The Mat Stats Show by the NWCA

Glenn Gormley, Jason Bryant and Kevin Hazard look at the numbers behind the growth of women's wrestling and how things work with their postseason tournaments. The crew also talks about the growth potential, how we've seen women's wrestling growing and future options for both men's and women's college tournaments. About Mat Stats & State of Wrestling Welcome to the NWCA’s latest venture to help our...

Col. David Fallon, USMC, will join Glenn Gormley, Kevin Hazard and Jason Bryant on the latest Mat Stats show as part of the NWCA’s State of Wrestling Podcast. Col. Fallon has come on board with the Wrestlers in Business Network and resident statistician Glenn will break down the pros, cons, do’s and don’ts about the growth of the WIBN. With Kevin, Glenn and Jason all business owners with wrestling...

Glenn Gormley of The MatStats Show are joined by host Jason Bryant for Episode 16 of the State of Wrestling Podcast, highlighting Mat Stats’ fourth episode. With Kevin Hazard under the weather, Glenn looks at predicting future success by looking at the statistics behind wrestling. What is the best predictor of future success? Glenn looks at the scoring moves from two of the top high school states...

Glenn Gormley and Kevin Hazard of The MatStats Show are joined by host Jason Bryant for Episode 15 of the State of Wrestling Podcast, which is now the podcast home of Mat Stats. Glenn, Kevin and Jason talk about the growth of women’s wrestling, the number of schools that have added wrestling and why you’re more likely to see men’s and women’s programs fortify one another as opportunities grow for...

In July, the National Wrestling Coaches Association and Wrestlers in Business Network named David Fallon the WIBN Career Services Coordinator. A former United States Marine, Fallon wrestled at Boston College prior to joining the Marine Corps and is now aimed at developing the business initiatives full time for WIBN and its chapters nationwide. On this episode of State of Wrestling, we’ll meet Fall...

The June WIBN Speaker Series featured former wrestler and iconic Hollywood TV/Documentary producer, Jonathan Koch. Jonathan has a fantastic story which includes being one of the first successful recipients of a hand transplant. His story has been featured on many major television documentaries, and you won't be disappointed when you hear his messages. To learn more about Jonathan’s journey, check...

The latest guest in the Wrestlers In Business Network’s speaker series is Spartan founder and CEO Joe De Sena. A New York native, De Sena was never a wrestler, but through his time at Cornell Univeristy, he befriended head wrestling coach Rob Koll and is now an active member of the sport. From selling fireworks at age 8, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dol...

On March 11, World Champion and current Team USA Men’s Freestyle wrestling coach Bill Zadick joined the Philadelphia Chapter of the Wrestlers in Business Network for a virtual speaking engagement. Zadick discussed the landscape of freestyle wrestling, the rise back to prominence for Team USA, how he’s worked with a network of coaches around the country to build the team and how his day-to-day oper...

Bob Bowlsby has been the Commissioner of the Big 12 Conference since 2012. A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Bowlsby wrestled at Minnesota State Moorhead as a college athlete before getting into the world of college athletics administration. After leaving Moorhead, he took a job in athletics at Northern Iowa before ascending to the role of Athletics Director. He left UNI to take the same job at the Univ...

Carl Eschenbach is a Partner at Sequoia Capital and a former wrestler originally from the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. Episode 9 of State of Wrestling kicks off the Wrestlers In Business Network Speaker Series with Eschenbach as he talks about leadership, business and technology and our current state of business affairs. Eschenbach will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an...

Jason Bryant of Mat Talk Online and the announcer at the NCAA Division I, Division III, NAIA, World and Olympic championships stops in to create and host the second NWCA Trivia Night. 40 questions, nearly impossible. How would you have done? About Mat Stats Welcome to the NWCA’s latest venture to help our favorite sport. Glenn Gormley, Jason Bryant and Kevin Hazard outline their effort to bring st...

Troy Nickerson, head wrestling coach at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado, comes on the latest episode of State of Wrestling to discuss his role with the NWCA Division I Leadership Group, his tenure as head coach at Northern Colorado and what’s next for Division I wrestling. Nickerson looks on his experiences as an athlete and an assistant as to what’s guided him in his care...

Episode 6 of State of Wrestling by the NWCA talks to Dundee (Mich.) High School head coach Tim Roberts. Earlier this month, Roberts was named the NWCA’s National Boys High School Coach of the Year. Roberts led Dundee to the 2019-20 Division 3 state team championship and also crowned seven individual state champions. Roberts has put Dundee on the map both within the state and the region, winning 12...

Nate Naasz of the NWCA comes back to State of Wrestling’s fifth episode to talk about the dynamics of working remotely in the world of wrestling and what the National Wrestling Coaches Association has been doing to continue working through the global pandemic. The key points of the episode are about the move to a virtual convention for 2020 as the NWCA Convention will take place online July 29-31,...

The fourth installment of the NWCA’s official podcast, State of Wrestling, visits with Dr. Brooke Zumas and NWCA Senior Director Pat Tocci to talk about the #SanctionPA movement. Pennsylvania is one of the top wrestling states in the country in terms of quality and reputation. Where it falls behind is its sanctioning of high school girls wrestling. Less-established wrestling states like New Mexico...

At the recent NCAA Convention in Anaheim, California, one piece of legislation wrestling leaders had their eye on was the vote on Emerging Sports status for women's wrestling. With 32 NCAA member schools fielding varsity wrestling programs, it seems as if it would only be a matter of time before women's wrestling became an NCAA sport. On Episode 3 of State of Wrestling by the NWCA, Sally Roberts a...

Episode 2 of State of Wrestling is highlighted by an update from Nate Naasz, the NWCA's Communications and Marketing Coordinator. Nate will give us a quick introduction on who he is and his role with the NWCA and the upcoming events you can find NWCA materials and information at, such as this weekend's Beast of the East and the upcoming NWCA Multi-Divison National Duals in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr...

The NWCA has launched a new organizational podcast called State of Wrestling, hosted by Jason Bryant of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. The podcast will give monthly updates on NWCA initiatives with staff, member coaches and leaders within the sport and the organization. Today, we kick off the show with Mike Moyer, the Executive Director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Some of the top...

State of Wrestling is the official podcast of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Monthly updates will focus on the core competencies of the organization with a focus on strengthening existing programs, starting new ones and providing wrestling coaches with progressive educational opportunities. More information on the NWCA can be found at nwcaonline.com. Part of the Mat Talk Podcast Netwo...