The Opportunity to Excel

The Penn State Wrestling philosophy is one that offers hard-working, goal-oriented wrestlers opportunities to maximize their potential and to fulfill life-long dreams. This philosophy is built upon hard work, persistence and dedication.

Conditioning and aggressiveness are Penn State trademarks. Nittany Lion Wrestlers are expected to outwork and to be mentally tougher than their opponents.

As a team, we concentrate on mastering the basic techniques from all three positions. The diversity of our staff covers the many individual differences among our team members, while we share the goal of bringing each wrestler to his full potential-the ultimate goal being a National, World and Olympic champion.

We strongly believe we will reach our team goal of national dominance for Penn State, but at the same time, we refuse to take shortcuts and will do it with wrestlers who are (1) good, honest people who strive for excellence in all areas of life, (2) good students in pursuit of a degree in their area of interest, and (3) wrestlers who make the full commitment to be the best they can become.

The Penn State way is being at the top in all these areas. We hope we can challenge you to take advantage of this opportunity to pursue excellence as a Penn State Wrestler.

The Penn State Coaching Staff