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⋅ Jan, 6 2009 | Coverage created by Joe Williamson

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About Jack Spates

Organization:	University of Oklahoma
Current School:	University Of Oklahoma Norman Campus
College:	Slippery Rock University Of Pennsylvania
Bio:	Jack Spates wasn?t part of a wrestling family and got involved into the sport by accident his sophomore year in High School. Regardless he still went on to place third at high school National Championships.… + See More + Jack Spates wasn?t part of a wrestling family and got involved into the sport by accident his sophomore year in High School. Regardless he still went on to place third at high school National Championships.… + See More - See Less - Jack Spates wasn?t part of a wrestling family and got involved into the sport by accident his sophomore year in High School. Regardless he still went on to place third at high school National Championships. In College he attended Cal Poly before transferring to Slippery Rock University his sophomore year. There he continued his success and was a runner-up his junior year and dominated the season his senior year before tearing out his knee and coming down with bronchitis and ear infections. Even still he wrestled injured and sick and made it back to the NCAA tournament before being knocked out short of meeting his goal of being a national Champion. After college Jack Spates went into sales but couldn?t stomach the company he worked for so he took a job as a coach at a seminary. Coaching was a natural talent for Jack Spates. His abilities as a coach lead him to climb the later from that lowly seminary all the way up to a Big 12 and national powerhouse of Oklahoma University. However, at the time that Coach Spates took over the Oklahoma program it was beginning to fade. Coach Spates quickly changed that and restored the program. Now expect OU to consistently place in the top 5 year in and year out. Jack Spates influence and success as a coach extends beyond his wrestlers but to his staff. Two of the other 4 Big 12 Schools? coaches Brian Smith and Mark Manning have served as assistants to Coach Spates before taking on Head Coaching positions where they have had tremendous success.

#14	No February 3 at 12:55pm its only illegal to use a sauna 48 hours before competition, plenty of schools have saunas, they just aren't allowed to use them up to two days before competition reply
#13	Anonymous Coward January 1 at 8:20pm Actually, you are the idiot. If you checked the 2008 Rules and Regulations for wrestling, you would find under section 3.5 (labeled Prohibited Practices) the following: 3.5 Prohibited Practices The use of laxatives, emetics, excessive food and fluid restriction, self-induced vomiting, hot rooms, hot boxes, saunas, and steam rooms is prohibited for any purpose. The use of diuretics at any time is prohibited by NCAA legislation for all sports. Regardless of purpose, the use of vapor-impermeable suits (e.g., rubber or rubberized nylon) or any similar devices used solely for dehydration is prohibited. Artificial means of rehydration (i.e., intravenous hydration) are also prohibited. Violators of these rules shall be suspended for the competition(s) for which the weigh-in is intended. A second violation would result in suspension for the remainder of the season. As you can see son, you are seriously mistaken and should not be recruited anywhere... reply
#12	Anonymous Coward December 25, 2008 at 3:20pm To the guy below who said "steam rooms are ILLEGAL and Spates just implicated his whole team!!" You're stupid. Jack Spates is a smart guy. I'm sure he and his program checked the rules before they spent freakish amounts of money building a steam room. Saunas are illegal. Not steam rooms. I'm a recruit, and I've visited 5 colleges and 3 of them had steam rooms. If they're illegal, then the whole freakin country is wrong. ... or maybe you're just stupid. Which is what I actually think is going on. reply
#11	Anonymous Coward December 15, 2008 at 8:33pm PSU Wrestling Room is way better reply
#10	Anonymous Coward December 15, 2008 at 6:29pm The wrestling room is not as nice as Penn State. Penn State's weight room is also right next to the room. But I would have to say this is one of the nicest in the country. reply
#9	Anonymous Coward December 15, 2008 at 3:23pm Dam that video was crazyyyyy!!!!! reply
#8	Anonymous Coward December 14, 2008 at 10:52pm still have to live in oklahoma reply
#7	Anonymous Coward December 14, 2008 at 7:50pm its nice but if i remember right mizzou, wisconson, and cornell are better reply
#6	Don Stocum December 13, 2008 at 3:02pm unbelieveable reply
#5	Anonymous Coward December 13, 2008 at 2:55pm steam rooms are ILLEGAL and Spates just implicated his whole team!! reply
#4	Anonymous Coward December 12, 2008 at 6:49pm that wrestling room is about 7x the size of my high schools reply
#3	Adam Doback December 12, 2008 at 2:43pm wow reply
#2	Tyler Dickenson December 12, 2008 at 9:48am AMAZING reply
#1	Anonymous Coward December 11, 2008 at 7:15pm maybe the best gym in the country reply

Oklahoma's New Facilities

Jack Spates gives us a tour of his new wrestling facilities that are amazing.
December 11, 2008

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