Ask Cael: Do you have any plans on incorparating former Nittany Lion Wrestlers into the future of Penn State Wrestling

Story Published Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Question From Jim: Do you have any plans on incorparating former Nittany Lion Wrestlers into the future of Penn State Wrestling

Hi Jim, I am still working on putting our staff together. Alumni Aaron Anspach is going to continue to be involved in the program. Coach Matt Dernlan is going to be the Director of Operations for the program and Coach Troy Letters will continue to be a part of the program. These three coaches are a great asset to the program and I am looking for ward to working with them, and really joining in their mission to bring a national championship back to Penn State. Incorporating former Nittany Lion Wrestlers has definitely been on my mind as we put our staff together but ultimately I have to hire the staff that I know and trust. We will work hard to reach out to alumni as well as we can. We will invite them back and reach out to them often and hope that as many alumni as possible will be apart of the future of Penn State Wrestling. We all know how important the alumni are to a program. We will do the best that we can to make the alumni proud of what we are doing and how we are doing it. It is important for alumni to be excited about their program. We need their help in many ways. We need advocates in the communities around the state and nation. We need them to be eyes and ears for us. We need their support by attending events and matches and of course, financially. The support from alumni has been outstanding so far. I have been told that Penn State University has more alumni then any other school in the nation. The potential and support here is unbelievable. The connections that a graduating wrestler has here are incredible. As a coach, one of my main goals is to pack the gym that we wrestle in and I believe we will pack the Rec very soon.

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