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May 21, 2015 by Kyle Bratke
NCAA Coaching Carousel
Every college wrestling off-season brings about countless coaching changes that can be hard to keep up with. However, we have you covered! Below you will find an updated list of all of the coaching changes thus far this off-season. 

It was an especially slow start to the coaching carousel.  We saw no head coaching changes until the firing of CD Mock in June.  Far later than you'd expect.  Essentially, young assistants have been hired/switched posts with few major names coming out.  

The announcement of Minkel's retirement after next year is the next biggest movement.  MSU and UNC both seem to have coaches in waiting.  Coleman Scott was an assistant at UNC and Roger Chandler has been at MSU for 18 years.  With these late changes being announced, we can only wonder if more changes will be coming,


April 16th- Conor Beebe Promoted To Assistant Coach

April 21st- Matt Valenti Named Assistan Athletic Director 

April 29th- Adam Hall To North Carolina State

May 4th- Kevin LaValley Returning To Bucknell

May 5th- AJ Schopp Becomes SDSU Assistant Coach

May 14th- Frank Beasley Promoted To NC State Associate Head Coach

May 15th- Tucker Lane Hired At Northern Colorado

May 19th- Luke Lofthouse Hired At Utah Valley 

May 28th- Mike McMullan Named Penn Assistant Wrestling Coach

June 1st- Clint Musser Hired As Top Assistant At American 

June 12th- CD Mock Out At UNC

June 24th- Appalachian State Adds Two New Assistants

June 30th- Tom Minkel To Retire Next Season, Roger Chandler To Take Over

July 2nd- Chris Chionuma Added To Army Coachin Staff

July 7th- Mitchell Port Joins Edinboro Coaching Staff

July 15th- Teyon Ware Joins Wyoming Coaching Staff

July 15th- Cal Poly Hires Mike Evans As Assistant

July 16th- Ivan Lopouchanksi Named Assistant At The Citadel

July 17th- Boomer Fechko Named Buffalo Assistant

July 19th- Travis Rutt Named Iowa Strength And Conditioning Coach

July 21st- Chad Hanke Joins American Wrestling Staff

August 3rd- Joe Nord Named Volunteer Assistant At Columbia

August 7th- Drake Houdashelt Named Volunteer Assistant At Mizzou

August 8th- Brandon Hatchett Joins Northwestern Staff`

August 11th- Tyler Wilps Becomes Pitts First Ever Volunteer Assistant

August 11th- Lee Roper Joins UNI Staff

August 12th- Mike Zadick And Derek St. John On The Move

August 13th- Coleman Scott Named UNC Head Coach

August 14th- Tyler Caldwell Named WVU Volunteer Assistant

August 17th- Travis Pascoe Joins Indiana Coaching Staff