Keith Spataro’s first game-changing move for Menlo College came almost 23 years ago when he pitched an offer that was too good for school officials to refuse.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, college wrestling’s fastest-growing men’s division, has nearly quadrupled in size during the past two decades, going from a segment of the sport that was just trying to survive to one that’s thriving today with 74 programs and more on the way.