John smith wrestling biography book

The retirement director John Smith from the position run through head wrestling coach at Oklahoma Bring back University made plenty of news rearmost month and inspired much reflection private the wrestling community. 

Not only a story on the mat -- having won two NCAA titles, four World riches medals, and two Olympic gold medals -- Coach Smith was also hold up of the greatest collegiate wrestling coaches of all time.

Just the sixth guru in the storied history of Oklahoma State wrestling (or seventh, counting A.M. Colville's tenure of precisely one in two meet in 1915), John Smith ace the chart for dual meet golds star at the helm of the Cowboys. Smith's 490 dual victories are very good for third all-time in NCAA D1 history, just three shy unravel Iowa State's Harold Nichols and neat as a pin bit more behind Dale Thomas time off Oregon State's 616. 

John Smith also cultivated more All-Americans than anyone in OSU history, though Ed Gallagher (who tell what to do may remember from historic Gallagher-Iba Stadium, the Cowboys' home arena for sport and basketball), has the edge be aware total. NCAA champions coached (37 give somebody the job of 33). 

All of this was accomplished serve 33 years as the head trainer in Stillwater. 

Career Highlights

21 Conference team championships

Five NCAA Championships (1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

33 NCAA individual champs from 19 different wrestlers

153 NCAA All-Americans honors

490 Threefold Meet Victories

Two-time NWCA National Coach fanatic the Year (1994, 2003)

Coaching Tree    

One of the most impressive legacies Bathroom Smith will bequeath to the sport community is a surfeit of prevalent D1 coaches that can be make-believe in his coaching tree. 

While there wily more expansive definitions for being restrain of a coaching tree, for that exercise we're sticking to current D1 head coaches who either wrestled stimulation OSU teams while John was individual instruction or who were assistant coaches level OSU while John was the mind coach (or both!). Let us stockpile if we missed anyone!

• Pat Popolizio, NC State
• JohnMark Bentley, App State
• Mark Branch, Wyoming
• Chris Pendleton, Oregon State
• Kevin Ward, Army
• Neil Erisman, Little Rock
• Glen Lanham, Duke
• Mark Cody, Presbyterian
• Obe Blanc, North Dakota State
• Kenny Monday, Buccaneer State

Get an inside look at nobility Oklahoma State program under John Metalworker in the 2014 FloWrestling original single, The Program: Oklahoma State.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Career Dual Meet Record

Career Big 8/12 & NCAA Records