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Matt Dernlan new coach at Clarion

Posted: July 28th, 2011, 11:31 am
by Stevewalt
I was debating on posting this in the wrestling forum but I chose to post it here because it is no longer a sport at Liberty.
Matt is a former wrestler at Liberty and was there the first time wrestling was canned by the University. He is in the Ohio HS hall of Fame for wrestling and was an assistant at Penn State and is just an awesome recruiter and person in general. COngrates and hope he does really well at his new coaching position...

http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/8750
Matt Dernlan, 39, who grew up in West Liberty, Ohio and who has been an assistant wrestling coach at Penn State (2011 NCAA Div. I National Champions) for the past seven seasons, was named today as Clarion University's head wrestling coach, it was announced by athletic director Dave Katis...
After graduating from West Liberty - Salem in 1991, Matt attended Liberty University and wrestled for coach Don Shuler. Wrestling at 126-pounds, Dernlan was an NCAA Div. I National qualifier as a sophomore in 1993. After red-shirting the 1994 season, Liberty dropped its wrestling program and Dernlan stayed at Liberty...

Re: Matt Dernlan new coach at Clarion

Posted: July 28th, 2011, 12:00 pm
by BJWilliams
Not to get overly technical and ignite a 47 page long thread about it again but wrestling is still a sport at Liberty...a club sport...but still a sport

Re: Matt Dernlan new coach at Clarion

Posted: July 28th, 2011, 1:18 pm
by Stevewalt
BJWilliams wrote:wrestling is still a sport at Liberty...a club sport...but still a sport
ok technicality :lol:

so are intramural sports too but I don't see a forum on that either. Maybe gerneral sports is the place for wrestling talk now then... :P

Re: Matt Dernlan new coach at Clarion

Posted: July 29th, 2011, 12:46 am
by Sly Fox
This is indeed a proper forum. Of course this could fit in well in the Old Folks Home where we have had several threads on him in the past.

Congrats to Matt!

Re: Matt Dernlan new coach at Clarion

Posted: July 29th, 2011, 12:24 pm
by bigsmooth
that is awesome! congrats to matt!