee give out grades to Pennsylvania wrestlers and recap all of the action from the Steel City. The pair also talks “headgear-gate,” P...

National champion Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers One of Rutgers' two NCAA Division I champions, Anthony Ashnault, joins On The Mat to talk about his championship at 149 pounds as he and Nick Suriano won the school's first NCAA individual wrestling championships. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as ...

Tim Shiels joins Mat Chat with David Mirikitani to discuss the hands-to-the-face rule, he clarifies what constitutes a penalty for a headgear pull, touches on edge-of-the-mat calls, independent reviews and much more. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | ...

Drew Foster became the first NCAA Division I champion from Northern Iowa since 2000 when he topped Cornell's Max Dean in the finals at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh at 184 pounds. On Episode 501 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, I'll talk with Foster about his rise from a sub-.500 wrestler as a ...

LeRoy Gardner and Robert “Hollywood” Hemingway are two of the handful of African-American head coaches in college wrestling. On Episode 68 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, the pair talk about the differences and similarities in exposing the sport to wrestlers of all backgrounds, ...

Episode 82 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling is simple. It's with NCAA champion Mekhi Lewis. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Spotify | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS SUPPORT THE SHOW And if you're a f...

The Five Point Move Podcast returns with a super big show featuring guest co-host Sammy Jones and guests Lucas Sheridan and Sam Hazewinkel. It's Greco season, but at Five Point Move, it's ALWAYS Greco season. Get the complete story from FivePointMove.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE FIVE POINT MOVE PODCAST Appl...

Mark Branch, head coach of the University of Wyoming, joins MatBoss and host Chad Dennis to talk about recruiting, youth sports and some of the inherent difficulties within the wrestling landscape of the state. Branch also compares and contrasts situations from Oklahoma State and Wyoming. Branch als...

Episode 500 brings back a previous guest as Emma Randall of Beat The Streets New York is back on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Randall, the only woman who holds a gold-level coaching status by USA Wrestling, left Colorado Springs last summer to take over as the Girls Development Coordinator for ...

Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with Arizona State assistant coach Chris Pendleton. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1554003506212&twSessionId=lhmcztfrlq&videoId=1413987132  

Old Dominion earned its 19th Division I All-American accolade in Pittsburgh at the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Junior 157-pounder Larry Early finished eighth at 157 pounds to become the 16th individual Division I All-American in school history. On Episode 62 of the ODU Wrestling Mo...

Get the coaches perspective on what it was like to see Mekhi Lewis become Virginia Tech's first NCAA Division I wrestling champion on Episode 81 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. We'll talk with Jared Frayer about the year since he won the Junior World championships and what the gameplan was headin...

Episode 20 of The MatBoss Podcast with Chad Dennis talks with Brownsburg High School state championship head coach Darrick Snyder. Dennis talks with Snyder about the system Brownsburg has in Indiana and the two talk ideas on the dynamics of navigating the systems in Ohio and Indiana. About MatBoss: ...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on the big stories from last weekend's NCAA Championships in Pittsburgh in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

NCAA Division I Coach Press Conference audio with Tom Ryan of Ohio State, Cael Sanderson of Penn State, Tom Brands of Iowa, John Smith of Oklahoma State and Keith Gavin of Pittsburgh. Get the Guide! Check out the greatest accompaniment to the NCAA Division I Championships, and it's Mat Talk Online's...

NCAA Division I Athlete Press Conference audio with Bo Nickal and Jason Nolf of Penn State, Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell, Myles Martin of Ohio State and Derek White of Oklahoma State. Get the Guide! Check out the greatest accompaniment to the NCAA Division I Championships, and it's Mat Talk Online...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani run through the brackets, make their picks and recap the AWL/Missouri Border Brawl for the Xtreme Couture GI Foundation. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

NCAA Division I Gopher Wrestling Preview from the floor of the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Minnesota head wrestling coach Brandon Eggum. SUBSCRIBE TO THE GUILLOTINE GRAPEVINE Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Spotify | Google Play Music | RSS SUPPO...

PAPC51: The Open Room is in the biggest week of the season leading into the 2019 Pittsburgh Nationals. PA Power Wrestling's Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee break down the NCAA Brackets, preview Pennsylvania's seeds, and make predictions on what to watch for in the Steel City. ...

In Episode 44, NC State head wrestling coach will preview the upcoming NCAA Championships to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before we get to that, we'll recap the ACC Championship performance with head coach Pat Popolizio. Show Segments (NOTE: Recorded prior to the 125-pound bracket change on ...

National champion and Clovis H.S. assistant coach Adam Tirapelle Past 2001 NCAA champion Adam Tirapelle, an Illinois alum, joins On The Mat with Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton. Tirapelle coaches high school wrestling with his father Steve at California powerhouse Clovis. Show Segments 0:22 – ...

Episode 19 of The MatBoss Podcast with Chad Dennis brings the return of college roommate Jason Laflin to talk about the recently drawn NCAA Division I college pairings. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss for iPad® integrates wrestling stats directly into the video you record for ...

PAW30: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap all the action for Hershey at the 2019 PIAA State Tournament. They interview all seven WPIAL Champions from this year and preview the 45th Annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic! Take a listen today! You can now l...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on the results from the conference tournaments and look ahead to the big show in Pittsburgh. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

PAPC50: The Open Room returns with a special episode in which they host Bucknell rookie Zach Hartman (Belle Vernon) and Lock Haven head coach Scott Moore (Franklin). PA Power Wrestling's Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee talk with Hartman about his stellar first season and discu...

Olympic bronze medalist Nate Carr goes On The Mat Nate Carr, a 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, goes On The Mat to talk about his career and the people around him and his famous family in wrestling. There's also a new Kasper's Korner segment. Note: This show was recorded prior to the Division I confere...

It's a Division III preview with PA announcers Bryan Hazard and Jason Bryant as they drive down to Roanoke from Northern Virginia. Stats and names to watch and some cool things we like about the Division III Championships, which run March 8-9. Get the Guide! Check out the greatest accompaniment to t...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss the Dan Kolov results, the conference tournaments and preview the Aaron Brooks vs. Kamal Bey three-style exhibition coming at the Missouri Border Brawl. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker &#124...

J'den Cox joins David Mirikitani to discuss his life as a World champion, his pursuit of another World title, the American Wrestling League and the upcoming Missouri Border Brawl. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Googl...

PAP51: Buckle-up! PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsynder @KnopsKnotes breakdown the PIAA State Tournament in a wild ride across both Class 2A and 3A! They look at potential first-round matches to watch, make bold predictions, and of course provide you with the most in-de...

PAW29: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle sit down and digest all the action from the Southwest Regional Tournament. They breakdown and preview the PIAA State Tournament happening this week in Hershey and chat with Upper Saint Clair senior Jake Slinger who i...

In Episode 43, NC State head wrestling coach will preview the upcoming ACC Championships to be held in Blacksburg, Virginia and also visit with senior Justin Oliver as he heads to his final conference championship, but his first in the ACC. Show Segments 1:00 – Contractually obligated week off...

Episode 80 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling previews the ACC Championships set for Cassell Coliseum on March 9 with head wrestling coach Tony Robie. Hokie fans can save $5 of the Mat Talk Online Division I Championship Preview Guide, which is available for pre-order now. Go to WrestlingPreviewGuide...

On Episode 61 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, we meet Ragean Hill, Associate Athletic Director for Student Athlete Academic Services and the Senior Women's Administrator. Hill will talk about her background, the influence of academic advising and the shifts over the years. She'll also break do...

World & Olympic champion Kevin Jackson goes On The Mat Kevin Jackson, a World and Olympic champion, will go On The Mat with hosts Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman. Jackson is currently USA Wrestling's Developmental freestyle coach in Colorado Springs. He'll talk about a number of subjects, inclu...

Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with Northern Iowa head coach Doug Schwab. Full Story: https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1551556909418&twSessionId=ysmucrsyjr&videoId=1368146132

A full rundown of the 2019 NAIA Champions of Character recipients and a quick weight-by-weight list of some names to watch for the 2019 NAIA National Championships set for March 1-2 in Des Moines, Iowa. Get the Guide! Check out the greatest accompaniment to the NCAA Division I Championships, and it'...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss Oklahoma State versus Iowa, how 125 pounds may be seeded and the complete chaos of trying to rank 149. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

PAW28: The WPIAL/Southwest Class 3A Regional seeds are out as many of the State's top wrestlers prepare for another weekend of action. Who will make it out of the always difficult region and on to Hershey? WarUp on the WPIAL recaps Class 3A Section results from the WPIAL and also the action from the...

Launching in the Spring of 2019 is Rocked Up, a new serialized podcast produced by the Mat Talk Podcast Network chronicling the start of a new Division I sport at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Season 1 will start from the beginning and chronicle why the school made its decision and chos...

Kellen Russell joins Mat Chat to discuss the brilliance of Sergei Belaglazov, why he was so successful in overtime matches, how Blair Academy got him ready for college and why staying calm is so important. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher &#...

Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with 2018 World silver medalist Sarah Hildebrandt. Full Story: http://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1551065690795&twSessionId=ehgabewjxi&videoId=1355085132 Photo: Max Rose-Fyne-United World Wrestling

Randy Couture discusses how AWL can give wrestlers an alternative to MMA, why guys like Chris Pratt are so important, why he raises money to support veterans and the genesis and goals of the Missouri Border Brawl events. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify &#1...

Oklahoma State head wrestling coach John Smith goes On The Mat Oklahoma State head wrestling coach John Smith is next up On The Mat with Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman. Coach Smith and his Cowboys are set to host Iowa in both team's dual-meet finale at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Harvard wrestling alum Sc...

PAW27: The It's a big week for WPIAL Wrestling with the Class 2A South West Regional taking place and Class 3A Sections kicking-off. PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap the Class 2A WPIAL Tournament and preview the competition this weekend at IUP. They ...

PAP51: The first Class 3A Regional Tournament will take place this weekend inside the Hershey Park Arena as the South Central Regional gets underway along side the Class 2A District 3 Tournament. PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Jeremy Elliott breakdown the upcoming action in both...

Episode 18 of The MatBoss Podcast with Chad Dennis features one of the greats in the sport of wrestling, Alan Fried. A legend in Ohio, Fried is the first, and only, wrestler in U.S. history to win four Junior National freestyle titles. A three-time finalist at Oklahoma State, Fried talks about his d...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on Oklahoma State's win against Missouri, Stevan Micic's win against Nick Suriano, Alex Marinelli's victory against Evan Wick and look ahead to Iowa versus Oklahoma State. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher ...

PAPC49:  Are you hungry? Because The Open Room has a double serving of Hidlay brothers on The Open Room. PA Power Wrestling's Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee  talk with Hayden and Trent Hidlay about their childhood, hoagies, and life at N.C. State. They also preview one of the...

In Episode 42, NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio goes one-on-one with the great one, Brian Reinhardt, to discuss this weekend's upcoming dual with Virginia Tech with the ACC regular season title on the line as well as a quick recap of the victory over North Carolina. Show Segments 0:40 &#8...

The long and storied history of Perry High School wrestling in Perry, Oklahoma is being chronicled in an upcoming documentary. That storied history added another milestone last month when Perry won the school's 1,000th dual meet. On Episode 495 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, I talk with head c...

Wayne Boyd rejoins Mat Chat to discuss his love of wrestling, his relationship with Andy Barth, how the American Wrestling League is going to succeed and AWL's partnership with the Missouri Border Brawl on March 17th in Kansas City. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts |...

Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com goes Seven Minutes with 2018 NCAA Division I Champion Mike Macchiavello. Full Story: http://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1550337892677&twSessionId=mpakleyaeh&videoId=1300663132

Virginia Tech head wrestling coach Tony Robie goes On The Mat Virginia Tech head wrestling coach Tony Robie is next up On The Mat with Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman. Show Segments 0:30 – Welcome to the show with Andy “The Snowblower” Hamilton 2:00 – What's been the highligh...

PAPC47:  Back at it Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee return to The Open Room and talk about all things College Wrestling. They discuss how good the 2019 Penn State Wrestling really is and breakdown their win in Columbus. In addition they are joined by All-American and one of Pe...

The Mid-American Conference will be hosting its conference wrestling championship at Old Dominion University's Ted Constant Convocation Center on March 8-9 and to talk about the impact on the school and revenue is Associate A.D. of Revenue and Marketing, Dr. Jason Chandler. Chandler talks about his ...

PAP50: The individual post-season has arrived! PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Jeremy Elliott breakdown the District 3 Section Championships taking place this weekend in both Class 2A and 3A. They look at the top seeds and discuss who may surprise fans across each Section. Check ...

Menlo College is a small, business-minded school in California's Silicon Valley. Joey Bareng is a native Hawaiian who found himself ready to coach. Six years ago, Bareng took over at Menlo and the slow process of building the women's program from the bottom to the top began. That process came to a h...

Episode 79 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling is up and around with head coach Tony Robie. Coach Robie opens up talking about the recent release of the second NCAA coaches ranking and the first RPI before addressing his view on what went wrong in the Hokies' 18-14 loss at North Carolina last week. Ow...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on last weekend's WCWA Championships, the Greco Zagreb Open, Oklahoma State's lineup changes and more. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

Episode 17 of The MatBoss Podcast with Chad Dennis features the head coach of the Buffalo Bills, Sean McDermott. Coach McDermott is a former wrestler who remains a fan of the sport and has made that abundantly clear. He brought in Jordan Burroughs to speak with his team last season. McDermott talks ...

Episode 41 with host Brian Reinhardt visits with head coach Pat Popolizio to talk about the home loss to Pittsburgh and what the team has to do to rebound during Rivalry Week as the Pack approaches the dual with North Carolina. We'll also focus the show on the senior class and their contributions to...

PAW26: The State Dual Team Tournament concluded over the weekend and PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap how the WPIAL teams competed and overall observations from Hershey. The pair also preview the upcoming WPIAL Section and District Tournaments taking...

With over 30 years of coaching experience, the last 26 at Minnesota State in Mankato, it was inevitable Jim Makovsky would reach 300 victories. Now standing at 302 career coaching victories, with 279 of them in Mankato, Makovsky talks about what led him to a career in coaching from his time at Valle...

Andy Hamilton goes Seven Minutes with Fresno State head wrestling coach Troy Steiner. Full story: http://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1549746682572&twSessionId=ikbzgexgdi&videoId=1245985132  

Campbell head wrestling coach Cary Kolat goes On The Mat Campbell head wrestling coach Cary Kolat is next up On The Mat with Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman. We also have a new Kasper's Korner segment on the show. Show Segments 1:50 – The Mailbag, featuring The Swayz 8:15 – Giving and ta...

PAPC46:  The Open Room, with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, returns to talk about Penn State's impressive win over Michigan and the upcoming slugfest with Ohio State. The two also discuss Austin DeSanto's suspension and chat with Pittsburgh redshirt freshman Nino Bonaccorsi ...

After wrestling for 96 years, Colorado School of Mines still hadn't ever won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title. On February 6, the Orediggers topped Colorado Mesa to claim a share of the regular season title, assuring the program of its first RMAC championship in school history. And just ...

Tony Robie returns to Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling for Episode 78 to recap a home win against No. 13 Pittsburgh, a road win at No. 24 Lehigh and a trip to historic Cameron Indoor Stadium and a 40-3 win at Duke. Coach Robie will also run down what to expect against North Carolina on Friday […...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss all the week's results, why 184 was so difficult to rank, preview Penn State against Ohio State and announce the next Missouri Border Brawl in collaboration with the American Wrestling League. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spoti...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss all the week's results, why 184 was so difficult to rank, preview Penn State against Ohio State and announce the next Missouri Border Brawl in collaboration with the American Wrestling League. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spoti...

Chad Dennis and The MatBoss Podcast returns to talk with former Kent State wrestler and current Director of the Ohio Athletic Committee, Jared Opfer. Much of the discussion centers around middle school and elementary wrestling, the Ohio Junior High and Elementary state tournaments, as well as topics...

PAW25: It's the week of the 2019 PIAA State Dual Team Tournament and WarUp On The WPIAL breaks down the upcoming action in Hershey. Hosts Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap the WPIAL Dual Team Championships and preview the coming match-ups in both Class AA and AAA. They ar...

Episode 40 with host Brian Reinhardt talks with Coach Pat Popolizio about the recent win over No. 23 Virginia, explains a few rules and looks ahead to the final home dual with Pittsburgh. Jamel Morris then comes on the show to talk about his time in Raleigh. Show Segments 1:00 – Welcome to the...

Oklahoma State assistant Zack Esposito joins David Mirikitani to talk about being part of four national title teams with the Cowboys, why “skill” is the basis of the OSU program, why wrestling should consider a 3-point takedown and more. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Appl...

The 16th WCWA National Championships are coming to Marietta, Georgia on February 8-9 and to talk about it is the head coach of the host Life University Running Eagles women's team, Ashley Sword. A Florida native, Sword started wrestling in the 11th grade and then traveled across the country trying t...

Team videographer Cole Schrupp joins The Guillotine Grapevine to talk about his career in the sport, coming from Watertown and what his life's been like around Gopher wrestling. Schrupp started out his college years at Minnesota State before transferring to Northern Michigan and working closely with...

Pittsburgh head wrestling coach Keith Gavin goes On The Mat Second-year Pittsburgh head coach Keith Gavin is the guest on this episode of On The Mat. Gavin was a two-time All-American as an athlete at Pittsburgh and an NCAA champion his senior year. Pittsburgh is the host school for the 2019 NCAA Di...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back at Michigan's win over Ohio State, look ahead to Penn State vs. Michigan and Iowa vs. Nebraska, discuss all the changes at 133, and why Iowa's decision to sit Spencer Lee has been overblown. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spoti...

PAPC45:  It is late January so that means we are inching closer to the NCAA Post-Season. The Open Room, with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, talk about Michigan vs. Penn State, Mikey Carr, and Tyler Berger calling out the 157 pounds field. They are joined by Iowa Hawkeye and ...

Ryan Morningstar joins Mat Chat with David Mirikitani to discuss recruiting, his entry into coaching, working alongside Tom and Terry Brands, the evolution of Iowa style wrestling, misconceptions about the Hawkeyes and more. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify...

Episode 39 with host Brian Reinhardt goes one-on-one in a solo show with Coach Pat Popolizio this week. There's been a major announcement from USA Wrestling that impacts Raleigh and the program. We'll also talk about the ACC competition upcoming and previewing Friday's dual with Virginia. Show Segme...

LA Rams OL Austin Blythe goes On The Mat Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton talk with Duke assistant and two-time All-American Jacob Kasper with a new Kasper's Corner segment. Former Iowa three-time high school state wrestling champion and current LA Rams offensive lineman Austin Blythe. Kasper is in h...

Andy Hamilton goes Seven Minutes with Northern Colorado coach Troy Nickerson. Full story at Trackwrestling.com

PAW24: WarUp On The WPIAL is back for a special episode as Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle get you geared up for the WPIAL Team Championships. They breakdown the Class AA and AAA Brackets including a look at each seed and the most intriguing match-ups. They are joined by WPIA...

PAPC44:  The College Wrestling season is moving full-steam ahead. 133 pounds is a mess but one that includes a ton of Pennsylvania talent. The Open Room, with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, break down upcoming action, recaps last weeks notable results, and chats with Pennsyl...

Associate head coach Daryl Thomas gives Monarch Wrestling fans a mid-season breakdown as the wrestling squad heads into a pair of weekend dual meets with SIU Edwardsville and Duke. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Pla...

Episode 15 talks with the always interesting Dylan Palacio. A two-time All-American at Cornell, Palacio's personality has been on display since his wrestling days in high school. At Cornell, Palacio was a two-sport athlete, also playing soccer. Recently, Palacio has developed a following on various ...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on the recent developments at 133 pounds and preview the biggest events on the horizon in the wrestling world in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | ...

Episode 38 finally breaks through with the soft-spoken Malik McDonald on the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. Host Brian Reinhardt talks with Coach Pat Popolizio on a number of topics before talking with McDonald. Show Segments 1:15 – Pat isn't an NFL guy and it messes up Brian. 3:45 – Re...

An Oregon native, Sam Schmitz said his introduction to women's wrestling wasn't a stellar one. Years later, Schmitz is now the head wrestling coach at McKendree University in Illinois where he coached the Bearcats to the school's first NWCA National Duals title in Louisville, Kentucky a few weeks ag...

Coach Tony Robie is back in Blacksburg as Episode 77 recaps the Hokies performance at the Virginia Duals, discusses what needs to be worked on at 125 pounds. Coach Robie will also provide an NCAA ticket update for those interested, since there's a shortage of tickets that's impacted every Division I...

PAW23: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle get you geared up for the WPIAL Section Team Championships. They take a look at each bracket and make predictions on to expect getting through to the WPIAL Championships. They also recap the Allegheny County Tourname...

Missouri associate head coach Alex Clemsen joins David Mirikitani for this week's episode of Mat Chat. This week's topics include why Brian Smith is a great leader, RTCs, and why college wrestling needs to be a first-semester sport. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts |...

The Five Point Move Podcast returns with a super big show featuring Dennis Hall, Paul Tellgren, Ellis Coleman and Alec Ortiz. There's a lot to catch up on since the last episode prior to the World Championships, so here it is, in all its glory. Get the complete story from FivePointMove.com SUBSCRIBE...

Gene Zannetti of Wrestling Mindset returns to the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to give an update on the growth of the business and update listeners as to what Wrestling Mindset has been able to do within wrestling and beyond. Founded by former Penn wrestlers, Wrestling Mindset evolved from a fit...

Gene Zannetti of Wrestling Mindset returns to the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to give an update on the growth of the business and update listeners as to what Wrestling Mindset has been able to do within wrestling and beyond. Founded by former Penn wrestlers, Wrestling Mindset evolved from a fit...

Andy Hamilton goes Seven Minutes with Wisconsin's Chris Bono

Spotsylvania (Va.) Athletics Director Bill Swink has coached for decades. An inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for Lifetime Service to Wrestling in Virginia in 2016, he's now working on a proposal aimed at reducing forfeits, improving competition and creating valuable dual meet sched...

Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands goes On The Mat Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton talk with Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands on a number of topics, including injuries, the NCAA relaxing hardship waiver requirements. Brands also talks about individuals with the program and the process of recru...

PAP48: PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle is joined for the second week in a row by Jeremy Elliott. The two discuss state of affairs in wrestling rules and the refs who impose them in addition to the return of Jeff Karam at Bethlehem Catholic. They also take an in-depth look at the Esca...

PAPC43:  We are in the thick of the College Wrestling season and The Open Room, with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, returns to recap some high caliber action across the Nation including Iowa, Penn State, Pitt and even some Daton Fix vs. Nick Suriano talk. The pair talks abou...

PAW22: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle prepares you for the WPIAL Dual Post-Season and recaps all the notable WPIAL action from this past week including the Burgettstown Invitational, the Winner Choice, and the Reynolds Duals. The pair also takes a look a...

Episode 37 of the #PackMentality Pop-ins Podcast welcomes back head coach Pat Popolizio and features a new guest, one half of the Bullard twins, Thomas Bullard. Show Segments 1:00 – Pat bails on getting Brian lunch (again) 1:30 – Two duals, two arenas, two victories 3:44 – Meet and...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on the Beat the Streets Brawl, the battle between Daton Fix and Nick Suriano and the rest of the big news from last weekend in college wrestling. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Goo...

At the Virginia Duals, Liberty's 52-year-old Jeff Lester competed once again for the Flames. A wrestler at Liberty in the 1980s when the school was competing in Division II, Lester is making the most (and maybe more), of his last year of eligibility. I talk to the oldest wrestler in Virginia Duals h...

There were a number of Old Dominion wrestling alumni coaching at the 2019 Virginia Duals at the Hampton Coliseum over the weekend. Four teams in the Southeastern District – Great Bridge, Grassfield, Hickory and Oscar Smith – are all led by ODU wrestling alums. The most recent episode of ...

Episode 76 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling is a quick rapid recap with head wrestling coach Tony Robie and 157-pounder B.C. LaPrade after the Hokies 37-5 win over rival Virginia to win the National College Division of the Virginia Duals. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | ...

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby goes On The Mat Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton talk with Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and is hosted by the Director of the Dan Gable Museum, Kyle Klingman, and Trackwrest...

Arizona State wrestling Director of Operations Maddie Schossow joins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about her role with the program and the growing presence of women in and around Division I wrestling programs. The Iowa native talks about her journey from Southeast Polk, to the University ...

PAPC42:  Back for 2019 The Open Room returns with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, as they recap the Southern Scuffle and Midlands. They look give a mid-season outlook and look ahead at some future must-see-matches happening. Nazareth's 2-time Pennsylvania State Champion Sammy...

Episode 36 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio and 125-pounder Sean Fausz with updates and previews for the upcoming duals. SUBSCRIBE TO #PACKMENTALITY POP-INS Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | Spot...

PAP47: PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle is joined by District 3 correspondent Jeremy Elliott and the two have a lively chat on a little bite of everything. They discuss the District 3 team landscape and who has been leading the way. Jeremy goes off on how the PIAA State Dual Team brac...

Longtime college wrestling forum personality, small college wrestling coach and all-around wrestling junkie Aaron “The Swayz” Sweazy joins the program to talk about the NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals and some of the things he's been watching around the country this year. Sweazy is ...

PAW21: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap all the notable WPIAL action from this past week including the WCCA Tournament, MAC Championships, Tool City and more. They are joined by guest Josh Shields, head coach of Burrell, who talks about his team's pe...

Episode 52 of The Guillotine Grapevine recaps Sunday's Golden Gopher win over Rutgers at Maturi Pavilion. The eighth-ranked Gophers beat their visitors from New Jersey 22-15 and after the dual, I talk with Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale, Minnesota 157-pounder Steve Bleise, Gopher head wrestling co...

Joe Dubuque rejoins Mat Chat to discuss Princeton's anyone, anywhere, anytime approach, the similarities and differences between Patrick Glory, Matt Kolodzik and Patrick Brucki and benchmarks Princeton has achieved this season. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spot...

Minnesota head wrestling coach Brandon Eggum goes On The Mat Minnesota head wrestling coach and past world silver medalist Brandon Eggum goes On The Mat to talk about the state of the Gopher wrestling program and more. Show Segments 0:38 – It's been like a year since the last show. 2:00 &#8211...

PAW20: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle start 2019 off with a bang as they recap all the Holiday Tournaments including POWERade, Southmoreland, and the Steve DeAugustino Classic. They chat with POWERade Champ and State Finalist Kurtis Phipps of Norwin and ...

On Episode 14 of The MatBoss Podcast, host Chad Dennis catches up with Iowa All-American Michael Kemerer to talk about his rehab and other wrestling topics. Kemerer will address the situation with the injury that cost him his 2018-19 season, what it was like growing up wrestling in Pennsylvania and ...

Episode 35 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio previewing the upcoming dual against second-ranked Ohio State this coming Sunday. Show Segments 1:05 – Coach is looking pretty tan these days. 2:10 – Did the guys get any time off over...

The TL;DR version of the Multi-Divisional National Duals preview I released for the NWCA. The full text is available at the bottom of the show notes. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that coo...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani dive into the developments from the Midlands and South Beach Duals in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

Olympian Frank Molinaro and Eric Guerrero join David Mirikitani to discuss Molinaro's move to the Oklahoma RTC, his potential impact on the state of Oklahoma, and how the OKRTC is becoming a melting pot of ideas and learning wrestling.. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts &#...

PAP46: PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsynder @KnopsKnotes bring you a preview of the 2018 POWERade Finals from Canon-McMillan High School on Saturday. They preview each of the finals matches and make predictions on winners. Joining them are Canon-McMillan junior Gerrit ...

Catching up with my buddy DT off his recent world title and talked about some things you probably didn't know about him growing up. We discuss barrel racing horses, saving baby kittens, running a juicing company and even discussed a little bit of wrestling.

Episode 75 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling catches up with coach Tony Robie as he takes a break from watching Christmas Vacation and wondering where to empty his chemical toilet to talk about the latest happenings in Blacksburg. Coach Robie will touch on Frank Molinaro leaving Blacksburg to focus ...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss the high school hair controversy, Mizzov versus Virginia, Oklahoma State's evolving lineup, and preview the South Beach Duals and Midlands. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play...

PAW19: It's the Holiday Season and that means a ton of quality wrestling happening in The Keystone State. PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle preview one of the biggest Tournaments of the year: POWERade. The pair recaps the WPIAL Showcase Quad Meet and also W...

PAPC41:  The Open Room returns during the Holiday Season to deliver some much needed College Wrestling talk. Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU is joined by PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson, who fills in for Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, as they recap the Wilkes Open and preview some of the best Tournaments of th...

JacksonWink MMA coach Mike Winkeljohn joins Mat Chat to discuss why wrestling is the best base for MMA, how he and Greg Jackson got their gym started, and why teamwork is so important in an individual sport like MMA.. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify |...

He devoted a lifetime to the sport of wrestling. But in more than 60 years as an athlete, coach and teacher, Charlie Speidel contributed far more to the lives of others than ever can be recorded in the statistics of achievement. He was a pioneer for wrestling and helped it gain stature as a major [&...

Stanford head wrestling coach Jason Borrelli goes On The Mat Second generation college coach Jason Borrelli goes On The Mat this week to talk about his career coaching at Stanford as well as what it was like wrestling under his dad at Central Michigan, among other topics. Show Segments 0:33 – ...

Episode 34 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio recapping the first semester of action and the recent criteria win over Nebraska, among other topics. Show Segments 1:00 – Glad to get Pat in the office. 1:30 – What's Pat doing for th...

The Mat Talk Podcast Network will launch a year-long series about the start of Little Rock's Division I wrestling program later this winter. During a trip to Little Rock to collect interviews for the series, we sat down with freshman Conner Ward, a Kansas native who is the only wrestler that's curre...

PAW18: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap the King of The Mountain and Panther Holiday Classic Tournaments and speak with Seneca Valley head coach Kevin Wildrick. The duo also preview the WPIAL Quad Meet featuring four of the top teams this season taki...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back at Penn State's blowout win over Arizona State, highlighted by Mark Hall's win over Zahid Valencia and look at where Frank Molinaro might land after leaving Virginia Tech. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher ...

Jody Strittmatter of Young Guns Wrestling Club in Pennsylvania talks with Chad Dennis on The MatBoss Podcast. Strittmatter will talk development of the club, the goals and mission behing Young Guns, which has recently produced NCAA champions Spencer Lee of Iowa and Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State. Str...

Last Friday's dual meet between Penn State and Arizona State featured a match between the last two champions at 174 pounds. In the fourth collegiate meeting, Mark Hall evened the series against Zahid Valencia with a dominant 4-0 decision. To discuss the match and the season outlook for Penn State, R...

Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser joins Mat Chat with David Mirikitani to discuss the culture change at Iowa State, the pros and cons of Regional Training Centers, the legend of Nate Carr and what makes Austin Gomez special. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify &#...

Princeton head wrestling coach Chris Ayres goes On The Mat Princeton head wrestling coach and past Lehigh All-American Chris Ayres joins On The Mat to talk about the program, its rise and the recent victory over his alma mater, Princeton's first over the Mountain Hawks in 50 years. That's On The Mat...

His interest in wrestling surfaced in 1922 from deep in the waters of San Francisco Bay. After more than half a century of service to the sport, Dr. Albert deFerrari's impact on wrestling had spanned the globe. His first exposure to the sport followed a shipwreck near the Golden Gate. The ship's car...

Fresno City College won its eighth California Community College state championship in the last 13 years and its second three-peat last weekend at Cerritos College in Southern California. On Episode 484 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, head wrestling coach Paul Keysaw returns to the program for t...

Episode 33 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio about the duals with Old Dominion and Appalachian State as well as the preparation and a surprise in store as the Pack welcomes Nebraska Show Segments 1:30 – First semester wrapping up 3:20 ...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss last week's college results, what makes the Perry Tournament of Champions so special, and they share a story about Alex Dieringer's pool skills and competitive spirit. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCASTApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | ...

PAW17: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap all the action from the opening weekend – especially the major tournaments with WPIAL flavor. The duo recaps WPIAL results from the Eastern Area, Chartiers-Houston, CV Kickoff, and Ironman. They are also ...

PAPC40:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee recap the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and reveal who won the pick em' contest. They welcome on Pitt Panther and CKLV Finalist Micky Phillippi to talk about his progression and growing up competing against Luke P...

The 40th edition of the Midwest Classic is coming to the University of Indianapolis on December 15-16, 2018 and with that comes a host of relevance and history in the world of Division II wrestling. On Episode 483 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, I visit with head wrestling coach Jason Warthan a...

Ohio State NCAA champion and four-time All-American Nathan Tomasello goes On The Mat Nathan Tomasello was an NCAA champion and a four-time All-American at Ohio State. He's heading to compete at The Midlands this year, too. He joins On The Mat to talk about his run in college and what's next for him ...

He packed more wrestling success into five years than most athletes manage in a lifetime of competition. Keith Young spent the next three decades returning those rewards to the sport with full interest. His Algona High School team didn't offer wrestling until his senior year, and when he joined the ...

Coach Tony Robie joins Episode 74 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling as he recaps the first two duals of the season and the Hokies somewhat disappointing 11th-place finish at the Clff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this past weekend. We will recap the event weight-by-weight and preview the upcoming HOKI...

Welcome back to the world of wrestling Richard Immel. That's right, the man himself, Captain Burundi will be a guest on Short Time where we talk about what he's been doing since leaving USA Wrestling, his foray into photography and the world of wrestling, ranging from AWL, attendance in wrestling, t...

Old Dominion head wrestling coach Steve Martin breaks down the loss to NC State on Friday and prepares for an upcoming battle with former pupil Matt Storniolo as the Monarchs head to Evanston, Illinois to take on Northwestern on December 7. All that and some anecdotes from Coach Martin on how he sti...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani recap AWL I, the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, a wild dual between Iowa and Iowa State and more during this week's episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Mus...

Me and my social media BFF Chael Sonnen talk about him starting and progressing in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts as well as the marketing of amateur and olympic wrestling in the USA and Internationally.

PAW16: PA Power Wrestling's Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle return for Season #2 of WarUp on The WPIAL Podcast as they preview the season ahead for wrestling in the western half of Pennsylvania. The duo recaps WPIAL results from both the Super 32 and The Surge pre-season tour...

It's been 20 years since a group of wrestling-minded fans, parents, promoters, and media-types got together and formed the Virginia Challenge, a youth-based wrestling group aimed at building wrestling in Virginia. One of the notable events that's come out of the formation of the Virginia Challenge i...

Dominic DiSabato joins The MatBoss Podcast for Episode 12. DiSabato spent 19 seasons as the head wrestling coach at Hilliard Davidson High School in Ohio before retiring after the 2017-18 season. He was a three-time Ohio state champion and NCAA qualifier at Ohio State University. About MatBoss: Crea...

No cheeky intros. No elaborate song lyrics sprinkled through. Today, it's just wrestling. I'm Jason Bryant and this is Short Time Shots, a sometimes daily rundown of the day's wrestling scores and more. There will be more on the AWL in other episodes, since this show concentrates on the college leve...

Josh Tyler was part of the ODU Monarch wrestling program during Gray Simons' last year as the head coach and bridged the gap of athletes who were in the program when current coach Steve Martin took over the program. Tyler, who has spent time fighting in Mixed Martial Arts and creating his own compan...

As a tall, skinny college freshman, Frank Lewis was “a little tired” after six years of wrestling and planned to give full attention to his studies at Oklahoma State University. But he needed a physical education credit and a wrestling class would provide an easy grade. Members of the cl...

NC State national champion Michael Macchiavello goes On The Mat North Carolina native Michael Macchiavello never won an ACC title, but in 2018, he won the NCAA Division I championship at 197 pounds. He joins On The Mat to talk about his run and the AWL. Show Segments 0:05 – Justin Hoch-eye ref...

PAPC39:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee discusses a loaded Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational field hitting the mats this weekend. The pair preview all the top Pennsylvania wrestlers competing in Sin City. They sit down for an interview with 2018 NCAA All-Am...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani preview AWL I, the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and analyze other news in the wrestling world during this week's episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music...

Jonny Ruggiano of Titan Mercury Wrestling Club and the Executive Director of the American Wrestling League comes on Short Time to talk about the idea behind the upcoming AWL and to answer questions about the long-term viability of the league, why it's in the current format, its future prospectus and...

I finally catch up with the CMP OG, Co Founder of CMP now head assistant for UNI Lee Roper. We chop it up and talk about the good ole days and discuss how much the process of building CMP has effected who we are today.

Episode 32 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio about his holiday, the upcoming match with Old Dominion and a pair of Pack alumni wrestling in the upcoming American Wrestling League this weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Host Brian Reinhardt then ...

Fred Feeney, a wrestling official from Ohio, joins The MatBoss Podcast to talk about wrestling rules. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss for iPad® integrates wrestling stats directly into the video you record for each match, completely replacing the need for labor-intensive penci...

Heading into November 25th's dual at Maturi Pavilion, The Guillotine Grapevine catches up with new South Dakota State head coach Damion Hahn. A four-time All-American and two-time NCAA Division I champion for Minnesota, Hahn left Cornell after 12 seasons as an assistant coach and came back to the mi...

Oregon All-American and MMA champion and broadcaster Chael Sonnen Past University of Oregon All-American and noted Mixed Martial Arts fighter and commentator Chael Sonnen joins On The Mat to give his vast array of opinions on wrestling, fighting and a bunch of things in between. Show Segments 1:15 &...

PAPC38:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee discuss Pitt's big win over UNI, Penn State's line-up following the Keystone Classic and Lehigh's nagging injuries. They also dive into recaps from Iowa, Nebraska, Arizona State and Virginia Tech. You can now listen t...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on what transpired at the U23 World Championships and dig into Week 3 of the college season in this week's episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music ...

Adam Busiello joins David Mirikitani to talk about recruiting and his decision to sign with Arizona State after he had been committed to Penn State. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

We'll recap Oklahoma State's 23-9 win over Minnesota on Episode 50 of The Guillotine Grapevine. Among guests on this episode are Oklahoma State's Daton Fix, Gopher head coach Brandon Eggum and Gopher wrestlers Gable Steveson and Mitch McKee. SUBSCRIBE TO THE GUILLOTINE GRAPEVINE Apple Podcasts &#124...

Sure enough, the first full day with the new car, and I have to take my wife's Pontiac G6 down to Maturi Pavilion. Why? I don't quite yet know how to park our new monstrosity and her car fits in better places. Yup, it's a Sunday in college wrestling and we've got some real fun […]

If you recently listened to the episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast where Kyle Klingman and I talked about our experiences 10 years ago with the Wrestling 411 project, you'll know that year, I totaled my car and had to buy a new one. Well, it's almost fitting that we put a bow on […]

Friday night saw some tremendous action around the country, but most of it centered in Big Ten Country. That's right, to hell with your high school football playoffs – except for Poquoson – Go Islanders – it's wrestling season and we had some fun stuff on Friday night. This is Shor...

PAPC37:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee recap action from several notable Pennsylvania wrestlers and school in Episode 37. They discuss the Iowa Hawkeyes and how they are now “Pennsylvania Midwest” loaded with talent. Looking ahead at some solid...

In the shadowed ruins of Rome's ancient Basilica, Doug Blubaugh battled the world champion from Iran for the Olympic gold medal. Emamali Habibi had never known defeat. Three times the Persian attacked, each time throwing the young American into danger. Then a swift counterattack from Blubaugh hurled...

Short Time goes into a deep dive into 10 years of podcasting with Jason Bryant and Kyle Klingman. In November of 2008, Wrestling 411 launched in what was supposed to be a three-pronged attack on wrestling promotion. A television show, a radio show and a web presence. Funding was ultimately dooming t...

We're going to #BurnTheBoats with University of Mary head wrestling coach Adam Aho on the latest edition of The Guillotine Grapevine. Aho is a Frazee native who wrestled at North Dakota State before venturing to coach high school for a couple of seasons. He had an opportunity to coach with Jim Makov...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on what transpired during the second week of the college wrestling season and look ahead to what's coming up this weekend in this week's episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spre...

Episode 31 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast with host Brian Reinhardt talks with head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio as we've kicked off the college wrestling season. What's happening in Raleigh? Here's what's going on with this episode: 1:00 – What's colder? New York or NC State? 1:29 &#8...

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! (I made this part up on the fly) This is Short Time Shots, a comically unfunny wrestling podcast aimed at giving you, the wrestling fan, everything you need to know about the day's happenings in college wrestling. I'm your host Jason Bryant, and here's something about me, Novem...

Pretty full plate of college wrestling action going down on Saturday, but first, my oldest Lucy still isn't feeling good, but my wife survived her 20+ hour trip back to the U.S. from Singapore just in time to make dinner. I'm actually kidding. We picked up dinner on the way home from the airport and...

PAPC37:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee are back and they take a look at some of the Pennsylvania wrestlers at schools outside the Keystone State who are coming off a redshirt year. Joining them as a guest is 2-time Pennsylvania State Champion Jake Woodley ...

In another unearthed tape from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, the introduction video (audio) for the Class of 1978 Distinguished Members has been released as a special episode of Hall of Fame Legends. This episode previews the inductions of the third induction class which featured true legends...

Two things are notable today – first off, because of the generosity and sheer awesomeness of the Patreon contributors to the Mat Talk Podcast Network, I'm talking into my brand new Shure SM7B. Yes, it's the microphone you see on a lot of these podcasts, including Joe Rogan, but I've had my eye...

NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer and NC State assistant Obe Blanc NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer and NC State assistant wrestling coach Obe Blanc go On The Mat this week to talk about the All-Star Classic, Wolfpack wrestling and the recent World Championships. Show Segments 0:30 – Rollie...

U.S. Greco-Roman wrestling coach Matt Lindland joins The MatBoss Podcast for Episode 10. Host Chad Dennis talks to Coach Lindland about the World Championships, training, growing Greco-Roman in the United States and much more. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss for iPad® integrat...

Season 5 kicks off with head coach Tony Robie as we recap the intrasquad match and the first weekend of competition as the Hokie wrestling program hosted the Hokie Open just up the road in Roanoke. Coach Robie analyzes the performances and also looks at lineup situations as well as expectations head...

With the college wrestling season here, we'll head to Laramie and talk with Wyoming head wrestling coach Mark Branch. As a competitor at Oklahoma State, Branch has the unique distinction of winning the NCAA Division I title as a freshman and coming into the tournament with a losing record. Branch ta...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani dive into the results from opening week of the college wrestling season in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

Associate head coach Daryl Thomas kicks off the fifth season of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast as we recap the Princeton Open and preview the lineup coming up on November 11 against Missouri. There's still questions as to who is going to be wrestling at which weights this year, but we also talk d...

I found bags for the leaves. YES! It took about two and a half hours to clear the yard, but at least I got it all done before the rains came. I would litter this episode with lyrics inspired by Annie Lennox, but that'd be painful for you, just like walking on broken glass. This […]

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on the women's freestyle and Greco-Roman action at the World Championships and dive into some over-unders for this year's college season. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play...

Something a little different in the Rocky Mountain high … and no, that isn't a pun about the state of Colorado's laws about a said controlled substance. No lying in the weeds here, this is Short Time Shots, a somewhat daily look at the happenings in college wrestling – I'm your host 11-time aw...

PAP45: The wait is over! PA Power Wrestling's first annual pre-season tournament The Surge is upon us. Taking place on Sunday November 4th at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsynder @KnopsKnotes provide an in-depth look at all the p...

Oh, it's about that time, it's about that time, it's ABOUT THAT TIME! The whistles of college wrestling season didn't actually blow for the first time on Thursday night, they actually started in September with the California Community Colleges. But the four-year programs and the rest of the junior c...

World champion J'den Cox and AWL founder Wayne Boyd USA wrestling's J'den Cox, the 2018 gold medalist at the recent Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary joins Titan Mercury's Wayne Boyd, founder of the American Wrestling League, go On The Mat this week. Show Segments 0:20 – Back ...

Episode 30 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with coach Pat Popolizio about Nick Gwiazdowski's bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships at 125kg. We'll also talk about this coming weekend's competitive information before getting into the featured interview of this episode. Legendary pr...

Oklahoma coach Lou Rosselli joins Mat Chat with David Mirikitani to discuss why wrestlers must love the process, why we have to learn from each other, what he's building with the Sooners and more. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spre...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss some of the events from the World Championships in Budapest during this week's episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

PAP44: You can feel it in the air – the wrestling season is upon us. One of the biggest Tournaments of the year, The Super 32 Challenge, will feature a fresh look at Pennsylvania wrestlers heading into the 2019 Season. PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsynder @KnopsK...

Episode 470 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast comes at you from Budapest, Hungary with Michigan head wrestling coach Sean Bormet as he talks about the international makeup of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club and his three athletes competing in two styles for three different nations. David Habat (Slov...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani dive into the World Championships and wrap up the college weight previews by looking at 184, 197 and heavyweight in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google ...

On September 8, 2013, the International Olympic Committee opted to keep wrestling in its Olympic programme. For eight months, wrestling factions from around the globe rallied to the oldest sport, amped up promotion, changed rules and provided a much-needed facelift to the international federation. J...

Harry Lester, a 2012 Olympian and two-time world bronze medalist in Greco-Roman, joins The MatBoss Podcast for Episode 9. Lester now serves as head wrestling coach St. Vincent-St. Mary High School (Ohio). Host Chad Dennis talks with Lester about his wrestling journey, coaching philosophy, Team USA's...

World champion and UWW Vice President Stan Dziedzic World champion, Olympic bronze medalist and UWW Vice President Stan Dziedzic goes On The Mat as we prepare for the 2018 Wrestling World Championships in Budapest. Show Segments 0:35 – Why will Andy Hamilton get great sleep in Budapest? 2:30 &...

Tony Robie is back on Episode 72 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling to put a bow on the fourth season of the podcast. Coach Robie confirms there will be another season of the show, which has proven to be the blueprint for college teams on the Mat Talk Podcast Network and wrestling team-specific podca...

MatTalkOnline's Jason Bryant returns to tell us about his adventures as the in-house English announcer for the wrestling competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics. It's a wild journey that goes through Uzbekistan, naturally. Follow Jason on Twitter and his network on Facebook for all the latest in the wo...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani analyze the upcoming World Championships, Long Island University's transition to the D1 level, the fall out from UFC 229 and dive into the college 174-pound rankings. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker...

Coming off homecoming, the Gopher wrestling program looks to some important upcoming dates to not just engage the community, but develop programs to fund the future of Gopher wrestling. On Episode 48 of The Guillotine Grapevine, we visit the wrestling offices at Bierman to talk to head coach Brandon...

PAPC36:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee close out their team previews of Pennsylvania programs with a look at Clarion, Bloomsburg, and Franklin & Marshall. They make bold predictions for all three teams and are joined by Clarion head coach Keith Ferrar...

World teamer Joe Colon joins On The Mat NCAA Division I All-American and NJCAA National Champion Joe Colon joins On The Mat to talk about his late addition to the U.S. men's freestyle World Team. Colon, an Iowa native, started out his career at Iowa Central before earning All-American honors at Nort...

On Episode 469 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Cliff Fretwell and I go long-form as we have a lengthy conversation about social media marketing, professional leagues, a bit of smack talk, the evolution of wrestling marketing and media as well as how advertising and the value of wrestling has ch...

Lots to get to on the latest episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast as Brian Reinhardt returns with coach Pat Popolizio and two guests. First up, Popolizio will pick things up with a full recap of the fall thus far, with a lot of chatter in the folkstyle and freestyle side of things. In the [...

Troy Tirapelle, head wrestling coach at Buchanan High School in California, joins The MatBoss Podcast on Episode 8. Host Chad Dennis talks to Coach Tirapelle about California wrestling, Clovis, weight cutting, rules, film study and much more. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss fo...

One thing I’ve always been enamored with is the nicknames schools use for their athletics programs. When I was in ninth grade, I thumbed through a sports almanac and memorized every Division I school’s nickname. Yes, I was that kid at school. The only other guy who would match me, and actually know ...

World medalist Thomas Gilman and women's freestyle world teamer Sarah Hildebrandt Thomas Gilman, 2017 World Silver Medalist and women's World Teamer Sarah Hildebrandt are guests to talk about the upcoming World Championships on the latest episode of On The Mat. Show Segments 0:50 – The real pl...

We head over to Bierman on the campus of the University of Minnesota to talk with 2009 U.S. World Teamer and Minnesota Storm freestyle coach Dustin Schlatter. A three-time All-American, Schlatter moved off the Gopher coaching staff to take over as the main RTC freestyle coach. We'll talk to Schlatte...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani run through the Division I rankings and offer their predictions at 149, 157 and 165 pounds in the 100th episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

In preparation for #Budawrestle2018, we'll talk Greco-Roman wrestling with U.S. National Team coach Matt Lindland on Episode 468 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Lindland just arrived in Hungary as Team USA looks to finish up training and works through acclimation for the time difference between...

On Episode 7 of The MatBoss Podcast, Chad Dennis and Jason Laflin rank Division I wrestling coaches by their wrestling accomplishments. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss for iPad® integrates wrestling stats directly into the video you record for each match, completely replacing ...

Lake Highland Prep Coach Mike Palazzo joins Mat Chat to discuss growing wrestling in the Southeast, the Lake Highland Prep program, why wrestling should not try to appeal to everyone, and the upcoming Big Shoulders Brawl in Chicago. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts |...

World medalist James Green and women's freestyle world teamer Jacarra Winchester Multiple-time men's freestyle world teamer and two-time medalist James Green joins first-time women's world teamer Jacarra Winchester on the latest episode of On The Mat. Show Segments 0:30 – Andy Hamilton's trave...

Drew Manning became one of the most-talked about personal trainers in the country seven years ago when he put himself through a mind-boggling process to gain 75 pounds and then try to lose it. On Episode 467 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Manning will talk about his wrestling career at Centrev...

Ohio RTC strength coach Dustin Myers joins The MatBoss Podcast for Episode 6. Host Chad Dennis talks to Myers about strength training for wrestlers, nutrition, supplements, Ohio State, Kyle Snyder and much more. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss for iPad® integrates wrestling st...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back at the Junior World Championships and dive into the NCAA 141-pound rankings in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

NCAA champion Daryl Weber is back as the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast kicks back up just in time to start thinking about the high school wrestling season. Upon the show's return, Episode 33 explains Coach Weber's Coaches Guide: 6 Topics to Game Plan Before November. Building a Healthy & Succe...

From Trnava, Slovakia, Episode 71 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling talks with Junior World champion Mekhi Lewis and coach Jared Frayer about the obvious, Lewis' world title in just his third freestyle tournament ever. We start with the introduction of Lewis on the podium, then the call from Jason B...

While in Trnava, Slovakia for the 2018 Junior World Championships, we got a chance to talk with Pedro Silva, the President of the Wrestling Federation of Portugal. Silva's been around the sport for decades in a number of roles and he'll talk about that background and the culture of wrestling in Port...

Episode 28 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is all about scheduling. We'll get Coach Popolizio to give his quick recap on the recent golf outing and having five of the program's seven NCAA champions back for the weekend as well as a quick update on the preseason workouts. Coach Popolizio also t...

On location in Slovakia at Junior Worlds with Jason Bryant and Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton and Jason Bryant are in Trnava, Slovakia working different roles at the 2018 Junior World Wrestling Championships. Jason and Andy will talk about the city, the Greco performance, what the women saw in the earl...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back on what transpired last weekend at the Medved and continue their series diving into the preseason rankings by taking a run through 133 pounds. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music &#1...

On this week's show, the dulcet tones of Wrestling Hall of Fame writer, broadcaster and announcer Jason Bryant joins the show to explain the ins and outs of one of the oldest Olympic sports: Wrestling. Plus, Alison hatches a 10-year plan to compete at LA2028, and we're wowed at our Team Olympic Feve...

Erkin Tadzhimetov came to the U.S. as a competitor for the Junior World Championships back in 1998. He was in line to be the representative for Uzbekistan in upcoming senior level championships, but then things changed. Years later, he sits as the associate head coach at Utah Valley University and i...

It's been four years since Eric Olanowski last appeared on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. On Episode 465, we talk with Olanowski, who is working full-time for United World Wrestling as the organization's Web Content and Social Media Coordinator in Slovakia prior to the 2018 Junior World Champions...

World Teamers G'Angelo Hancock and Logan Stieber Doubling up with World Teamers on the latest ON THE MAT as Greco-Roman standout G'Angelo Hancock and 2008 freestyle World Champion Logan Stieber join the program. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Mu...

As Team USA heads to the Junior World Championships, we've got a number of Minnesota tie-ins to discuss and we'll do that on Episode 46 of The Guillotine Grapevine with Pinnacle's Jared Lawrence. Lawrence looks back on his own experience at the 1999 and 2000 Junior World Championships and talks abou...

Episode 65 talks with one of the world's top wrestling photographers, Tony Rotundo of WrestlersAreWarriors.com. A native New Yorker who did a little bit of international wrestling in his youth, Rotundo has become one of the most versatile shooters in the world. @tony_rotundo has covered a number of ...

Episode 65 talks with one of the world's top wrestling photographers, Tony Rotundo of WrestlersAreWarriors.com. A native New Yorker who did a little bit of international wrestling in his youth, Rotundo has become one of the most versatile shooters in the world. @tony_rotundo has covered a number of ...

Noted wrestling photographer Tony Rotundo of WrestlerAreWarriors.com provided a number of great images to accompany Episode 65 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast. Here they are for your viewing pleasure. 2009 – Herning, first worlds 2009 Senior World Wrestling Championships Love this phot...

Matt Ciampa, head coach of Eclipse Wrestling Club (N.J.), has been a wildly successful club coach for nearly three decades. Ciampa has coached numerous All-Americans and national champions, as well as age group world medalists. Ciampa joins The MatBoss Podcast to talk coaching philosophy, regional t...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back at what transpired at last weekend's Poland Open and dive into a series examining the preseason rankings at 125 pounds in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google...

Keeping with the theme of financial health and well-being, we talk with Lyndsey Beasley, a certified public accountant and wife of George Mason head wrestling coach Frank Beasley.We follow along with last episode's financial planning with what wrestling people need to consider with taxes when it com...

Episode 70 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling starts off talking football as both assistant coach Jared Frayer and host Jason Bryant are Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans. We talk a tad about the NFL, then get into the impact Hokie football has on recruiting at Virginia Tech. We'll also handicap the golf tou...

Numerous alumni and fans were in attendance on September 7 as the Wolfpack Wrestling Club hosted the Wolves Golf Classic. Among the athletes out there hacking up the course and not repairing their ballmarks were past NCAA champion and current Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion “The Wolf&#8...

On location from Singlespeed Brewing and Greco-Roman World Teamer Ellis Coleman Recording on location from Singlespeed Brewing in Cedar Falls as we talk about the release of Gable, a Munich Helles style beer. Owner Dave Morgan talks about the world of beer and his wrestling background. We'll also ta...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani share their thoughts on National Team member Richard Perry after his tragic accident at training camp, preview this weekend's Poland Open and wrap up their look at what last year's top 20 NCAA teams have back. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts &#1...

Johnson & Wales head wrestling coach Lonnie Morris joins The MatBoss Podcast for Episode 4. Host Chad Dennis talks to Morris about building his program, evolving as a coach, recruiting, growing his team's fan base through events and promotions, competing against Rutgers, team expectations and m...

Jarrett Yehlen doesn't have much of a wrestling background, but he does have a background in college athletics. He also went to high school with me back in Virginia. On Episode 463 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Yehlen, a financial planner with Northwestern Mutual here in the Twin Cities, talk...

Coach Steve Martin talks about the recent departure of his longtime assistant Mike Dixon as we introduce a new school year in Norfolk for Episode 53 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast. Coach Martin talks about how Dixon found his way to Norfolk and some of the stories that go with it, as well as [...

Illinois RTC coach Bryan Medlin joins Mat Chat with David Mirikitani to discuss the science of learning, how being in the Marines has impacted his life, the growth and role of RTCs and a charity event coming in October. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher &#1...

PAPC35:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee take a look at 2018-2019 season outlooks for UPenn and Bucknell. Rob, a Bucknell alum, tries to make an unbiased prediction for the Bison.  The pair evaluate both line-ups and make predictions on number of NCAA Qualif...

Jason has had the privilege to announce events like NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS and the OLYMPIC GAMES. Jason also runs a very successful podcast network called MAT TALK ONLINE where he has produced/archived several podcasts and shows he's broadcasted throughout the years covering this great sport. Enjoy Jaso...

Mike Moor has been a visible figure with the branding behind Wrestling Mindset, a mindset training brand that originated out of the brains of the Zannetti brothers. At the NWCA Convention, we caught up with Mike Moor, one of the guys with boots on the ground at wrestling events nationwide pushing th...

Greco-Roman World Teamer and 2012 freestyle Olympian Sam Hazewinkel goes On The Mat Sam Hazewinkel, head coach at Oklahoma City University and a 2012 Olympian in freestyle wrestling will go On The Mat this week. Hazewinkel made the 2018 U.S. World Team in Greco-Roman at age 35. He'll talk about the ...

While college wrestling and professional wrestling are two very different endeavors. There is still a great deal of crossover in turns of talent. Many former college wrestlers have gone on to become big stars in the predetermined version of combat. Recently former Appalachian State heavyweight Denze...

Spenser Mango joins the show to talk about the U.S. Greco-Roman team's performance in Germany while World Teamer Jesse Thielke takes a break from talking wrestling and goes toe-to-toe with Dennis Hall on Wisconsin-based trivia. (Photos by Larry Slater & Michele Thielke Teschendorf) Get the comp...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani discuss the recent UWW scheduling news and look at what Virginia Tech, Missouri, Cornell, North Carolina State and Michigan have coming back for the upcoming season. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google P...

Cliff Fretwell has always tried to innovate the sport of wrestling. He's had a successful club in Georgia with roots growing around the country, a popular gear company and now, a growing combine system that recently showcased young wrestlers at the annual NWCA Convention. We jump in with Cliff and R...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani dive into some of the recent events on the international front and look at possible lineups for South Dakota State, Rutgers, Arizona State and Nebraska. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music &#1...

Pinnacle School of Wrestling founder and former Minnesota Golden Gopher Jared Lawrence goes On The Mat Pinnacle School of Wrestling founder Jared Lawrence joins ON THE MAT to talk about his wrestling club up in Minnesota and more. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling ...

With school starting up, it's time to visit again with head coach Tony Robie on Episode 69 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. Coach Robie had a busy July and August with a number of camps coming through Blacksburg and trips to Fargo and Daytona Beach. Coach Robie will talk about the types of camps t...

Episode 64 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast visits with Vinay Siwach, a sports journalist for The Indian Express in New Dehli, India. Siwach has covered wrestling for the paper the last five years and he'll talk about the dynamic of Indian wrestling, how Olympic medals won by Sushil Kumar kic...

Episode 26 fires up with the opening of the school year as host Brian Reinhardt talks with coach Pat Popolizio about the start of the preseason and some quick recaps from the NWCA Convention. How much did The Skip actually move during move-in day? How are the freshmen assigned, how are they academic...

New Chattanooga head wrestling coach Kyle Ruschell joins The MatBoss Podcast. Host Chad Dennis talks to Ruschell about leading the UTC program, his coaching staff, recruiting, Barry Davis, importance of drill partners and more. About MatBoss: Created by coaches for coaches, MatBoss for iPad® integra...

Karen Langston is the Senior Associate AD for External Affairs and Capital Projects at CSU Bakersfield. She's also the chair of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee. During the NWCA Convention in Daytona Beach, Florida, Langston sat down to talk about the makeup of the committee, how rules and th...

Olympic gold medalist and NYC RTC coach Kendall Cross joins David Mirikitani to talk about his club's relationship with two-time World champion Frank Chamizo of Italy and the club's recent additions of Evan Henderson and Lavion Mayes. SUBSCRIBE TO TRACKWRESTLING'S MATCHAT PODCAST Apple Podcasts &#12...

PAP43: The summer may be winding down but offseason moves are heating up. PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsynder @KnopsKnotes discuss some impactful movement by wrestlers, including the Nation's top freshman Ryan Crookham, who will attend Notre Dame Green Pond. They also...

Army West Point head coach Kevin Ward goes On The Mat Oklahoma State alum, Tennessee native and current Army West Point head coach Kevin Ward is this week's guest ON THE MAT. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and is hosted by the Direc...

Florida native Arelys Valles took over the women's program at Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia in April. In a few short months, Valles, who was still actively competing at the senior level this spring, is now running her own team. At the 2018 NWCA Convention, we caught up with the you...

PAPC34:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee continues their preview of the Pennsylvania College programs heading into the 2018-2019 season. This week they preview the Drexel Dragons and the Edinboro Scotsman. They welcome on as a guest Drexel head coach Matt Az...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani analyze this week's big news in the wrestling world and preview what lineups could look like at North Carolina, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Minnesota. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

In the second episode of The Mat Boss Podcast, Chad Dennis talks with South Dakota State head wrestling coach Damion Hahn. They discuss what attracted Hahn to SDSU, what he looks for in recruits, how top recruits deal with pressure, as well as how he views youth results, wrestlers being held back, s...

Joe Williamson carved out a place in wrestling media lore with his behind-the-scenes, man of the people type of coverage videos during his time with Flowrestling. Now setting out on his own to promote the sport, Joe talks about the relationship with his wife and young son and how wrestling brought t...

Over the past month, Mat Talk Online has collected a handful of stories and conducted a pair of interviews to try to encapsulate what Mike Duroe meant to his athletes. On this special episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, you'll hear first-hand from two of his former athletes who are now coac...

It is never too early to look at the upcoming NCAA wrestling season on Matside. On Monday, the Iowa Hawkeyes picked up yet another top-100 commit as Abe Assad announced his intentions. To discuss the Hawkeye's recent momentum, Richard Mann chats with the proprietor the Iowa Wrestling Fan Blog, Todd ...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani analyze this week's big news in the wrestling world and preview what lineups could look like at North Carolina, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Minnesota. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

Multi-time World Team member and 2016 Olympian Robby Smith (130 kg, NYAC) is leaving the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs — his home for 13 years — to join 2014 World Teamer Joe Rau (87 kg) at the Chicago Regional Training Center on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illin...

The Guillotine Grapevine goes on the road to Daytona Beach, Florida to check in with All-American Golden Gopher Manny Rivera. The California native is entering his second year as the head wrestling coach at CSU Bakersfield. Rivera talks about his time in Minnesota, getting recruited to Minnesota, in...

Ask the Skip! Brian Reinhardt fields questions from fans to ask to head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio. It's #AskTheSkip, but first we find out how Popolizio started picking up the nickname. Questions 5:00 – Discussion about the football redshirt rules and how it could impact wrestling in the f...

Hofstra head wrestling coach Dennis Papadatos was giving us a hard time about when the last time he was on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, so we caved to the pressure and talked with the head man at the Long Island school. Papadatos talks about the roster limits, Hofstra wrestling history and the ...

Keynote speech by Andy Barth at the NWCA Awards Luncheon on Saturday, August 4, 2018 from the NWCA Convention in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. JOIN THE TE...

Episode 454 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast with Stevens Tech head wrestling coach Joe Favia. Coming off a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships, Favia and his Ducks are trying to contend for an NCAA team title. Favia talks about why he's at the NWCA Convention, the newest h...

Keynote speech by Joe Savino at the NWCA Opening Keytone on Friday, August 3, 2018 from the NWCA Convention in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. JOIN THE TEAM...

Keynote speech by Austin Shanfelter at the NWCA Honors Luncheon on Friday, August 3, 2018 from the NWCA Convention in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. JOIN T...

U.S. Greco-Roman National Team Coach Matt Lindland goes On The Mat U.S. Greco-Roman National Team Coach and Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland goes On The Mat this week. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and is hosted by the Directo...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani look back at the performance of the United States at the Yasar Dogu, discuss seedings for the World Championships and analyze some of the big news in college recruiting in this week's episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts &#124...

Five Point Move returns as hosts Tim Hands and Dennis Hall talk with U.S. World Team members Adam Coon and Ellis Coleman as they prepare for the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in October. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FIVE POINT MOVE PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Go...

In Episode 1 of The MatBoss Podcast, Chad Dennis talks with Allen (Texas) High School head wrestling coach Jerry Best. They discuss what it takes to build a top national program, Bo Nickal, transferring, scheduling, women's wrestling, fundraising, college wrestling in Texas and much more. SUBSCRIBE ...

Lúcás Ó'Ceallacháin, the interim High Performance Manager for Wrestling Canada, has spent the last five years heavily involved in wrestling. On Episode 63 of the World Wrestling Resource, we'll talk to the native Irishman about his background in sports management, how it developed based on his lingu...

On this episode of Matside, Richard Mann chats with United World Wrestling Web Content and Social Media Coordinator Eric Olanowski. The two discuss the performance of Team USA at the Yasar Dogu International including Jordan Burroughs vs. Frank Chamizo II, David Taylor's festival of pins, Kyle Dake'...

A real-life profile of courage, Thomas Irving Green truly personifies the word. As the all-time wins leader at Weedsport High School in New York, Green wrestled collegiately at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, New York, and at SUNY Cortland. After college, he turned his attention to officiating a...

Daryl Thomas returns to the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast just days before he's getting married. It's been a hectic schedule for Thomas, who is entering his second year on staff and first as the Associate Head Coach, a promotion he received over the summer. On Episode 52, Thomas talks about how the ...

PAPC33:  The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee returns for another shot at podcasting. This time they preview Lock Haven and Pittsburgh for the upcoming season. Joining them as a guest is Pitt Head Coach Keith Gavin who talks about his Panther line-up. Each make t...

Back at home for another episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, featuring Wyoming Seminary head wrestling coach Scott Green. Green, who cut his teeth wrestling in New York, has lead Wyoming Seminary the last eight years and has built upon the foundation laid by former coach John Gordon. No, &#...

The PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast returns with Episode 24 as host Brian Reinhardt catches up with coach Pat Popolizio on what his summer has been like so far and what's left for the Pack wrestling staff. Coach Popolizio will also talk about how the Wolfpack RTC uses donations. There will also be som...

Justin Tritz, Sally Roberts go On The Mat Trackwrestling.com founder Justin Tritz and Sally Roberts, two-time World bronze medalist and founder of Wrestle Like A Girl go On The Mat this week. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and is ho...

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani recap Fargo, preview this weekend's Yasar Dogu and discuss the new NCAA transfer rules and ramifications on this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

The latest episode of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Legends Podcast is with 2017 Outstanding American Dom Gorie. Beginning his wrestling career in junior high school, Dominic (Pudwill) Gorie always set his sights high. As a wrestler at Palmetto High School in Miami, he forged a standout career...

Matside is back. For the second episode Richard Mann welcomes InterMat High School Analyst Josh Lowe to the show to look back at the Fargo freestyle tournament. Discussion topics include Anthony Cassioppi's run at heavyweight and chances as a true freshman at Iowa, Mason Parris' status as a prospect...

Editor's Note: The following was a post I wrote on the blog I ran at InterMat and cross-posted to ArmchairGM back on July 11, 2007. I’d contributed a few wrestling stories to Armchair that year, but after reading some of the rants of some regular (read: non-wrestling) sports fans, I figured I’d make...

North Carolina State Chairman Ed Duncan talks about the rise of wrestling in his state and how the local college programs aren't just producing talent at the senior and college level, but they're impacting the quality of wrestling at the age-group levels as well. There's 12 four-year college program...

Sean Bormet goes On The Mat New University of Michigan head coach Sean Bormet goes On The Mat to explain what's been happening in Ann Arbor since the retirement of former coach Joe McFarland and the prospectus for the Wolverines in the future. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the Nation...

Gary Mayabb, the Manager of Greco-Roman programs for USA Wrestling, is the next guest on the Short Time Podcast. Mayabb, a longtime high school coach and NCAA official is in his second year in the position and he talks about the importance of this event and how the shift in schedule has impacted it....

Alex Steen and David Mirikitani recap the Junior freestyle action in Fargo and other happenings around the wrestling world in this week's edition of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

The PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast returns with Episode 23 as host Brian Reinhardt introduces a new Hidden Heroes segment and then talks with 2017 World bronze medalist and past Wolfpack two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski. Hidden Heroes launches with an interview with Assistant Athletic Trainer ...

Earl Smith of TheOpenMat.com joins Short Time to talk about his first trip to Fargo, the folks he's gotten to meet and greet for the first time in person and his own wrestling background. He'll explain the Washington Nationals flat-brim hats and of course, whether or not he's related to John Smith. ...

Olympic official Zach Errett of Indiana stops by the media table for another episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast from #Fargo2018. Errett has an interesting tie to Fargo, which he'll explain early in the show. We'll then get into a discussion on how the tournament has an international importa...

USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender joins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about his start in Fargo as an events guy with USA Wrestling a while back. Bender talks about the success of our age-group levels, the importance of the event and goes into some feedback and thoughts about th...

Catching up with Oklahoma State's Daton Fix after beating Arizona State's Brandon Courtney decisively in two matches to earn the spot on the Junior World Team. Fix is the returning Junior World Champion and he talks about coming off his Final X experience and the opportunity to compete at the Junior...

Flowrestling's Willie Saylor makes his triumphant return to Fargo after a two-year hiatus in which he covered some other verticals for FloSports. Now back full-time on the wrestling scene, Saylor talks about the importance of the event, why numbers are going up and the impact the media and the rules...

Kristie Davis has nine World medals and two golds to her credit. Now the Emmanuel College women's coach talks about the depth and development of women's wrestling and what it meant to her to be inducted recently into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. Davis is the second ...

USA Wrestling's tech guru Dave Mathews has spent a lot of time in Fargo. A longtime coach with Team Georgia, he's now working full-time with the NGB on a number of technical projects as an app developer. He shares some of his responsibilities and grill him on some Team Georgia history. The Short Tim...

Cornell's Andrew Berreyesa stops by the media table for a quick shot on what he's doing coaching with Team New York after wrestling in Fargo during his active years for his home state of Nevada. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't alrea...

PAP42: The month of July is for one thing only; Fargo, North Dakota. That is where some of the Nation's best wrestlers will converge for a grueling and impressive event. PA Power Wrestling's Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Eric Knopsynder @KnopsKnotes preview Pennsylvania's Freestyle teams analyzing ...

Dan Gable goes ON THE MAT Dan Gable, the legendary wrestling icon and namesake for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dan Gable Museum goes On The Mat this week. Show Segments 0:55 – Losing some friends of wrestling. 2:50 – Talking about the late Mike Duroe. 5:30 – Talking about...

David Mirikitani and new co-host Alex Steen share their thoughts on Final X, recap the Cadet World Championships and look forward to Fargo in this week's episode of Weighing In. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRACKWRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music | RSS

CLARION – Soon to be senior Cole Urbas (State College, PA) is busy getting ready to head out to his first ever Fargo experience competing in the USMC/USAW Junior Freestyle Nationals but stops by the PA Power Podcast. Cole, a 2-time PIAA State Medalist who was third in 2017 and runner-up in 201...

Steve Saxlund was a three-time NCAA Division II champion at North Dakota State. He's been active in the Fargo community since graduation and is also a partner at a campus-area bar and grill called Herd and Horns, which has become a popular spot for wrestling coaches and fans as the USA Wrestling Cad...

Jason Bryant joins Air Time for Episode 26. The highly-regarded national wrestling personality has credits such as the announcer for the D1 nationals and several high-profile USA Wrestling and UWW events. He was the English-language announcer for wrestling at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He began covering...

Taking a visit over to the home of a few members of the Minnesota Storm to talk about some wrestling topics on Episode 44 of The Guillotine Grapevine. Join host Jason Bryant as he moderates the roundtable with Joe Rau, Donny Longendyke, Zach Sanders and Pat Smith. Among the topics are Final X, wrest...

Rudis' Managing Partner and President Jesse Leng goes ON THE MAT Jesse Leng, the Managing Partner and President of Rudis joins Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton for the latest episode of On The Mat. Show Segments 1:00 – Strong, Focused and Energized about the Cadet Worlds 6:30 – Are we doi...

PAPC32:  The PA Power College Podcast returns with new hosts Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee as they debut with “The Open Room with Rob and Joe.” The two take a look ahead at the 2018-2019 NCAA Season by previewing two of Pennsylvania's top Division I programs; Pen...

Episode 51 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast visits with the newest member of Monarch Nation, assistant coach Steven Rodrigues. The New York native and All-American from the University of Illinois is reunited with former teammate Daryl Thomas and Rodrigues is already hitting the ground running wi...

Olympic champion Ben Peterson and World Wrestling Resource co-founder Jon McGovern join host Jason Bryant on the latest edition of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to break down Peterson's vision of leadership. Peterson talks about his background in what he believes makes good leaders and how he...

InterMat's Richard Mann sat down with Tim Hands of FivePointMove.com to discuss the 2018 Greco-Roman World Team Trials. The two run down the Greco Trials not being part of Final X, Matt Lindland's status as national team coach and the effort to transition folkstyle wrestler into Greco. After that, t...

2018 U.S. Freestyle World Teamer Nahshon Garrett goes On The Mat Cornell four-time All-American and 2016 NCAA Division I Champion Nahshon Garrett will go On The Mat to talk about making the 2018 U.S. World Team in men's freestyle wrestling Show Segments 0:50 – O.J. or Lemonade 3:00 – The...