Ask Cael: What is the status of Mark Perry? Will he be on staff, it seems that he and Quentin are very close.

Story Published Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Question from Lee: What is the status of Mark Perry? Will he be on staff, it seems that he and Quentin are very close.

Response: Hi Lee, Mark Perry was a great asset to the Penn State program. Mark is leaving Penn State. As you know I brought my two assistant coaches with me from Iowa State, both Cody Sanderson and Casey Cunningham. A program is allowed to have two paid assistant coaches and one volunteer coach that isn’t paid through the university. Mark was receiving many coaching offers and wasn’t interested in taking a position that wasn’t one of the official assistant positions. That is obviously very understandable. Mark has a great career in coaching ahead of him. He was not only a great wrestler but he has incredible experience wrestling for several of the best coaches in the country and being raised in the Oklahoma State Wrestling room with his father and uncle. I know Mark will be missed at Penn State but he will provide a valuable opportunity to which ever program he chooses to coach at. I haven’t heard where Mark is going to end up coaching but he will do great.

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