New Mizzou Coach

[killdozer]

https://mutigers.com/news/2026/11/4/wrestlings-brian-smith-announces-retirement-following-2026-27-season

Maple taking over after this season. 

[The_KC_Godfather]

Congrats, Coach Smith, on a great career. Thank you for giving us something to be proud of!

[MoveCountermove]

Dang that's crazy. I mentioned Smith stepping down in the Hot Seat thread, more because of the length of his career not because he's pushed out

[MPhillips]

9 minutes ago, MoveCountermove said:

I mentioned Smith stepping down in the Hot Seat thread

No credit...

[ionel]

54 minutes ago, MoveCountermove said:

 I mentioned Smith stepping down in the Hot Seat thread 

 

[Konquest]

So when Smith retires, is Manning the longest tenured HC?  I'm happy for Maple.  Everyone loves him and you'd rarely see an interview with O'Toole where he didn't credit a lot of success to Maple.  Speaking of O'Toole, Maple has a built in recruiting pipeline to Wisconsin's best wrestlers.  Mizzou is going to be on the short list of the top AWA athletes, although Maple will be competing with Bormet, Sanderson, Schwab, etc. for some of the best kids.