Coach fired

[Spencerlee]

9 hours ago, juniorvarsity said:

He retired after like 25 years as head coach, although it is speculated he was pressured to do so.

Indiana had very weak teams under him. Escobedo and Dubuque were champs for him. And then Chalfant at heavyweight got 2nd and Taylor Walsh got 2nd too(maybe a 2x AA). Brandon Becker was a 3x AA. Nate Jackson was a 2x AA. There's probably 2 or 3 more AAs from early 2000's under his tenure that I cannot recall.

And they’re still terrible

[Southend]

On 7/23/2025 at 5:07 PM, Spencerlee said:

And they’re still terrible

Lol

[Southend]

I can say that at one time Duane did command attention from elite wrestlers from a cross the country. But he failed to bring in tje best from his own state, at the end of his tenure. That was his demise. Not sure Angel is doing any better in this hat department. But the coach does get the best out of who he brings in. 

[Greenwave]

Goldman should have stepped down ten years ago.   Waited way to long, but I believe he wanted to wait until his son graduated from IU.

[lu_alum]

On 7/21/2025 at 8:06 AM, Hilton Head Joe said:

That makes sense! Usually don't have a HC job in D1 wrestling immediately after being fired! Buffalo must be a tough place to coach. The school is nice and highly ranked in allot of academic areas. 

According to the wrestlers at UB, conditions aren't the greatest.

https://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2024/04/wrestling-team-complaints-2024

[Hilton Head Joe]

6 hours ago, lu_alum said:

According to the wrestlers at UB, conditions aren't the greatest.

https://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2024/04/wrestling-team-complaints-2024

Dang that is bad. Hotbeds of wrestling crumbling. Cleveland State, Buffalo. Thanks for article. Didn't know it was that bad at Buffalo. Just inept leaders at these schools. Wonder how the new coach and wrestlers are doing now?   

[lu_alum]

Not a head coach, but Lehigh just fired Sammy Sasso.  He lasted from June 30 to July 26.