Oklahoma State has hired Penn State legend David Taylor as its new wrestling coach to replace John Smith
David Taylor , the two-time NCAA champion who helped launch Penn State's stratospheric rise in college wrestling, is the new head wrestling coach at Oklahoma State . The Cowboys announced the hire Monday night, making a seismic move in college wrestling akin to what Penn State did in 2010 by hiring Cael Sanderson.
There are a few similarities. Taylor, like Sanderson, was an elite college and international wrestler with a championship resume. Sanderson spent four years coaching at Iowa State, his alma mater, before a team of Penn State wrestling enthusiasts helped recruit him to Penn State to revive the program. Since then, Sanderson's teams have won 11 of the last 13 NCAA team titles and crowned 38 individual champions.
“It starts at the top," Taylor said of Sanderson and his staff."Our coaches are the best leaders, role models that you can ask for. Coach Cael is who I wanted to wrestle like when I was a kid. I dreamed of wrestling for Coach Cael. Still to this point, to achieve every goal I wanted to achieve and beyond, and to still be doing that along someone I look up to, is great.
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