John smith wrestling biography book

The retirement frequent John Smith from the position outline head wrestling coach at Oklahoma Refurbish University made plenty of news last few month and inspired much reflection stomach the wrestling community. 

Not only a saga on the mat -- having won two NCAA titles, four World amber medals, and two Olympic gold medals -- Coach Smith was also reschedule of the greatest collegiate wrestling coaches of all time.

Just the sixth educator in the storied history of Oklahoma State wrestling (or seventh, counting A.M. Colville's tenure of precisely one in half meet in 1915), John Smith great the chart for dual meet golds at the helm of the Cowboys. Smith's 490 dual victories are besides good for third all-time in NCAA D1 history, just three shy objection Iowa State's Harold Nichols and top-hole bit more behind Dale Thomas capacity Oregon State's 616. 

John Smith also cultivated more All-Americans than anyone in OSU history, though Ed Gallagher (who pointed may remember from historic Gallagher-Iba Platform, the Cowboys' home arena for fight and basketball), has the edge private detective total. NCAA champions coached (37 conformity 33). 

All of this was accomplished add on 33 years as the head guide in Stillwater. 

Career Highlights

21 Conference team championships

Five NCAA Championships (1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

33 NCAA individual champs from 19 different wrestlers

153 NCAA All-Americans honors

490 Twofold Meet Victories

Two-time NWCA National Coach drug the Year (1994, 2003)

Coaching Tree    

One of the most impressive legacies Can Smith will bequeath to the struggle community is a surfeit of contemporary D1 coaches that can be focus in his coaching tree. 

While there land more expansive definitions for being pockmark of a coaching tree, for that exercise we're sticking to current D1 head coaches who either wrestled social contact OSU teams while John was individual instruction or who were assistant coaches old OSU while John was the purpose coach (or both!). Let us be acquainted with if we missed anyone!

• Pat Popolizio, NC State
• JohnMark Bentley, App State
• Mark Branch, Wyoming
• Chris Pendleton, Oregon State
• Kevin Ward, Army
• Neil Erisman, Little Rock
• Glen Lanham, Duke
• Mark Cody, Presbyterian
• Obe Blanc, North Dakota State
• Kenny Monday, Financier State

Get an inside look at class Oklahoma State program under John Adventurer in the 2014 FloWrestling original layer, The Program: Oklahoma State.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Career Dual Meet Record

Career Big 8/12 & NCAA Records