Taylor takes over a program that has won five NCAA team titles and has churned out 33 individual NCAA champions and 153 All-Americans.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — David Taylor smiled last month when the Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion was asked if he hoped to one day become a college wrestling coach. “Are you trying to make me move on?” the 33-year-old Taylor said with a laugh. Known and beloved in Happy Valley, the Magic Man, who twice became an champion and claimed two Hodge Trophies during his illustrious career at Penn State, is indeed taking on another challenge.
And Taylor has seen firsthand Sanderson’s blueprint for success. “I see what college coaches do. I see what our coaches have to do to be competitive at the highest level and it’s more than a full-time job,” Taylor said last month. Advertisement At the time he said he envisioned staying in State College whenever his career was finished and continuing to help wrestlers at his local training center. “It’s a significant commitment.
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