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Listen in as Coach Nickerson discusses his thoughts on the 2025-2026 season, recapping the NCAA tournament, and giving a glimpse of what the spring/summer looks like for the program! Thanks for tuning in and let us know your thoughts!

What a thrilling weekend for Army Wrestling!! Congratulations to Coach Nickerson for winning his first Star Match as Head Coach!! During this episode he walks us through the preparation leading up to the match. He shares the team approach as well as the individual approach to each of the match ups. Thanks for coming on the show and giving the fans all your insight!

- Life at West Point for the Nickerson Family over the last 8 months (time flies!) - Surprises this season - Army/navy Rivalry - Season progress thus far - Senior Night this weekend! - Coach Green named as Executive Director of the West Point Wrestling Club & what that means

This episode is long overdue, but we welcome Coach Jeff Breese to the show! Jeff is the Director of Wrestling Development and wears many hats in his role. He handles a lot of the logistics for the West Point Wrestling Club and also runs the Prep School program up the hill. Thanks for coming on the show!

Listen in as Coach Nickerson talks about his first two months in the seat as the Head Coach and what the preseason looks like moving forward. The Cadets are all back from Summer Training and he had his first meeting with them earlier this week. Exciting times at West Point as we get ready for our favorite time of the year! You won't want to miss this episode!

A very special episode welcoming the NEW Class of 1972 Head Wrestling Coach - Troy Nickerson! We talk to Coach Nickerson about what this process has been like over the last month and what the rest of his summer looks like transitioning to West Point with his family. He shares his excitement being in a very unique position taking over a program in very good shape and shares some experiences that he...

- Recap of the EIWA tournament weight by weight - NCAA Tournament preview - Gripes & concerns with areas of NCAAs - Youth wrestling discussion

It's finally March and that means postseason wrestling!! In this episode we do a deep dive into the EIWA Pre Seeds, break down each weight class, and discuss how the landscape has changed in the EIWA without the Ivy League schools. Thanks for tuning in and lets bring home an EIWA Championship this weekend!

Coach Ward is back on the show to break down each match from the navy dual where the Army Team dominated the squids 22-10!

- Brief recap & takeaways from the duals against American, Bucknell, and Lehigh - Previewing Sunday's matchup against navy with a match by match overview

- Catching up with Coach Ward - Recapping the atmosphere wrestling Iowa - Southern Scuffle Recap - F&M and LIU Recap - Analysis of the Team - Listener Questions!

- Throwdown on the Yorktown Event Recap - Purdue & Buffalo Weekend Recap - Black Knight Invite Recap - Iowa Preview - Details on Morgan State match & Army navy Football Tailgate

- Weekend Highlights - Weight by weight overview from the Princeton Open - Preview of the Throwdown on the Yorktown - Listener questions

- Team Captains announced - Melee at the Mess Hall - Preseason progress for the team - What the next two and a half weeks look like before the first competition - Stoddard competing at U23 World Championships - Alumni representation at Veteran World Championships recently

- Golf Outing Update - Introducing the Plebe Class - Schedule discussion - Preseason progress - Listener questions

- Coaching Addition of Taylor LaMont - BRow went bald! - WPWC success at U23's - Incoming Plebe class & pre-season plan - brief overview of the 2024-2025 schedule

- Upcoming Graduation Week Activities & plans following graduation - Gripes with Old Grads - Draft Tables background - Beating navy @ navy - Nate Lukez cross-commissioning to the Marines discussion - Best non wrestling memory of West Point - Listener Questions

- Current Events: Upcoming PIAD, Graduation, Spring Gala - Initial impressions of West Point in your first season - How is coaching at West Point different? - What makes the student-athletes at West Point different than other schools in your opinion? - What are your focus areas as a developmental coach for the program?

- Recap of Spring Gala - Experience competing at Olympic Trials - WCAP Discussion - Big Jerm's journey to West Point - Older brother (Samson Imonode - USMA 2017) impact - Graduating during Covid - Listener Questions

We are excited to have Ben on the show this episode! He is fresh off an exciting NCAA tournament capping off an amazing career as an NCAA All American. We walk through not only this NCAA experience, but also his previous NCAA tournaments and learn some of the changes that occurred through his 4 NCAA tournaments. You won't want to miss this episode! Thanks for tuning in!

Wow!! What a way to celebrate Episode 100 with an NCAA All American. Coach Ward gives us a full recap of the entire weekend and a whole lot more. This is one episode you won't want to miss!

What a weekend for the Army Team! Only the 4th Top 3 finish in program history and a testament to the hard work and dedication of this team. An all out effort resulted in 6 auto qualifiers to the NCAA tournament, one more potential wildcard qualifier, and EIWA Coach of the Year.

The Good Guys from the Army team went down to Annapolis and took care of business last Friday night! What an exciting night of wrestling and congratulations to the program on winning the Star match. Listen in as Coach Ward breaks down every aspect of the dual and thanks for tuning in!

Listen in as Coach Ward previews Friday Night's dual vs. navy!

- Army 3-0 in EIWA competition - 7 wrestlers in first coaches rankings of the season - Bucknell preview - Listener questions