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ABOUT THE EPISODE This episode features Linfield University Head Coach Chad Hanke. Coach Hanke was a D1 wrestler at Oregon State and had multiple coaching stints at the DI level before becoming a head coach. He was also accomplished on the senior level circuit in Freestyle. Fun conversation with a highly motivated individual, excited to see what he does with the Linfield program.  FOLLOW THE...

ABOUT THE EPISODE A lot to go over from the DIII NWCA National Duals. 15 teams headed to Louisville, Kentucky for Dual Meet glory. For the first time since National Duals existence a new program was going to win the title since Wartburg and Augsburg were not in the field. We take a look at some of the top upsets and final results. Enjoy the show! FOLLOW THE PODCAST https://anchor.fm/coachbonx2 | T...

ABOUT THE EPISODE For the final episode of 2021 we discuss some big time dual results that took place throughout the month of December. North Central and Coast Guard pick-up some signature wins that will have a huge impact on NWCA National Duals. Alvernia showing their growth in year three with a lot of success this fall semester plus Coe and Loras College position themselves nicely heading into N...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Some big time results happened over the last two weeks in DIII. Before the action gets started in Week 4, catch-up on some of the top individual and team performances over the past couple of weeks. We try to get to it all in this weeks recap show! FOLLOW THE PODCAST https://anchor.fm/coachbonx2 | Twitter - @D3NationPodcast ABOUT THE PODCAST Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventu...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Week I in Division III had it all! Top tier tournaments, ranked match-ups, and plenty of upsets. We try to get to it all in our first recap show of the season. Enjoy! Make sure you check out the first set of Florankings, they were published on Thursday.  FOLLOW THE PODCAST https://anchor.fm/coachbonx2 | Twitter - @D3NationPodcast            &nbs...

ABOUT THE EPISODE My brother and I chat with New York University Senior Assistant Coach Corey Luce. Coach Luce has been crushing at NYU, this year will be his 15th season with the Violets. We get into a lot! Recruiting success, coaching staff additions, new athletic facility update, and his personal story and how he got to where he is today. NYU will be in action this weekend at the Ned McGinley T...

ABOUT THE EPISODE St. John Fisher College announced this past summer that they were bringing back wrestling. They had wrestling from 1965-1983 and were successful in DIII and NAIA. They have found their head coach, on October 12th they announced they hired Ryne Morrison to lead their program. Morrison comes from Adrian College and wrestled at Ursinus College, he also spent one year on staff at Hei...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Hiram College Director of Wrestling Operations/Head Men's Wrestling Coach & Interim Head Women's Wrestling Coach Andy Vogel joined the show to talk about his transition to his new role. Coach Vogel was at Gettysburg for 13 years and coached three NCAA All-Americans, ten NCAA qualifiers, eight Centennial Conference champions, 44 conference place winners, 18 regional place winn...

ABOUT THE EPISODE University of Wisconsin La Crosse All American Grant Zamin joined the show to talk about his wrestling journey and his recent move to North Central College to start his coaching career. With the Cardinals we will also be continuing to train and compete on the senior level circuit at 70 KG in freestyle. Grant Zamin was one of the top DIII wrestlers in the country and unfortunately...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Loras College Head Coach TJ Miller joined the show to talk about the Duhawk Program and his wrestling journey. TJ was a 3x All American at Wartburg College and a national champion in 2007 at 197. He was named NWCA Head Coach of the Year in 2020 after guiding the Duhawks to the American Rivers Conference Championship and Lower Midwest Regional title. The Duhawks had 8 National Qua...

ABOUT THE EPISODE State of the Union for D3 wrestling heading into the 2021-22 season. We talk about the new regional alignments, programs entering the landscape this season, and all the coaching moves. Get updated with all the big storylines that happened this offseason.  FOLLOW THE PODCAST https://anchor.fm/coachbonx2 | Twitter - @D3NationPodcast            &nb...

ABOUT THE EPISODE West Liberty University Head Coach Danny Irwin joined the show to talk about the program and the historic season in 2021. The Hilltoppers took home a 4th place team trophy this past season with 4 All-Americans, 2 National Champions, and 9 Scholar All-Americans. They also went 5-0 in the dual season and won the Mountain East Conference. Irwin is going to year three at West Liberty...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Wisconsin La Crosse Head Coach Dave Malecek is the featured guest for Episode 45. A great show to close out the month of June. Malecek was an All-American at Northern Iowa and competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Trials. He jumped into the DIII Coaching scene at Wartburg College with Jim Miller from 2000-2006 before becoming the head coach at UW-La Crosse. He has guided the Eagl...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Western New England Head Coach Mike Sugermeyer joined the show to discuss the Golden Bear program. Western New England runs deep in the Sugermeyer family and he has done a phenomenal job building the Western New England program into one of the top programs in DIII, regionally and nationally. Sugermeyer competed at Rhode Island College before jumping onto the college coaching scen...

ABOUT THE EPISODE New University-Wisconsin Platteville Head Coach Trevor Kittleson joined the show. Coach Kittleson just wrapped up an impressive run with the Loras College Duhawks, he was the Associate Head Coach the last two seasons and was a part of the program for the last five seasons. He helped T.J Miller build the Loras program into a national powerhouse and capped off his tenure with 9 NWC...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Johnson and Wales University Head Coach Lonnie Morris joined the show. His Wildcats have been on a great run and are coming off an impressive showing at the NUWAY D3 Championships that took place last month in the Poconos. Lonnie has been the Head Coach for JWU for 23 years. He has helped develop 2 Individual National Titles, 28 All-Americans, 50 Academic All-Americans and 34 Reg...

ABOUT THE EPISODE 157 NWCA Champ David Hollingsworth III joins the show to discuss his first season with Wartburg College and how he made it all the way to Waverly, Iowa after a solid career at Owing Mills High School in Maryland where he was a 2x state champion. Hollingsworth was a 2x NJCAA All American for Iowa Lakes Community College. Finishing in 4th in 2018 at 149 and 3rd in 2019 at 157.&nbsp...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Thomas More University Head Coach Jason Russell joined the show today to discuss the Saints breakout season after finishing in 8th place at the NAIA National Championships. Thomas More University started as a DIII affiliate when the school added wrestling back in 2015. Russell was a DIII national qualifier at 197 back in 2014 for Heidelberg University. He then started his coachin...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Been a busy month in the collegiate wrestling world! The DIII season came to a conclusion on March 13th at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa. The NWCA Championships was an incredible event with plenty of storylines. The two-day event was filled with upsets, incredible individual and team performances, plus much more. We try to recap it all in this episode! Congrats to the 10 i...

ABOUT THE EPISODE It’s Nationals week! Jason Bryant rejoins the show to discuss the epic team race battle at the NAIA Championships plus the upcoming DIII Championships. Jason was announcing those championships last weekend and will be in attendance in Coralville, Iowa this weekend to announce the DIII Championships. 34 teams are making the trip to Xtream Arena to scrap and conclude the 2021 DIII...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Coe College All American Jan Rosenberg joined the show to discuss the Kohawk wrestling program and his wrestling story. Rosenberg was a two-time NCAA national qualifier at 125 pounds while earning NCAA All-American honors in 2016 after an eighth place finish at 125 pounds. Prior to his college career, Jan was a two-time New Jersey state place winner, taking third in 2011 and...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Averett University Head Coach Blake Roulo joined the show today to discuss the Cougars incredible season. We also discuss the latest dual addition to their schedule, his historic career at the high school level, and journey into college coaching. Blake Roulo wrestled collegiately at the DI University of Buffalo and George Mason University. He is currently in his second year as th...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Four Conferences have crowned their team champions. Congrats to Wartburg College, Baldwin Wallace University, Olivet College, and Millikin University. 2021 Team Champs for their respective conferences. We discuss how it all went down!  FOLLOW THE PODCAST https://anchor.fm/coachbonx2 | Twitter - @D3NationPodcast              ABOUT THE PODCAS...

ABOUT THE EPISODE DIII Wrestling competition was starting to pick-up with the anticipation of a postseason. The NCAA for the second year in a row made the disappointing decision to cancel all Winter Championships. My brother and I discuss this decision and what is next for DIII this year. We feel for the entire DIII wrestling community and hope programs can finish their respective seasons out even...

ABOUT THE EPISODE Division III wrestling season is finally picking up pace! First set of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Rankings were released last Thursday. Technically the pre-season ranking, 100 wrestlers were ranked and a top-15 tournament team ranking was also published. My brother and I discuss the first set rankings plus results that took place last week. Averett continues to ro...