Excited to announce that I will be re-establishing the wrestling program at Northern Oklahoma College as Head Men's/ Asst Women's Coach for the 24/25 season...
The Kenneys are going to be Mavericks
@noctonkmavsath
@N_O_C
@o__wrestle
@USAWrestling
I have NEVER seen a students grades increase by Quiting athletics to "focus on school"
I have seen grades improve by adding activities, establishing time management, and taking away their phone
Talking to a D1 coach about a HS STATE CHAMP... Does he wrestle nationally?
Lesson- Don't be a big fish in a small pond- go challenge yourselve against the best
Unpopular opinion...
Individual State championships should be 1 class w no team scores... best wrestler has no bearing on how big of a school you come from
Dual State should be based on enrollment and that be the actual team state title and placings
Kids aren't "softer"... kids are kids... they will still jump off a roof into a swimming pool if we let them...
Parenting has become entitled and SOFT...
Hold your kids accountable to commitments and grades... dont let them quit things that are HARD or find excuses for them
Excited to announce I will be the new Head Wrestling Coach at JJ Pearce in Richardson ISD...
Proud of the Program we built at EAST, but ready to take JJP to new levels
#MustangWrestling
#HorsePower
The Olympics should have 10 weights... there should be women's Greco... and men's and women's Beach... maybe add Sambo and belt wrestling too
The world needs more Combat Sports!!!
As of this morning, 52 wrestling only kids... have about another 40 coming from football...
Can we break 100 in the program this year??
#wrestlingisforEveryBody
Shout out to all the guys wearing the
@WrstleLikeAGirl
singlets... it was a great teaching moment for my 6yr old... she decided today she was joining our kids club and she isnt scared bc she is going beat the boys
#growwrestling
#everyonewrestles
2010- left banking to be a teacher/wrestling coach
Couldn't get a job bc I "only wrestled club in college/ never went to state in HS/ only a youth coach"
2019- coaching Team USA 15U @ Pan Am Games
NOBODY DECIDED YOUR CEILING
#outworktheworld
#usawrestling
#takingsouls
Today couldn't have went much better... kids wrestled their tails off, took 2nd to Allen.... got bonus points...I got Head coach and Noel got asst of the year... 5 finalsits!!!
8 regional qualifiers guys, 4 alternates
2 girls qualified, 1 alternate... major step for our program
A very good college coach said that he stopped recruiting an athlete yesterday based on the behavior of his parent... make no mistake that everything is included in who they want to represent their program
Why does the JV2 kid that always wears his headgear get cauliflower ear the second week of practice, and some people are practically immune... is there any science behind this?
Why is there a teacher shortage?
1- pay more money
2- don't expect teachers to work at home and on weekends
aka- more planning/grading time
3- respect teachers
Aka- kids are NOT always right
4- let teachers teach
Aka- stop telling them how to teach
This is a start...
Some great leverage battles all Senior Bowl week between
@UCLAFootball
DT Osa Odighizuwa (3x HS state wrestling champ in Oregon) and
@OU_Football
OC Creed Humphrey (state runner-up in Oklahoma). Both looked like potential rookie starters last week.
#TheDraftStartsInMobile
DISTRICT
The Program got after it today. The guys took 2nd, I won coach of the year, and coach P got asst coach of the year. Guys qualified 10 w 1 alt, and on the girls side we we have 4 qualifiers and 3 alts.
Super proud of the effort our EAST wrestlers put in today and this year... we improved from 8th last year to 4th in the toughest district in state, and almost doubled our points... we got 5 qualifiers and 1 alternate getting ready for Regionals next week (only top 3 qualify)
Thank you JJ Pearce for the opportunity to lead the program this year... the goal is to always leave the program better than you found it, and we did..
JJP is a special place
@JJPathletics
@CoachJ_Lambert
3rd at Grapevine Duals!!! Highest finish by a TX team and highest in EAST history...
21- 4 on the year, only 2 losses to TX teams
EAST over Caprock 54-24
EAST over Silver, NM 35-32
EAST loss to Olehe North, KS 22- 54
EAST over Cache, OK 33- 29
@WrestlingTexas
@EastPanthers1
Thank you
@PlanoISDAthDept
and
@EastPanthers1
for the award of PISD coach of the month for February!!!
Our success this year has come from years of hard work, but this is only the beggining
We are building something special on the EastSide
The room is clean and shiny!!!
Towel pushes are a great workouts/effective cleaning model...
Today is the day we have been waiting for
#eastsidepride
#wework
Guys took 6th overall in our Brutal Region, our highest so far... we had 5 guys place top 6, but unfortunately only have alternates for State...
Time to make some adjustments and I guarantee we will be stronger from it...
Proud of our Program
37 yrs ago i was born to 18 and 21 yr old parents... saw them both struggle... nobody cares what your issues/struggles/problems are...if i told you everything, you wouldnt believe me... ONLY YOU decide what type of life you are going to BUILD for yourself... GET TO WORK
4 years ago these wrestlers and families helped me change the culture of wrestling at Plano East... tonight I hit my 175th dual win w our 51-21 win over JJ Pearce
#eastsidepride
EAST has 3 state qualifiers!!! We placed 7th in THE REGION 2... this group keeps fighting for eachother
EAST vs Everyone
120 - Habib - JR
220- Madawi- SR
HWT- Big Aiden- SO
5th- 170- Kaplan
6th- 182- Strickland
I love what is going on
@SOCFootball1
No Excuses...
There are athletes everywhere- you have to build them- AND they have to buy in
Facilities- they just have to be safe
Money and district- who cares
Coaches- Matter
Admin support- Matter
Great night at Rockhill!! Guys showed our style of wrestling!!!
"Make them fight you in a phone booth"
7-0 on the Season
EAST 72- Winnsboro 12
EAST 51- Wylie 26
EAST 44- Rockhill 32
@PISDAthDept
@EastPanthers1
Types of people who dont like Greco...
1) never exposed to it
2) never wrestled it
3) weren't good at it/got thrown on their head
4) were scared to wrestle it bc they didn't want to be thrown on their head
5) also don't think throws work in Folkstyle
#GoGreco
IMO if you are still hosting practices or doing private lessons during this time, you should lose your coaching credentials... you are proving that winning or money is more important than kids safety
Honored to be accepted to the 1st ever
@PlanoISDAthDept
Aspiring Athletic Administration Academy... exciting to learn about leading athletics and having a bigger impact
#TEAMA4
Who wants to wrestle at the next level?
An awesome affordable education, small class sizes, small town, world class wrestling,
And be one of the originals of the 2nd Generation at Northern Oklahoma Wrestling
@o__wrestle
@WrestlingTexas
18 Gold Medals and 2 MOW @ 15U PanAms
They did exactly what we asked of them... controlled ties, underhooks, 2 on 1s, won the handfight, and took scoring chances 1st... couldnt ask for any more
Thank you
@USAWrestling
@ClaytonUSAW
@GaryMayabb
For this amazing opportunity
5yrs ago I started the EAST holiday Duals and Panther Classic tourneys bc everyone else was "booked"
aka EAST wasn't good enough to let into their tourney...
Now our tourneys have a wait list...
And our FOOD is the best
GET FIRED UP!!!
EAST is in the Finals of the East Holiday Duals
EAST 63- Princeton 15
EAST 39- Lovejoy 25
We are wrestling Rockwall Heath in the Finals
13-0
STATE DAY 1
120 Habib and HWT Big Aiden both ended their season... both are returning next year and will be anchors for our program
220- Payton is in the blood round in the morning!!