The 2023 offseason coaching carousel got off to a slow start, but has picked up steam. This past week, in particular, there were a handful of notable names that changed jobs. Movement begats movement and as new jobs are accepted, typically new positions open up. We’ll certainly have more updates as the summer progresses and fades into fall and the college preseason.
Obe Blanc (North Dakota State Head Coach) - North Dakota State Associate Head Coach
Steve Bleise (Army West Point) - CSU Bakersfield Assistant Coach
Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma State Assistant Coach) - Oklahoma State recruiting coordinator
Marcus Coleman (Davidson Assistant Coach) - Iowa State athlete
Evan DeLong (Clarion Assistant Coach)
Ceron Francisco (North Dakota State Assistant Coach) - Nittany Lion WC athlete
Ben Freeman (Buffalo Volunteer Assistant) - Buffalo athlete
BJ Futrell (Northwestern Assistant Coach) - Penn Assistant Coach
Tommy Gantt (NC State Assistant Coach) - Wolfpack Wrestling Club
James Green (Nebraska Assistant Coach) - USA Wrestling Freestyle Development
Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma State Recruiting Coordinator
Josh Heil (Campbell Assistant Coach) - Campbell Director of Operations
Hayden Hidlay (North Dakota State Assistant Coach) - NC State Student-Athlete Development Coordinator
Roger Kish (Oklahoma Head Coach) - North Dakota State Head Coach
Austin Marsden (Oklahoma Assistant Coach) - North Dakota State Assistant Coach
Scott Mattingly (North Dakota State Assistant Coach) - Gardner-Webb Associate Head Coach
Quincy Monday (Princeton Assistant Coach) - Princeton athlete
Steve Mytych (Rutgers Assistant Coach) - Rutgers Director of Operations
Austin O’Connor (Illinois Assistant Coach) - North Carolina athlete
Donny Ooten (Bucknell Assistant Coach)
Peter Pappas (George Mason Assistant Coach) - George Mason athlete
Ian Parker (Virginia Assistant Coach) - Army West Point Assistant Coach
Coleman Scott (Oklahoma State Associate Head Coach) - North Carolina Head Coach
Charles Small (Long Island Assistant Coach) - Purdue Graduate Assistant
Devin Schroder (Wyoming Assistant Coach) - Cleveland State Assistant Coach
Cam Sykora (Oklahoma Volunteer Assistant) - North Dakota State Volunteer Assistant
Ty Walz (Brown Assistant Coach) - SERTC athlete
The 2023 offseason coaching carousel got off to a slow start, but has picked up steam. This past week, in particular, there were a handful of notable names that changed jobs. Movement begats movement and as new jobs are accepted, typically new positions open up. We’ll certainly have more updates as the summer progresses and fades into fall and the college preseason. Obe Blanc (North Dakota State Head Coach) - North Dakota State Associate Head Coach Steve Bleise (Army West Point) - CSU Bakersfield Assistant Coach Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma State Assistant Coach) - Oklahoma State recruiting coordinator Marcus Coleman (Davidson Assistant Coach) - Iowa State athlete Evan DeLong (Clarion Assistant Coach) Ceron Francisco (North Dakota State Assistant Coach) - Nittany Lion WC athlete Ben Freeman (Buffalo Volunteer Assistant) - Buffalo athlete BJ Futrell (Northwestern Assistant Coach) - Penn Assistant Coach Tommy Gantt (NC State Assistant Coach) - Wolfpack Wrestling Club James Green (Nebraska Assistant Coach) - USA Wrestling Freestyle Development Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma State Recruiting Coordinator Josh Heil (Campbell Assistant Coach) - Campbell Director of Operations Hayden Hidlay (North Dakota State Assistant Coach) - NC State Student-Athlete Development Coordinator Roger Kish (Oklahoma Head Coach) - North Dakota State Head Coach Austin Marsden (Oklahoma Assistant Coach) - North Dakota State Assistant Coach Scott Mattingly (North Dakota State Assistant Coach) - Gardner-Webb Associate Head Coach Quincy Monday (Princeton Assistant Coach) - Princeton athlete Steve Mytych (Rutgers Assistant Coach) - Rutgers Director of Operations Austin O’Connor (Illinois Assistant Coach) - North Carolina athlete Donny Ooten (Bucknell Assistant Coach) Peter Pappas (George Mason Assistant Coach) - George Mason athlete Ian Parker (Virginia Assistant Coach) - Army West Point Assistant Coach Coleman Scott (Oklahoma State Associate Head Coach) - North Carolina Head Coach Charles Small (Long Island Assistant Coach) - Purdue Graduate Assistant Devin Schroder (Wyoming Assistant Coach) - Cleveland State Assistant Coach Cam Sykora (Oklahoma Volunteer Assistant) - North Dakota State Volunteer Assistant Ty Walz (Brown Assistant Coach) - SERTC athlete
James Hackney sits down to talk with Missouri Head Coach Brian Smith to discuss NCAA's in KC, the experience on a Missouri team with 5 All-Americans, and some exciting schedule updates. Coach Smith also goes into the recent rule changes and how he thinks it will affect the upcoming season. He also recounts his experience with realignment and being the only SEC team with wrestling Watch the full interview here.