Kyle TempleTemple has deep wrestling roots within the region. He has served as the head wrestling coach at Cottage Grove High School since 2015. He has also been the head coach at Stayton and Sprague High Schools. Temple, who wrestled at Southern Oregon University from 2003-08, is a 2003 Sweet Home High graduate who later served as an assistant coach at his high school alma mater.
In addition, Temple has worked with the Oregon Wrestling Association, helping the group grow from 15 members to its current 52. He was voted the Western Region Junior person of the year in 2016 by representatives from 11 western states.
“We are very excited to have someone with Kyle's experience to head up RiverHawk wrestling,†said Umpqua Director of Athletics Craig Jackson. “We feel that his enthusiasm and contacts throughout Oregon and the western United States make him an outstanding fit for what we are trying to accomplish with our new program. He is very well thought of by his peers and will work to show athletes that UCC is an outstanding destination for collegiate wrestlers.â€
In early January, InterMat reported that men's and women's wrestling -- along with men's and women's cross country, and men's and women's obstacle course racing -- would be joining the roster of sports offered by Umpqua Community College starting this fall. The women's program is a completely new sport for UCC, while men's wrestling was offered by the school until the early 1980s. https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/17381
Located in Roseburg in southwest Oregon, Umpqua Community College was founded in 1964. The two-year public school has an enrollment of 3,300 full-time and approximately 16,000 part-time students.
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